We had a fabulous time yesterday in the forest. We’re learning about Chinese New Year. It was a beautiful day, cold and fresh. We put on our wellies and discovered two ‘dragons in a bag’. Well, the props at least to make two dragons. We had curly pom poms for flames and ribbon to make...Read More
Have you seen any signs of Spring? It must be just around the corner. Look closely as you walk to school and tell us what you’ve spotted. Be a nature detective!Read More
We’ve been looking at old and new toys. We examined them carefully and talked about the materials that had been used to make them. Can you remember the materials? Have you got any old toys at home? We thought of some really good words to describe them and we looked carefully for similarities and differences....Read More
Here is this weeks newsletter. We ventured into the outdoor classroom today to rehouse some fairies who had lost their home in the recent snow fall. They seem happy in their new home, I wonder if the will explore through the fairy door over the weekend..? weekly newsletter 23.1.15Read More
…but it hasn’t stopped us from exploring outside. We were delighted to see that the shoots we’d spotted in the wildlife area last week have grown. We think they’re daffodils! We were so busy making badges this week but we stopped to listen to a bird. It had a beautiful sound. We couldn’t see it...Read More
Here is this weeks newsletter. Thanks to the mummies who stayed to ‘play’ today, we hope you had fun! Mrs Martin apologises for her croaky voice 🙂 weekly newsletter 16th JanRead More
The first flurries of snow made our topic seem really real this week. It has been so cold this week but it didn’t dampen our spirits in the forest and , despite our fingers feeling icy, we managed to do some beautiful twig weaving to decorate the outdoor classroom. Mr Stoner is going to hang...Read More
Here it is, the first newsletter of 2015! We have had a great first week back, and settled quickly back into our routine. Well done everyone weekly newsletter 9.1.15Read More
It has been so lovely to see you this week. You are full of life and stories about your break. What lucky boys and girls you are! We’ve heard all about your gifts and exciting activities. Travelling Ted has had a fantastic time with Tofunmi’s family! But most of all…you’ve wowed us with your superb attitude....Read More
……merry little Christmas! It was lovely to spend this week with you. The excitement is swelling and you are all ready and deserving of a holiday. The assembly was great today and you sat beautifully. It was really nice to hear those songs again from our nativity and you definitely have the best voices. Well...Read More
……but just wanted to say a huge, and rather belated thank you to the children who came to sing at the PTA ‘Bit of a Do’. You did a really fabulous job! Well done!Read More
Doesn’t time fly? You could feel a chill in the air outside today. We wrapped up warm and worked hard in the forest. Last week we made animal homes. This week we let our imagination run riot……we made little boats and beds for our creatures. We even had a harbour! Sage was fascinated. We started...Read More
Here is our newsletter for this week. Thanks for everyone who helped bring in and put up our lovely Christmas tree, and to everyone who stayed to help decorate it. We think it looks beautiful…and we have a great view! newsletter 28.11.14Read More
It was frosty out in the forest today and we made a little piece of ‘ice art’ but we’ve popped it in the freezer to finish it off. We talked about animal homes and made some with leaves, branches and anything we could find on the forest floor. Do you know which British animals hibernate...Read More
Firstly, thanks to the parents who came to help on Tuesday. We hope you enjoyed it? We had a super time and certainly packed lots into our day! We started our day normally with phonics and Funky Fingers and then we re visited our work about Diwali, the Hindu festival of light. We spent some...Read More
We had lots of fun in Forest Schools this week. We went to explore first of all and then stopped when we heard our call ‘One, two, three where are you?’ The children replied, ‘One, two, three, we’re here!’ We sat down in our log circle and talked about how the environment is changing. So...Read More
Wow! What fabulous singing! We were SO proud of you. Don’t worry if you couldn’t make it because there will be other opportunities to sing to ‘real’ audiences coming up.Read More
We were outside in the forest again this afternoon. Sage wasn’t there. I wonder where she gets to? We had ‘Spotter’s’ sheets to complete and we did spot lots of things like cobwebs and leaf skeletons. One or two children were sure they’d seen badgers! Hummm!?Read More
…for the next half term? We’ve made a great start and now we know all the routines we can really get our ‘heads down’ and work hard. We have lots to look forward to this half term including a visit from a York City librarian with a little surprise on November 10th. We’re singing at...Read More
Here is this weeks newsletter a day early – you lucky things! Have a fantastic half term holiday, we can’t wait to hear about everything you have been up to. Be safe! Mrs Martin and Ms Lamb.weekly newsletter 23rd october 2014Read More
All the Reception children received a beautiful book from Park Grove PTA today. Every book had their name and a welcome message inside the front cover. What a lovely gesture. The children were quite overwhelmed and delighted with their gift. Thank you very much to all at the PTA. Class 1Read More
