Week Ending 2nd July 2010

We are adding the "finishing touches" to our Carnival Float entry, based on the theme of "Inventions". Hopefully Saturday will be warm and dry, and a happy occasion for all participants. As a School, we have contributed to a large "jig-saw" picture, which will be on display on Saturday. Do come along and see our art work in the finished product.

Our foundation topics this week have been geography, or design and technology. Rabbits children have made puppets which will be used in English as the characters for play scripts. They also made a lava lamp, which was quite magical. Younger children have been "shopping", and enjoyed making a shop of their choice that would be beneficial to the local community... so we await a pet shop / toy shop / antique shop / jewellery shop / sports shop / party shop / charity shop!

We ate our first home grown strawberries - the tastiest berries ever, we decided!

Younger children have set up butterfly houses, and when we each have a butterfly, we will dress up in bright clothes and butterfly wings and release our fluttering friends!

Week Ending 25th June 2010

The end of a lovely, warm week, that, as usual, has been busy and exciting. Key Stage Two children enjoyed their last cooling swimming lesson, as England scored a goal! Foundation topic has been art, and now the "builders" boards are bright and colourful... adorned with gigantic collage flowers, and winged creatures that glitter and twinkle.

Some of our children have had the opportunity to visit their Middle Schools, and discover what life will be like in September, when they have moved on to pastures new.

Our hanging baskets and floral borders have "filled out" well and provide lovely splashes of colour around the School. The kitchen is being supplied with salad herbs and lettuce - imagine... picked one minute and eaten the next! On Wednesday, some parents visited for lunch, and had the treat of Yorkshire puddings made with eggs from Florence, Henrietta and Rosie!

Week Ending 18th June 2010

This week, last minute preparations have been done, ready for our annual Summer Fair on Saturday. Please try to come along and share in all the fun, from 12.00 to 2.30pm. Food will be available, so cooking can be avoided this weekend, as well as considering how to occupy the children!

On Tuesday, we had a Sharing Assembly, where children from all classes talked about special work, from wood sculpture to knowing one hundred key words.

We have discovered gradually that Henrietta, Florence and Rosie enjoy eating fruit - their favourites are grapes and peaches!

This week our foundation subject has been history. An army of wounded soldiers limped into Scatari Hospital to be treated by Florence Nightingale and her nurses. Oh, don;'t worry if you have heard squeaking in School... it's only the rats from the hospital... artificial, of course!

REMEMBER: SUMMER FAIR SATURDAY: 12 - 2.30pm!!!

Week Ending 11th June 2010

During the holiday week, our Pre-School playground was painted with "shape and colour" train tracks, and a number snake. The children have enjoyed playing on the new additions. A new herb and sensory garden has been established, and is proving popular with little hands and noses!

The new classroom walls are getting higher each day - watch this space to find out when the ladybird roof is fitted.

This week, the children have participated in cricket, tennis and soccer. Relay training will be starting next week, and the "broom handle" batons are ready and waiting. Our grounds are being prepared for Open Gardens on Sunday. Hedges and grass are ship-shape, and borders and baskets are blooming, so do come along between 12 and 5pm, and enjoy a relaxing cream tea.

On Friday we turned green - no, not with envy, but for "Green day". Incorporated in the day: Scarecrow Making / Recycled Clothes / Fashion Show / Nature Trail / Statistics / Super Heroes!

Week Ending 28th May 2010

As always we have had another very busy week leading up to the half term holiday. This is how it went!!

MONDAY: The builders have started on our new classroom.

TUESDAY: Hedgehogs special ERR lesson

WEDNESDAY: The firemen and fire engine arrived to talk to the Year 2s.

THURSDAY: Woodwind orchestra.

FRIDAY: Mufti Day!

Do enjoy half term week!

Week Ending 21stMay 2010

A beautiful week weather wise, making our outdoor activities very pleasurable - tennis, soccer, cricket, marathon training and lacrosse.

We have also been outdoors, dismantling the library garden and pergola, in preparation for our new classroom, which starts being built next week. The plants have been moved to a new border, by the shelter, so nothing has been wasted. Wood from the pergola will be made into additional allotments and rustic benches. Our allotment is thriving, and this week the children planted out sweetcorn, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower and tomatoes. On arrival at the main entrance, there are fresh bright hanging baskets, already dripping with colour.

Our hens have settled in well, and it seems that Henrietta is the boss... so do behave Rosie and Florence! We have discovered that they don't like wholemeal bread, but they are rather partial to grapes.

This week our foundation focus has been art. Younger children have been looking at sculpture by Henry Moore, and had fun with various media, from newspaper to wood and clay. Older children have been studying birds, and had a lovely time in our outdoor classroom, sketching. We have all made contributions to the School Float, which is well under way. Please come along and help on Monday and Tuesday afternoons, upstairs in the Pre-School building.

Week Ending 14th May 2010

On Monday we held our "Egg Auction", and have since had "feedback" of double yolks and extra tasty eggs. Well done to Henrietta, Rosie and Florence!

Tuesday morning was started with our Sharing Assembly, when children from each class celebrated their success with parents and friends. Hamsters' puppet show provided the finale.

Wednesday afternoon went swimmingly for our year three and four children who visited Tiddenfoot Pool in Leighton Buzzard.

We had a second wonderful visit from an extremely kind Muslim parent, who shared artifacts and food with us. The spicier foods were washed down with delicious, cool mango juice. A big thank you from us all!

During Friday's Choices, some children had a demonstration of how to use a selection of tools to make our own name plaques, for the chickens. The children had the unique idea of displaying photographs and information in CD cases, which will then be mounted and painted on painted and varnished plaques. The favourite part was sand papering the rough edges. Look out for them by the chicken run soon.