Nursery Focus W/C 25/04

This week in nursery, we are exploring minibeasts. We will be reading 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' and 'The Bad Tempered Ladybird'.


Our maths focus will be on counting the different number of spots on the ladybirds. In the writing area, we will be making booklets about the lifecycle of a butterfly and in art we will be painting butterflies. In addition, we will be making ladybird pizza.


We are excited to observe the change to our caterpillars as they have now started to build their cocoons.

Reception focus 25.4.16

This week in Reception we will be continuing our theme of The very hungry caterpillar. The children will be making stained glass butterflies and sequencing the life cycle of a butterfly. The children will also be tasting some of the foods stated in the story and also trying some worm jelly!

In phonics the children have now completed Phase 3 and are now consolidating their knowledge by using it in a range of contexts. 

We will be starting our daily Guided Reading sessions in which the children will read a book at their level, discuss it and then complete simple independent  activities on it. 

In maths the theme is doubling. The children will be learning how to double numbers to 10 and record these on ladybirds as well as recalling simple doubles from memory.

Reception visit to Tropical Wings

The children in Reception thoroughly enjoyed their visit to Tropical Wings. The trip linked nicely with the theme of mini beasts and our story The very hungry caterpillar by Eric Carle. 

The children saw a host of different animals including lemurs, otters, goats, rabbits, monkeys, parrots,  wallabies and meerkats. 

The highlight though was of course the tropical butterfly house in which the bright and beautiful butterflies put on a show, flying close to the children and showing their colours. The children got to feed the fish in the pond which was a real treat for some.

We ended the day with a mini beast experience, in which the children got to see and learn about a cockroach, a tarantula, stick insect and African land snail. Some of the children were a lot braver than the adults when it came to handling these delicate creatures! 

The children were a real credit to their parents and the staff and were very well behaved throughout. It was a very pleasurable day, Thank you children! 

Reception focus 18.4.16

For the next two weeks we will be focussing on the story The Very hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. We will be observing real caterpillars as they grow and develop as well as sequencing the story especially concentrating on the days of the week. 

We will be also trying the fruits stated in the story and talking about our likes and dislikes. 

In phonics we will be learning the trigraph ear and the digraph er.

In maths we are still continuing our theme of time looking at o' clock.

We have introduced 'super sentences' this week. Each day we will write three key words on the whiteboard. The children will need to then write a sentence using each word. The children who write the best sentences will get to wear the special superhero cape all day. 

We are also looking forward to our school trip to Tropical Wings on Thursday. The children will be able to observe lots of animals first hand and also take part in a discovery session on mini beasts. 

Nursery Focus W/C 18/04

This week in nursery, we are continuing with our farm topic. We will be reading many stories about farm animals such as I Love Animals and Farmer Duck.


We will be looking at information books to learn the names of baby animals. We will be matching the animals to their young.


In addition, we will be observing the changes to our frogs spawn in the pond to learn about the lifecycle of a frog.

Nursery Focus W/C 11/04

This week in nursery, our focus is on spring and farm animals. We will be reading many stories about farms and our main focus will be on Farm 123 by Rod Campbell. The children will be discussing what animals live on a farm and will be counting different amount of animals.


In addition, the children are very excited to observe our eggs hatch into chicks this week. We will be discussing the lifecycle of the chicken.

Reception focus 11.4.16

This week in Reception we will be focussing on Spring and what we see in the springtime. 

The children will be going on a Spring Walk looking for the new signs of life around the school and taking a photograph of what they see.

They will also be learning about the artist Monet and recreating the painting 'The Poppy Field'.

In Maths we are focussing on time and reading an analogue and digital clock to the hour.

In phonics we are recapping on the digraphs and trigraphs taught last term as well as introducing oi air and ure. 

Please remember Lions swimming is on a Monday and Zebras on a Wednesday.

P.E is on Thursdays for both Lions and Zebras.