Our blogs

Halloween Party Fun, by Mr Pearson

Date: 22nd Oct 2021 @ 10:20am

Lots of fun was had at the school's first disco for 18 months. 

 

Meerkat Class projects, by Mr Pearson

Date: 21st Oct 2021 @ 10:09am

A selection of amazing projects were brought into school this week. 

Meerkat spellings, by Mr Pearson

Date: 21st Oct 2021 @ 9:31am

incredibly

sensibly

reliably

respectably

agreeably

enviably

A wet Wednesday!, by Mrs Thomson

Date: 20th Oct 2021 @ 9:24pm

I can’t begin to tell you just how many times the children have had puddle suits, coats or wellies on today! I lost count! The rain certainly didn’t stop the children from going in the tent to read, paint some pebbles or play in our Autumn Stew!

We had fun on our balance bikes, dancing to Dolly Parton in Squiggle and a wriggle, doing our number work, phonics and singing. We also had two birthday celebrations today!

We are very excited for our super secret reader tomorrow! 

D.T. Our Diwali designs., by Mrs Catterall

Date: 17th Oct 2021 @ 1:35pm

We have been busy creating diagrams of our designs for our light up Diwali signs.  Once drawn out and labelled we uploaded them to our google slide show for this project.

We cant wait to start the making process on Tuesday next week.

Clay dragon eyes, by Mrs Catterall

Date: 17th Oct 2021 @ 1:32pm

15th October, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 15th Oct 2021 @ 6:13pm

This week we have really enjoyed looking at and talking about old toys. In maths we have continued our work on measuring.We used our hands, feet and strides to measure things on the playground. We also used a bag of flour to compare weights to find things heavier and lighter. We loved using the balance scales to count how many cubes different things weighed.Busy,busy as always!

Have a lovely weekend?

Our first super secret reader!, by Mrs Thomson

Date: 14th Oct 2021 @ 8:07pm

The lions have had a fantastic day today! We had our very first super secret reader! The children were delighted and they loved the story which Mr. Burdock chose for them. They loved all the different voices and we had some children trying to copy him in our story tent later. A huge thank you Mr. Burdock! 

(We have lots of dates available if you would like to surprise the children. Please pop and see myself, Mrs Regan or Miss Lynch)

We have been ‘e’ spotting in phonics, finishing some special Jigsaw work on how we can all work together, working on our colours and scissor skills and we also squeezed in a little party dancing. We also had children sharing songs with the group. The lions are very brave and adventurous! 

Thank you for the amazing projects. The children took turns in sharing their work and they were very proud. We can’t wait to display them all.

Wellbeing Wednesday, by Mrs Thomson

Date: 13th Oct 2021 @ 11:59pm

A great start to the day with balance bikes, throwing and catching, fairy footsteps and squiggle and wriggle. We received a special parcel with banners, party plates and cups in as we are having a birthday party in our home corner tomorrow. The children have embraced this by making birthday cards, cleaning the home corner and even clearing a space for dancing!

We joined KS1 in the hall for singing in the afternoon which was brilliant! The lions joined in with a new song and quickly got the hang of the actions.

Tomorrow we have our first super secret reader coming into class. We are very very excited! This will be wonderful for the children as they are showing us how much they love stories being read to them. They are getting excited that they will soon have reading books to bring home.

Projects are due in on Thursday. Thank you for all of the ones we have received so far, they are fantastic. We will ask the children to share their project with the class tomorrow afternoon and on Friday.

Stop start animation, by Mr Pearson

Date: 12th Oct 2021 @ 11:48am

Meerkats have had Coach Becky in today for an Online Safety morning. Part of their task was to produce a short animation of a film explaining how to keep safe online.

Google Classroom, by Mr Pearson

Date: 12th Oct 2021 @ 11:31am

A guide has been added to the class page to give you directions how to access Google Classroom and Google Meet for parents evening. 

Please check you have your child's username and login.

Lion's your is coming home today 12th October 

Please have a look at how to do before Monday so we can answer any questions.

Kind regards

Mr Pearson  

11.10.21, by Mrs Thomson

Date: 11th Oct 2021 @ 7:56pm

Tomorrow we are sending home some information which you will need for the parent / teacher meetings next week. Please see your email from school on how to book a slot.

You are also invited to a meeting in the school hall on Tuesday 19th October at 2.30pm. This will finish in time for picking your child up at home time. Mrs Fletcher and I will be explaining phonics, reading and homework which we will start sending out the week after half term. It will be interesting for you to hear when reading books are changed, how often the children are asked to read at home, how we are getting on with our phonics and how we will be sending out the homework. As we will be meeting in school, please can only one parent attend from each family. If you are unable to attend I will put information on the Lions webpage following the meeting.

Thank you for sending the Autumn bags back into class. We are using them in our play and our art and craft.

Thank you to the parents who have volunteered to be a secret reader. Ssshhh!! Please keep it secret! We would love to welcome you in our class if you would like to visit and read the class or a small group of children a favourite story. Please see Mrs. Thomson if you would like to arrange a secret story time.

