Here you will find some key pieces of news that we think you will be interested in as and when they happen in school.
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It was so incredibly difficult to pick winners for our Story Jar Competition as each and every entry was creative, imaginative and brilliantly put together. Thank you to everyone for their efforts, they are now proudly displayed in the reception area.
Congratulations to our winners who each won a £5 book voucher:
Freya (Little Stars) - Cinderella
Matteo (Ladybirds) – Hungry Caterpillar
Ayrton (Ladybirds) – Bears Love Squares
Jessie (Butterflies) – Colour Monster
Maia (Comets) – Harry and the Dinosaurs
Ava (Comets) – Narnia
Polly (Moonbeams) – Rapunzel
Anaya (Suns) – David Attenborough Autobiography
Ted (Rainbows) – Pirates
It was National Science Day on Wednesday and the whole school took part in fun activities to celebrate the day. Little Stars, Ladybirds and Butterflies completed tasks such as a magnet hunt around the classroom, floating and sinking in water trays, and using magnifying glasses for observing plants outside.
Y1 made beautiful skittle rainbows and predicted how many pencils they could put through a sealed sandwich bag filled with water. Y2 made brilliant lava lamps and created walking rainbows with food colouring. Everyone had a lot of fun!
Last Friday, Year 1 had a 'bring your robot to school day' to launch their new topic. We had lots of fun in the hall playing with lots of different versions, and making the robots move around obstacles - we even had a ramp! This was a great way to teach position and direction.
On Thursday, Year 1 had their first cinema night at school until 5pm. They loved relaxing on beanbags and pillows beneath twinkly fairy lights, nibbling on popcorn/snacks, sipping their juice and watching a Disney film with all their friends! Thank you for your contributions, we are now able to purchase two sensory tables for our classrooms.
We had a special visitor in school today. Our local MP, Tom Randall, ran a Christmas Card Competition for local schools and we are delighted to inform you that the runner-up design is from Pia from our Ladybirds class! Pia’s design will be on the inside cover of the 1,300 Christmas card that Tom Randall will be sending out to people and organisations across Gedling. As a prize, Pia has won four tickets to watch the Sleeping Beauty pantomime at the Nottingham Arts Centre. Well done Pia!
A huge thank you to our Year 2 parents for talking to the children about animals last week. Freya’s Mum showed us lots of photos and talked to us about what it is like to be a dog groomer and how this helps to keep dogs healthy. Genevieve’s Mum talked to us about what vets might do and brought in some brilliant practical activities. The children had a go at making organs and bones out of playdoh and bandaging up poorly dogs, cats and rabbits.
Finally, we had an incredibly exciting chance to meet some of Claire’s exotic pets. We met Buttercup the Tortoise, Clifford the Bearded Dragon, two beautiful lizards and a stunning snake called Rose. Claire told us how to look after them properly including what they eat and where they need to live.
All the talks were a wonderful experience for the Year 2 children and we are very grateful to the adults who gave up their time to come and see us. THANK YOU!
Our Odd Socks Day on Monday 13th November marked the start of Anti-Bullying Week in school. This day encouraged the children to express themselves and celebrate their individuality and what makes us all unique! We loved seeing all the odd socks and used the theme to talk about our values Friendship and spreading Kindness.
We have launched Cooking Club for Year One and Year Two and the sessions started by making a delicious toad in the hole. It's been a huge success and thank you to everyone who has shown in an interest, we can't wait to see what everyone makes over the year.
Year 1 had an amazing trip to the Yorkshire Wildlife Park. In the morning we took part in a workshop and learnt about 4 carnivores:- tigers, lions, leopards and polar bears. We looked at replica skulls and found out about how the different shape of their teeth help them to hunt.
We found out the Leopard at the park was about to have cubs – so if anyone revisits in the summer you might see the new babies although when we went to see the leopards we did discover they are experts at hiding in the grass. We had a chance to dress up as different big cats and learnt about how camouflage helps them to hide from their prey. The rest of the day was spent exploring the park and we saw tigers, lions, leopard, zebra, rhino, polar bears, giraffes and many more.
We had a great day and Year 1 were so well behaved, coping brilliantly with everything the weather threw at us!
We have posted off some fantastic letters created by our children to King Charles III! We will let you know if we receive a reply.