Debate Community & Partnership Leader Group

Our group have been busy for the last week preparing for our debate today. The question we were debating was: "Should Britain remain in the EU or leave the EU?"

We met last week to share our initial ideas and to begin our research. Today, we divided into teams, appointed primary and secondary speakers and a chair and then developed our arguments and counter arguments. Although both sides of our debate made some thoughtful and persuasive points, the 'Remain' team won today with a vote of 13 against 7.

Cinema Trip to Dagenham

On Wednesday a group of children from different classes across Manor Way took the mini-bus over to the Vue Cinema in Dagenham to watch a child-friendly version of The Greatest Showman. This child-friendly version of the showing did not include any trailers or adverts before the film, the sound was kept a little lower than usual and the lights were kept a bit brighter. The children behaved superbly throughout the whole trip, and as a consequence the children enjoyed some popcorn whilst watching the film. On the way back many of the children were singing some of the songs from the film!

Y6 Elder Mini-Chef

On Thursday the children in Year 6 Elder class were cooking in the community kitchen as part of our Mini-Chef healthy lifestyle program. This week's menu offered to the parents was pasta in a spicy tomato sauce.

Gymnastics with Orange Class

The children in Reception Orange class were practising their gymnastic skills by using some of the indoor apparatus on Thursday. The children were balancing, moving, climbing and sliding in lots of different ways.

Dressing Up Fun at Manor Way

Some of the Y5 pupils on Thursday enjoying the dressing up clothes on the playground at lunchtime.

Nursery- We're Going on a Bear Hunt

Nursery have been captivated by our learning linked to our topic book, 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt.' 

We have been learning to retell the story. 

We went on a bear hunt in Forest School, we were not scared!

Splash, splosh in the deep cold river. 

Squelch! Squerch! in the thick oozy mud. 

Stumble trip, in the deep dark forest. 

Swirling, whirling snowstorm. 

It's a bear!!!

We made our own bear cave using resources in Forest School. 

Nursery- Messy Stay and Play

Nursery held a 'Messy Stay & Play' session; parents were invited to come and play with their child. The session promoted messy play at home, there were a variety of activities set up in the outdoor and indoor learning environments. Thank you to those parents who attended. 

Below are some ideas on how to support messy play at home:

Digging and Pouring         Instead of using a free standing sand/water tray, you could try a washing up bowl or roasting tin. Use household objects such as jugs, spoons, sieves, scoops and funnels to explore sand and water. Add bubble bath to your water tray.

Tray Activities All children love to touch and explore new things. Place some of the following into trays and let the children put their hands in: Jelly  Cornflour Porridge oats mixed with water Shaving foam ·Whipped snow (2 cups of warm water/1 cup of pure laundry soap or flakes)          Hair gel Encourage language throughout the activities, giving meaning to the descriptive words such as squeeze, drip and slime.

Paint Free painting- allow children to freely experiment with paint, brushes and paper. Mixing colour.   Printing- use anything you feel is suitable to paint with (cars, corks, string, spaghetti, cotton reels, sponges, blow up balloons, hands, feet).

Using Food Cooked spaghetti, you could add food colouring to the water to make it look more interesting. To extend the activity offer the children child friendly scissors to cut up the spaghetti. Use a potato masher to explore mash potato or garden peas. Tinned vegetables such as baked beans, tinned tomatoes, peas or carrots, all provide a great opportunity for sensory exploration as the child squishes and makes marks. Dried rice and pasta provide the opportunity to encourage the use of mathematical language throughout play.

Playdough Here is a simple recipe: 1 cup of plain flour 1 cup of water 1 tablespoon cooking oil 2 teaspoons cream of tartar Half a cup of salt Put all ingredients in a large microwaveable bowl, and put it in the microwave for 3 minutes, stirring regularly until it forms a ball. Keep it wrapped in cling film or in a covered tub to stop it drying out.

Outside Homemade Bubbles 1 cup of shampoo 3 cups of water Mix together, add wands and go! ·         Welly Boot Printing Stand in paint with boots on and walk along lining paper. Walking over bubble wrap.  Fill a balloon with coloured water and freeze. Once frozen burst the balloon and place the ice in the tray. You could try freezing items into the ice. Create your own mud kitchen.