Have a look at what we have been up to this week ! The Press photographer came today to take our picture so look out for us in the paper. weekly newsletter 10th october 2014 Read More
Hi everyone, Here are some great maths games to try at home. Be selective over the year group for the games you are playing. http://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/3-5-years/counting http://www.maths-games.org/counting-games.html http://www.mathschamps.co.uk/games5-7? http://www.ictgames.com/resources.html Have fun! Mr Hodge 🙂Read More
You’ll see from our newsletter that we’ve been having lots of fun outside. The weather has definitely ‘turned’ but we will still continue to go outside, especially for Forest Schools even if it’s raining! There is so much to learn and a little bit of drizzle isn’t going to get in the way. Please make...Read More
weekly newsletter 26th September 2014 We have had a busy week again this week. The children have really enjoyed starting our ‘Funky Fingers’ program! Ask us to show you some on the actions that we do to increase fine and gross motor skills!Read More
Yesterday was a special day in Forest Schools. We celebrated the change in the season and the children enjoyed performing our ‘leaf storm’ as we shook our parachute and made some wind! We’re really get the hang of Forest Schools now. We reply to the call ‘One, two, three, where are you?’ with ‘One, two,...Read More
We had a lovely time in Forest Schools this week. Sage was there again! We gathered things from the forest floor and made a scent pot by adding water and mixing our potions with a stick. Aaaaaaah! They really did smell like Autumn. We have a lovely display ‘growing’ in our classroom so if you...Read More
weekly newsletter 12th September 2014 Here is our newsletter for this week. We have had such a busy week in Class 1 and are ready for a nice relaxing weekend! See you all next week!Read More
We had our first session in the ‘Forest’ today. Almost everyone had their wellies. Fantastic! We needed them today because, although it wasn’t wet, there were some very tall nettles. Please bring them next week if you haven’t done so already and find your name on the welly shelves outside the classroom where we keep...Read More
Please find attached our weekly newsletter. It tells you what we’ve been up to in school so you can discuss it at home. It’s surprising how many children say they’ve ‘done nothing’ or they ‘can’t remember!’ That’s true fatigue and sometimes a little prompt will jog a memory of an activity.The newsletter also serves to...Read More
Today we have the full class in Class 1. Welcome to your classroom! We have been very impressed so far. What a lovely little bunch you are! We’ve been delighted with the way you have remembered so much from our transition mornings in the Summer term. You have settled into new routines really well and...Read More
Well, we’re almost there. We hope everyone is having a splendid holiday. The classroom is looking lovely with lots of exciting things to do and including quite a few of the the things you mentioned in the transition days. We won’t spoil it but we feel sure you will be very ‘at home’. Enjoy what...Read More
Just thinking about you all…… Are you having fun? Perhaps you’ve just left Class 1 or perhaps you are just about to begin. Either way, feel free to leave a message. We’d love to hear from you!Read More
the last day in class 1. What an immense pleasure it has been to share the past academic year with such delightful children and a smashing bunch of parents. Thanks to everyone for making it such fun and giving their all. Monday is our last day and we plan to have fun as well as...Read More
Didn’t we have a lovely time………..? The sun shone, the juice flowed, laughter filled the air and we had a most marvellous time at our garden party. Many, many thanks to those that came, made and brought cakes and spent their cash on our fund raising event. It really was a terrific success! There was quite a...Read More
We had a busy day yesterday, decorating and selling buns to all the Key Stage 1 children. The same is happening today but we’re selling to Key Stage 2. We know we’ll be busy because they wanted to buy them yesterday. Luckily we had a little help with the icing. Our last class governor, Miss...Read More
Sorry it’s so late…. We’ve had a technical problem but all sorted now. Thanks for your patience and hope you enjoyed reading the hard copy we sent home on Friday. Thanks for the donations of sprinkles for our buns…… (you must’ve read the newsletter!) Please come to our garden party on Friday! blog weekly newsletter...Read More
How grown up you looked when you visited your new classes today! All the teachers said how hard you tried and how very well behaved you were. Well done. You make us feel so proud every day Class 1.Read More
Golly, we are so busy at the moment. Our class are really looking forward to our class assembly which is coming soon. We have a Dragon’s den project and a science enrichment day too. You can dress up as a ‘mad scientist’ on Tuesday if you like! If that isn’t enough excitement, we also have...Read More
What a great start to the week. Everyone has come back with a super attitude and we’ve worked our little socks off! Lots of you have practised the phonics we sent home and that was obvious when we had a chat on Monday. Well done children and adults. It’s really made a difference which you can...Read More
