October 9, 2008

It's A Jungle in Key Stage One

We are really lucky to have a freelance artist working in our school on a Thursday.

Lynda Nelson an artist and book illustrator came into school a few weeks ago to talk to Key Stage One about brightening up their building. We looked at lots of different photos and themes and eventually decided on a jungle.

Over the next few weeks Lynda will be working in our school. We will try and update the website regularly so you can see how it progresses.

Check out our artists websitehttp://www.lynda-nelson.co.uk/

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June 30, 2008

Key Stage One Sports Day

The children from nursery, reception and year one have the pleasure of inviting their families and friends to their Sports Day. It will take place on Thursday 3rd July 2008 at 9.30am.

The children are very excited at participating in this years sports day! They have all been practising really hard and are raring to go! If you have an hour free we would love to see you cheering us on in our races.

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March 25, 2008

Celebrating success in Literacy!

We love reading and spelling!

All of the infants in Roman road are working on reading and spelling their 300 key words. We learn them as part of our homework. It is very tricky, but our teachers have made it easier for us by splitting the words into groups. We have Copper, Bronze, Silver and Gold Awards.

Every time we achieve and award, we receive a certificate in whole school celebration assembly on Friday.

We all love achieving our awards...they are FAB!!!

by Miss Allen

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Goodbye Mrs Cullen.

Mrs Cullen has left to have her second baby. Mrs Pigott has taken over from Mrs Cullen, and will be working with Mrs Mowbray and Mrs Lacey in the Foundation Stage until July. Miss Dawson will be working in the Foundation Stage in the mornings.

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January 28, 2008

The animals went in two by two

Our topic this half term is 'Transport'. We have been looking at the story 'Noah's Ark'.

In our areas in the classroom we have been doing lots of different activities about Noah's Ark. Here we are playing in our Small World Area. We are retelling the story together.

Look out for our display which shows all the work we have been doing.

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Phonic Fun!

In Reception, we are working through 'Read, Write Inc' phonic scheme. We think it's great and enjoy learning a new sound each day!

Some of us are beginning to blend the sounds we know to help us with reading and writing.

We play lots of sound games together. In this game we passed the party bag around the circle. When the music stopped we had to take out an object and put it in the hoop with the right initial sound in.

We have a puppet called Fred who lives in our classroom. He is a mouse and we help him to say sounds and words.

We are progressing really well and are very enthusiastic about our 'Phonic Fun!'. Look out for pictures of more games we play ...

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November 29, 2007

Reading Around the Solar System

In Key Stage One we are rewarding reading by giving each child some rocket fuel!

Every child has their own rocket. In our sink area we have displayed eight planets and the sun. We all started on the sun. Then each time we read a book at home and at school we gain rocket fuel. This means that our rockets are able to fly to the next star. When we land on a planet we get a prize. When we land on the last planet we will be presented with a special prize in assembly.

Everyone is much more excited about reading at home and at school!
Who is in the lead? Pop into school and find out.

Uploaded by Mrs Inkster

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November 8, 2007

Fireworks!

In Foundation Stage we have been learning about why we celebrate Bonfire Night and what Fireworks represent! It is from an event long ago.

Most of us saw some fireworks this year. In class, we made pretty pictures using soft pastels and black sugar paper.

Whizz! Bang! Pop! Screech! Zoom! Whee! Spin! Explode!

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November 2, 2007

Foundation Stage

In a dark dark town there was a dark dark house. In the dark dark house there was a dark dark cellar. In the dark dark cellar some skeletons lived. . .

We have been doing lots of activities based on the story 'Funny Bones' by Janet and Alan Albergh. In our gluing area we fastened bones together to make some scary skeletons!
We painted the big skeleton in our art area and in ICT we made pictures on 'Fresco' of the characters. In the Reception classroom we are making a big 'Funny Bones' display. Come and have a look! If you dare to, you could come inside our 'Dark dark cellar' too! Don't be scared!

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May 8, 2007

Foundation Stage

We have been working very hard to make our own special garden in our outdoor area. We are growing lots of fruits and vegetables including sweetcorn, carrots, potatoes, apples and red currants. We are looking after them and hope to sell our produce to increase our Foundation Stage Fund.

We have been making our classrooms and outdoor area look bright and colourful and we have produced some lovely work for our displays!

Reception performed a class assembly for the whole school and our parents. It was all about our topic 'Ourselves'. Everyone was very proud!

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February 13, 2006

Foundation Stage

This year in the Foundation Stage we have been learning boit Ourselves, the Seasons and Fairy Stories. We have had many cooking sessions this year lead by our parent helper Mrs Lacey. We have made (and eaten!) Gingerbread Men, Christmas Puddings and egg and cress sandwiches.

When we have been looking at 'Jack and the Beanstalk' we grew some cress and we are currently trying to grow our own beanstalk!
At Christmas we performed the production 'Manger Mouse'. We all sang really well and performed like angels!
We have welcomed lots of vistiors into our unit to enhance our learnng.
We have had a visit from a new baby! He was very sweet and his mummy told us all about how to look after a new baby.
Zoolab came to see us in October. They brought a rabbit, a tarantula, a snail, a snake and a cockroach. We were able to touch the animals and describe how they felt!
We welcomed another visit from the road safety lady- she keeps a check on us to make sure we have been safe and sensible!
We have also had a couple of visits from the music team helping us to learn all about dynamics.

We continue to work well in our learning enviroments. We have two classrooms and a big outdoor area. At the moment we are making lots of colourful resources to make the outside area bright and colourful!

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