This week the Reception children made a very curious discovery. Whilst out in their garden they stumbled across some eggs in a nest! The children shared their ideas about who the eggs might belong to, what might be inside the eggs and what they should do? They agreed they should leave the eggs, find out…
The children have been enjoying learning the monster names during our Monster Phonic sessions. They were keen to make masks of their favourite monster, independently cutting around the outline and attaching a lollipop stick using tape! Can you see who is behind each mask? They also had to help Angry Red A pack a picnic,…
We were delighted to be able to offer our pupils in Reception to Year 3 the opportunity to spend the day at the beach at Frinton on Thursday 23 June. This is a traditional Holmwood outing that we have had to put on hold for the last two summers and we were thrilled to be…
Reception are taking part in 30 Days Wild, organised by Essex Wildlife Trust, which is the biggest nature challenge in the UK and aims to bring people closer to nature. The children are going to be completing challenges throughout June and their playground and the Spinney have proved excellent environments to take up the challenges. …
“People Who Help Us” is Reception’s theme for the summer term where they will be learning about who helps us within the school community, as well as the wider local community. To start to spark their learning they will be having some very exciting visits from parents and visitors from the local community to talk…
To apply their learning about non fiction writing and to develop some strong researching skills, Year 4 were challenged to create an engaging and informative non fiction book for their Buddies in Reception. They had to think carefully about the purpose of their books, the audience they were writing it for and how they would…
Reception brought Mother’s Day into school last Friday, as they invited their mothers in to have a glimpse into school life and take part in lots of fun activities with them. They had made some cupcakes which they then decorated together. They decorated some pretty plant pots and planted some herbs. They had their photos…
Reception children have some very exciting news! During our Maths lesson, whilst counting the trees in the woodland area, we came across three eggs in a nest! The children shared their ideas about who the eggs might belong to, what might be inside the eggs and what we should do. We agreed we should leave…
It has been a joy this week to watch the performances of the two, much anticipated, productions from the Early Years and Pre-Prep. The Early Years put on a sparkling performance of “The Christmas Star” and Years 2 and 3 had us all enthralled with their very entertaining and ambitious production of “The Elves and…
Reception children had a very busy first half term and they were straight back into it learning about fireworks during their Natural World session this week. They learnt about the festival of light called Diwali and how it is celebrated by some faiths. The children went on to create Rangoli patterns on the Autumn leaves…