We’re talking about journeys next term. Are you going on a journey this week or have you already been? We’ve been to Scarborough. I’ve got a postcard from the hotel we stayed in and other bits and pieces the Lamb boys picked up along the way. Could you collect little bits and pieces to show...Read More
My goodness, that came around quickly didn’t it? Another half term gone and another holiday. Well…. you probably deserve a break because you have been working hard. Just take a look at the newsletter to see exactly what we’ve been up to….. weekly newsletter 23rd MayRead More
Here it is, apologies for the delay but delighted the website problems have been sorted now. This week’s newsletter will be coming tomorrow! weekly newsletter 16th MayRead More
We’ve had a super week. Well done everyone. Lots of exciting things have been happening. Unfortunately the website has had some problems this weekend so here is the newsletter in short: We’ve had another exciting week. Would you believe ……….our eggs hatched on the same day in class one and class two? It was so...Read More
We had a great time outside this week. We finished planting beans in pots for each child in Early Years and we’re going to look after them in our classrooms until they grow a bit more. We’ve placed each bean close to the side of the pot so we see the roots and shoots appear!...Read More
Just a little reminder that Key Stage 1 choir is open to anyone in Classes 1, 2, 3 and 4. We meet on Tuesday lunchtimes in Class1. Everyone has time to have their lunch and a play before one of the lunchtime supervisors or I blow a whistle and wave a flag to show that...Read More
Welcome back. It’s been so good to see you all……. and haven’t you grown! Really, you have grown and some of you have had birthdays which has been very exciting. We’ve heard lots of lovely news. A new baby brother has arrived and that is really, really exciting. Everyone seems very ready to settle back into our...Read More
We hope you are having a lovely holiday. You have lots of little tasks to be getting on with but if you’re not too busy….perhaps you would like to tell us what you’re doing! Are you helping at home, getting out and about between the showers and in the sunshine or simply relaxing? We would...Read More
Although it is approaching the end of term our class have still shown enormous enthusiasm for all our activities. Our P.E session on Friday was super. We were balancing on big body parts, our tummies was hardest as we balanced keeping our legs and feet off the ground. We used partners to help us balance...Read More
We’ve been learning some new songs. The children have been very enthusiastic and particularly enjoyed learning these because we’ve been ‘signing’ along side the singing. We learnt ‘Down by the bay’ a couple of weeks ago and really enjoyed the funny lyrics. This week we’ve practised ‘Good to be me’ and ‘Three little birds’. We...Read More
We were so delighted to see frog spawn in the pond this week. ‘Sage’ was out watching our frolics in the forest too. We spotted tulips this week and yet more daffodils ‘dancing in the breeze’. We did rather alot of digging and finished making our ‘forest badges’. The badges were made from little bits...Read More
It’s all gone a bit quiet on this blog! We hope you are still reading it though. The children have been very busy of course and make us smile every day. We’re still enjoying the ‘chocolate’ playdough and the vehicles on the construction site in the centre of the classroom have led to lots of...Read More
We had a marvellous time yesterday. There were so many new things to see in the wildlife area. Lots of new shoots popping up. The snowdrops are still looking super and they are now accompanied by some very pretty purple crocuses. There is one daffodil in full bloom and is smells amazing! Quite afew children...Read More
We hope you are having a lovely hoilday. We’ ve been in to school to make sure everthing is ready for the start of term. We have lots of exciting things planned and the classroom looks really different, ready to begin our next learning journey. This term we’re thinking about food, a topic which is...Read More
On Monday we crossed frozen rivers, stumbled through snow-covered forests and tiptoed through ice caves to find… A polar bear! The children were taken on a musical polar bear hunt by Mr and Mrs Jacobi, discovering all about other types of bear along the way. The children loved joining in with the songs and giving...Read More
We started this week with some delightful musical treats. 收件人 主题 Xicheng Li (pronounced ‘See Chung’) came in to school with her beautiful Gourd flute. It is made from a gourd and bamboo and it made an amazing sound. We sang our Chinese New Year song to her and she thought it was charming. We hope...Read More
Another fun filled week! The children have been finding out about Eskimos this week and telling stories about life in the Arctic. They have made lots of different creations with the Giant Clixi and worked together to build some BIG models. In Maths we have been learning about subtraction and this will continue next week....Read More
As we continue our journey into the depths of winter we have been creating our our canoes and dream catchers. This is helping us really get into the spirit and hoping that Jack Frost will invite his friend, Snow, along soon. Maybe the beautiful winter sounds/music that is helping us develop our listening skills will...Read More
Hi all! Class 1 is so enthusiastic and loving making models that we are constantly in need of clean, child friendly boxes. You know the sort; cereal, biscuit, chocolate, milk cartons, esp milk carton lids/tops please!!! We go mad for junk… Thank you!!!!!!! 🙂 Read More
