The Viking Period
Oak Class began their new unit of learning by creating Viking timelines. The children learned when the Vikings came to Britain and the main reasons believed as to why!
Splashing Success at the SnowDome — Tamworth Schools Swimming Gala Finals
What a night to be proud of! On an electric evening at Tamworth’s SnowDome our children took part in the Tamworth Schools Swimming Gala Finals — competing against much larger schools and showing exactly what Mary Howard and St Andrew children are made of.
Seven of our children qualified for…
Grendel’s lair description
Oak Class developed their visualisation skills in reading this week. The children then used their imaginations and the information from the text, that we have learned about Grendel, to write vivid setting descriptions! The children included figurative language and relative clauses within their…
Close catch, deep catch!
In PE, Oak Class began their cricketing topic by establishing the ready position! The children learned how to do a successful close catch and deep catch and considered when each would be used.
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Double numbers
This week Reception have been exploring double numbers and looking at patterns. It always helps to learn new things in a practical way!
Grecian Times!
Oak Class finalised their writing by publishing their newspaper reports this week! The children reported on the subterfuge of the Trojan Horse, which was carefully constructed by General Odysseus and his Spartan soldiers! An excellent final piece of work to end the half term, well done Oak!
Invitations to play
We have lots of activities set up in Maple class to provide independent learning opportunities. We aim to spark curiosity, imagination, autonomy and teamwork. Here are some examples of some recent invitations to play.
Parachute!
We displayed some fantastic teamwork playing a variety of games with the parachute. Our favourite was when we had to go underneath and swap places with a partner!
Investigating absorbency and water play
We have continued our work in everyday materials in Science and tested a range of materials for absorbency. Some great observations and discussions! Then we went outside for some hands-on water play. Fantastic collaborative learning in action!
‘Peace be With You’
In RE this week, we explored stage five of communion: peace and offertory. We walked around our class and shook hands with one another saying the words ‘peace be with you’. We discussed and recorded how this made us feel - protected, part of a community, accepted, relaxed and much…