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In English we have been creating shape poems! We looked at lots of examples together and discussed the structure. Then we chose our favourite fruits and created vocabulary lists to describe them. 

Willow had an amazing time at St Andrews this week for our Egyptian themed day! They took part in a variety of activities including crafting their own cartouche, making their own clay amulet, painting masks of eternity and mummy wrapping fun! 

This week we have enjoyed playing in the house role play as we have been gifted some new baby dolls. We are so pleased with our new babies and accessories. We have enjoyed dressing and pushing the prams with our babies in. 

In the Early Years Foundation Stage learning is driven in part through children’s interests. Our work on carnivores, herbivores and omnivores in Science took us back to the time of the dinosaurs! Miss Delderfield created an amazing hands-on experience for the children to develop their own lines of…

We had a visit from Mrs Gethin, Ralph and some children from The Howard to share an exciting new project happening across our seven schools. Using the story Pig the Pug each school will complete a variety of activities and add them to the scrapbook. This will then be passed on, creating a powerful…

This week, the children investigated how distance can impact volume. We planned our investigation following a science game whereby children making sound traveled closer and further away. We were able to draw the conclusion that the further away we are in distance, the quieter the sound.…

At Mary Howard we are always excited to embrace new ways of learning, especially when it comes to technology and coding. Recently, Oak Class had a fantastic opportunity to dive into the world of coding using Microbits, thanks to our pupil expert from St Andrews who led the lesson!

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What a busy week we’ve had in Willow Class! As part of our unit on local government, our classroom was transformed from a place of learning into a bustling Council Chamber.

The mission? To understand how democracy works right on our doorstep. We stepped out of our school uniforms (mentally!)…

Well done to Oak and Willow! The children developed their passing and shooting skills in PE today whilst also developing their team work skills. 

The children created a story map of Man on the Moon to explain Bob’s busy day. Then Reception wrote sentences about Bob, segmenting and blending sounds to help with spelling. 

In Science we looked at carnivores, herbivores and omnivores and the teeth they have for their diets. This led us to thinking about our own teeth and how we should care for them! 

In Science we have identified vertebrates and invertebrates and looked at cold-blooded reptiles, amphibians and fish. We researched each animal group in teams to create information posters and looked at ways of classifying using a branching key.