Messy science!!, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 8th Oct 2021 @ 3:54pm

Tiday we were exploring our sense of touch.We loved touching gloop, jelly and shaving foam.We used some great adjectives to describe how they felt.(we also got very messy , should all come out in the wash...? We also investigated a tray of different objects and again described and then drew what they felt like. 

Have a great weekend??

7th October, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 7th Oct 2021 @ 5:18pm

So far this week we have enjoyed measuring in maths, finding things longer or shorter than a fork, investigating who is the tallest in our class and who was the shortest. We also used multlink cubes to measure how long and short objects were. We enjoyed PE today playing different games in 2’s and 3’s practising our rolling skills, catching skills and developing tactics to score a goal!!

More pictures - 6.10.2021, by Mrs Thomson

Date: 6th Oct 2021 @ 8:29pm

6.10.2021 Wellbeing Wednesday, by Mrs Thomson

Date: 6th Oct 2021 @ 8:16pm

A fun day with lots of learning, fresh air and exercise. We are doing very well with our phonics so a big thank you for your help and support at home. We keep adding new sounds to their folders so please carry on going over these at home.

Half of the class went outside this morning for a bike ride as well as some throwing and catching. The rest of the class danced away with ‘squiggle and wriggle’ in the hall. We had fantastic music on today, I hope the children came home singing! We ended the day with story massage.

Maths Venn diagrams, by Mrs Catterall

Date: 6th Oct 2021 @ 1:22pm

Tudor punishments, by Mrs Catterall

Date: 5th Oct 2021 @ 3:29pm

Today we started our lesson by talking about why we learn about history.  I was very impressed with the children’s ideas. “To uncover mysteries from the past”. “To see how the world has changed over time” “ To find out how life has improved” “So we can learn how to make things better”.

Our focus was on the Tudor times, we were hoping the punishments wouldn’t be as bad, but they got worse,

Can you work out what the punishments were?

Harvest gifts., by Mrs Catterall

Date: 5th Oct 2021 @ 3:05pm

Thank you all for the amazing harvest gifts. The food has been taken to church food bank. 

It is very much appreciated

Dragons eyes Clay group 1, by Mrs Catterall

Date: 5th Oct 2021 @ 3:02pm

Year 3 Projects, by Miss Leigh

Date: 4th Oct 2021 @ 4:35pm

Projects

Children are welcome to select the theme of their project this year.  It may be something which they are interested in, or based on our learning this term.  

 

Marvellous Monday., by Mrs Thomson

Date: 4th Oct 2021 @ 2:51pm

It was lovely to see all the lions back after the weekend. Everyone got to share their exciting weekend news in key worker time with their friends.

Little red riding hood has kept us busy again today! The big bag wolf kept on popping up in class and we also did some hot seating. We have been working hard on our repeating patterns in maths - a big thank you for the Autumn bags which came in today. We are using the materials already!

You may have seen on the school calendar that school projects can be brought into school on the 14th October. We would love your child to bring in a piece of art, a poster, a model or something they have made with your help. This can link to what we have been doing in school, a hobby or something fun you have enjoyed in your family. The projects will be displayed in school and the children will get to share them in class with us all.

Week beginning 27th September, by Mrs Pratten

Date: 1st Oct 2021 @ 4:30pm

This week in Science we carried on exploring the senses using our sense of taste and smell to guess the flavour of crisps. We recorded our favourite flavour , which was beef and onion!

We enjoyed a Science afternoon with Miss Lynch and Mrs Woolley, great fun!! Ask me what we did!! I will put the details of the  Science badge on Google classroom so you can complete at home if you would like too.

Thank you so much to the children who made a poster to be our class representives.Keeva and Samuel are our eco warriors and Cole and Maisy are our school parliament  representatives.

We enjoyed our Harvest Festival in church, lovely to be back  celebrating in church. The scarecrows looked amazing , well done to all the Zebras who enjoyed making one, you will all receive a certificate and winners will be announced on Monday in assembly.

Have a good rest over the weekend, Mrs Pratten ??

Harvest Celebration, by Mrs Thomson

Date: 30th Sep 2021 @ 9:47pm

We had a lovely morning working on our phonics and then making story maps of little red riding hood. 

The afternoon was very exciting when we went to church with our buddies to celebrate harvest.

A wet and wild Wednesday., by Mrs Thomson

Date: 29th Sep 2021 @ 8:49pm

Thank you so much for working so hard on the wonderful scarecrows! The lions loved sharing them and we love how creative everyone has been.

We started the day with squiggle and wriggle and we danced away to Mamma Mia. We definitely recommend that it will wake you up and make you smile if you have a go at home. (For this we need old rolls of wallpaper so please send any old or spare rolls in that you have finished with. Thank you)

Unfortunately we haven’t had any volunteers for our Thursday secret readers yet. It will be lovely to welcome you or a family member into our classroom for half an hour. Story time is a lovely special time in the classroom and it will benefit our early readers to hear a variety of stories read by different adults.