Fun lunchtimes at High Street for World Smile Day

To recognise World Smile Day, children at High Street spent their Monday lunchtime taking part in a Make Them Smile gameshow, to help raise awareness for the cleft lip and palate charity Smile Train.

The children could tell their silliest joke, do their craziest dance move and pull their funniest face to try and turn Miss Bennett's and Miss Lizzimore's frowns upside down! 

At Manor Way a similar game took place after school where Miss Truong was a fierce competitor!

Hope these pictures from our day bring a smile to your face too!

Story Mapping in Reception

This week Reception have been using a story map to retell the story 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt'. We have added Makaton actions and can retell the story in order using the story maps. We also went on a bear hunt through grass, a river, a snowstorm and a cave.

Every child has taken a copy of the story map home, ask your child to use it to retell the story.

Art with natural materials- Year 3

For Art this week, Year 3 have been looking at how to use natural materials to make different colours. We used berries, mud, leaves and other materials and labelled what we had found. We also had fun not using paint brushes but using sticks and our hands! Lots of messy fun!

Fine Motor Fun in Reception!

Apple Tree have had great fun developing their fine motor skills, making the muscles in their fingers and hands stronger.

                      

One of our challenges was to thread little beads onto sticks of spaghetti. We took our time and showed great concentration. 

Another challenge was to fill a pipette with water and very carefully squeeze drops of water into the suction cups. 

We also enjoyed playing with the coloured rice. Our challenge was to use our fingers and mark making tools to draw different 2D shapes. 

The secrets of Stonehenge in Year 3

In our Humanities lessons this week, Year 3 have been learning about Stonehenge. We began by looking at photographs of Stonehenge and discussing what we could see, what we thought these pictures showed and any questions we had. 

We then read all about Stonehenge and created a class mind map, using the English Heritage website to find out more. We were really interested in the mystery of how Stone Age humans managed to transport the heavy rocks all the way from Wales! 

After a bit more research, we wrote questions that we might ask a prehistoric human about Stonehenge. We then practised ‘hot-seating’, taking turns asking questions (as the interviewer) and answering questions (as a human from the Stone Age).

The Kingston Frost Dragon visits Year 3

For our non-fiction this half term, Year 3 are going to be learning about and text mapping an information text about a dragon called the Kingston Frost Dragon. For our hook, we read an extract from the text that explains what the Frost Dragon would look like.

Have you ever wondered what a Frost Dragon looks like? In fact, they are similar to the majority of dragons. Like most Dragons, they have huge wings, large jaws, a spiny back and a long tail. Typically, they are a sparkling white or silver colour. However, some have been spotted that are an icy blue. 

Furthermore, their teeth are made of diamonds and look like icicles. The main feature of this dragon is the fact that it does not breathe flames. They breathe frost and snow. 

A few dragons of this variety have the ability to breathe on any creature and freeze it to stone, particularly if they feel in danger. Additionally , they all have webbed feet that they use for swimming.

We then used this information to help us create our own Frost Dragons.

Reception's First Singing Assembly

 Today was Reception's first singing assembly with Mr Griffiths.

The children sat beautifully while they warmed up their voices following along with Mr Griffiths.

We then sang two songs, a Reception favourite which was 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star' and a new song 'Shake your sillies out'.

Here are some photos of the children dancing along to 'Shake your sillies out'.