What a week class 1 had last week!!! Since our arrival of the fairy house and woodwork bench we’ve been getting busy outside. Hammering nails and building up a sweat …whilst creating a magical haven with streams of lush paper and jumping into a fantasy fairy land… its a wonder we found our way back...Read More
There has been great excitement in Class 1 and Class 2 this week as Jack Frost finally arrived! The children have been fascinated by the frozen leaves and water in the outdoor classroom, and by the patterns the frost made on all the different surfaces. In class the children are still enjoying the Arctic role-play...Read More
We spotted ‘Sage’, our little woodland friend, in the Wildlife Area again this week. She seemed very interested in our activity. We were playing ‘Colour bingo’. We saw lots of green and brown in the vegetation around us but also blue sky and some very pink noses! It was very cold. We didn’t mind though...Read More
EYFS newsletter 17th January 2014 The children have had another busy week and are still thoroughly enjoying learning about the Polar regions, as well as showing us all their fantastic ideas! This week we’ve labelled polar animals, practiced our fine motor skills by hammering nails into tree stumps, worked with a friend to do ‘tree...Read More
Our class has already blogged this week about all the marvellous things we’ve been doing and we thought we would share a few more little things about what we’ve done. We have been working with hair gel and shaving foam; no we’re not pampering. We are using this as a creative way to discover...Read More
Welcome back and Happy New Year! We’ve had a super time so far this week. Everyone is fresh and ready to learn. We’ve got new hats, scarves and gloves and we’ve been comparing patterns on them. We’ve even had a go at making a repeating pattern and the children were really good at this. We...Read More
We do hope you are having a marvellous holiday. Mrs Jolly and I are meeting up this week. We’re very excited about our new topic next term. You could be thinking about ‘Winter’ and what it means to you and your family. My boys are having a lovely time at home but Toby would like...Read More
This first Christmas is so important for our class 1 children (along with reception in class 2) because it is your first in school. This is such a beautiful time! We had Miss Sawyer, along with some others teachers (and whole school in general) pull together for a grown up and lovely Christmas dinner last...Read More
A couple of weeks ago we blogged about sewing with Mrs Shelton. Well, thanks to some hardwork (and Mrs Stones glue gun talents!) our Calenders are all but finished! They look amazzzzzzing! See for yourself…. dont be shy! Class 1Read More
Enjoy a rest this weekend, you’ve earned it. We have a lovely week planned for you next week including our Christmas party. Don’t forget to bring party clothes in a bag and we will get changed ready for an afternoon of fun. We’ve worked hard this week on some surprises to take home and share...Read More
I mentioned yesterday that we were looking forward to our first performance. It was amazing, well done! Hope today went with a swing too. Ms LambRead More
We have some very tired children in our class with coughs and sneezes and little red noses but it’s not affecting our attitude one bit. We’re really looking forward to our first ‘real’ performance tonight. Our dress rehearsal went really well and we sang beautifully and remembered the actions to match the songs. Although we’re...Read More
In English we are still thinking about Christmas. Thank you for all your ‘Christmassy’ stories. We’ve really enjoyed sharing them. Next week we will be reading ‘The Jolly Christmas Postman’. We will be sending home some more phonic and handwriting practise in your new book. Keep reading at home too please! Why not have a...Read More
In English we are continuing to talk about toys but beginning to think about Christmas. We’ll be reading a story about a Christmas bear. Do you have any ‘Christmassy’ stories at home? You can bring them in to share (named please) and we can read them over the next couple of weeks. We will be...Read More
Hello Everyone! WOW!….where to start?! Firstly, we’re back (we were never gone really though!) ;-). We have been quiet but still mighty. Class 1, have been working so hard, many new and exciting things have been happening. We have been putting lots of energy into our learning and growing… and hope to bring you...Read More
We had a super time yesterday. We made little garlands or ‘Autumn wands’ with the twigs and leaves we found in the Wildlife Area. We didn’t see any squirrels or frogs this time but we did look very carefully as we went about our business. It was a beautiful afternoon, damp but bright and crisp and...Read More
Thank you so much for all the adult homework so far. We’ve had a great time sharing your memories with the class. Some of the toys you’ve described have brought back very vivid memories to adults in school and generated much discussion. We’d forgotten about the ‘Strawberry Shortcake’ dolls! We’ve put the homework, collected and...Read More
Week beginning Monday 25th November English In English we will be continuing our work on ‘Superheroes’. You’ve been on a special mission and we’ve talked about adventures, perhaps you could talk some more at home. What would you take, where would you go? You could ask an adult to be scribe and write for you....Read More
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