Year 6: The Elephants: Blog items

What a lot of wonderful Easter bonnets, by Mrs Hothersall

Date: 30th Mar 2017 @ 8:48pm

Take a look.....

Easter fun, by Mrs Hothersall

Date: 30th Mar 2017 @ 8:34pm

As always a busy fun filled week. We've been busy trying to make some Easter goodies. We are looking forward to seeing lots of you at church on Friday for the Easter Assembly. 

After the holidays I have planned an outdoor open day for Wednesday 26thApril from 2pm onwards. All reception parents and grandparents will be very welcome to come along and have a look at what we have been doing outside. More info will follow....hope everyone has a lovely Easter x

Bring yer wellies, by Mrs Hothersall

Date: 28th Mar 2017 @ 5:32pm

Wow the weather was fab, the venue was fun and the children were amazing!

Fun week we've had, by Mrs Hothersall

Date: 24th Mar 2017 @ 6:32pm

As always we have been busy. We have been thinking about animals in the ocean. Then we had our first step on the sensory footpath. We have enjoyed our time in the Spring sunshine and we have had doors put on our outdoor classes. Very, very exciting. Ooh acrylic arrived for the mosaic bench so that it will be fit for purpose and safe to sit on.

Easter week, by Mrs Hothersall

Date: 24th Mar 2017 @ 6:09pm

Hope you all have a lovely weekend and a lovely Mothers Day. Next week is a fun filled week with lots of lovely Easter themed things planned. The children have helped plan the week and want to learn and play outside all week!

We will be reading the story of Easter in RE, and then making palm crosses. We are having an Easter themed maths week and still thinking about our learn its, addition, subtraction and big maths.

we will be on our school trip to bring yer wellies on Tuesday and finding out about animal life cycles, using our senses, having a boat race with small cork boats,in  the stream, den making and generally having good old fashioned fun! we have an Easter bunny egg hunt planned.

We need to make a bird hide that we have all designed

We want to bake and make cards and Easter baskets.

We are at church on Friday afternoon for the Easter assembly.  

Wow what a fun filled week. Have a super weekend and come back ready to have fun next week. 😃

 

Applethwaite Homes came to school, by Mrs Hothersall

Date: 22nd Mar 2017 @ 8:19pm

Applethwaite Homes came to school and brought a kind donation of £500.00 to help with our step outside project.

Friday funtime, by Mrs Hothersall

Date: 10th Mar 2017 @ 5:27pm

Today we read the story of the gingerbread man and talked about keeping safe after Mr Pearsons assembly on Thursday about stranger danger. We once again loved being outside the water area is a real hit with everyone in the Meerkats.

Outdoor springtime fun, by Mrs Hothersall

Date: 8th Mar 2017 @ 5:50pm

The weather has been fab this week and so down in reception the Meerkats have been exploring outdoors. They really enjoy the water area so we are trying to make it even more fun. The mosaic bench is coming along, it's very time consuming but it will be worth it. Also we've been whittling more wood for our messy maths area to make simple 2d shapes....

World book day and more, by Mrs Hothersall

Date: 3rd Mar 2017 @ 9:35pm

We had fun dressing up. As part of RE we are finding out about Noah's Ark. We read the story, made story stones, painted pictures and learnt lots and lots.

Pancake day, by Mrs Hothersall

Date: 28th Feb 2017 @ 3:10pm

We talked about pancake day, we made pancakes and then we tried them...yummy.

More amazing outdoors, by Mrs Hothersall

Date: 27th Feb 2017 @ 6:32pm

We are learning so much about how to improve our environment. The sensory path has come to a standstill...we are waiting for the edging to be put in properly and storm Doris caused a flood.... but today a willow arch structure arrived so we all helped to put it in. Take a look😊

Amazing animals and week 1, by Mrs Hothersall

Date: 24th Feb 2017 @ 11:29am

Welcome back, hope you have all had a lovely February holiday. Take a look at some of this weeks fun. We have been thinking about animals, reading the story of Noah's Ark. Making story stones to retell the story. Having fun outside with mini beasts and making a bug hotel. And so much more......

PE is fun, by Mrs Hothersall

Date: 2nd Feb 2017 @ 6:29pm

Marvellous Monday morning , by Mrs Hothersall

Date: 30th Jan 2017 @ 8:23pm

We have had fun in the winter sun and tasted noodles and egg fried rice,  yum x

Parents Safer Internet, by Mr Pearson

Date: 24th Jan 2017 @ 8:52pm

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Click here for the PowerPoint for the Parents Safer Intenet 

Outside fun, by Mrs Hothersall

Date: 21st Jan 2017 @ 11:09am

This week we have made a start at our outdoor environment. We have a lot to do in a short time....the children really enjoyed planning a den making area, collecting wood and then wood whittling like Cowboys.

 

Songs to learn for 'The Goblins Next Door', by Mr Coxhead

Date: 11th Jan 2017 @ 9:35pm

Track 1 - What a great day in the woods!

Track 4 - Have you ever been to a fairy party?

Track 11 - All's well that ends well!

Happy new year x, by Mrs Hothersall

Date: 9th Jan 2017 @ 5:35pm

Happy new year to you all x we have had a lovely first day back. Our new topic is toy story and this week we are flying into infinity and beyond with buzz light year.

Christmas party, by Mrs Hothersall

Date: 20th Dec 2016 @ 5:57pm

Fabulous fun at the Christmas party. A special guest and lots of fun and games. It just went tooooooo fast.

Fun at the theatre, by Mrs Hothersall

Date: 15th Dec 2016 @ 9:02pm

We had a fun day dressing up as characters from Pinocchio and then our first trip to the theatre in Lancaster.

Christmas dinner, by Mrs Hothersall

Date: 13th Dec 2016 @ 3:11pm

Yummy dinner....

The First Christmas, by Mrs Hothersall

Date: 9th Dec 2016 @ 12:17pm

Today we have read the story of the first Christmas and we found out about baby Jesus being born. We then had a go at sequencing the story, writing sentences, we played with the manger and made nativity scene jigsaws.We had fun in the grotto too....

Getting ready for Christmas....., by Mrs Hothersall

Date: 2nd Dec 2016 @ 1:51pm

We have put up decorations, thought about the meaning of Christmas and played in the grotto.

Magic glasses, by Mrs Hothersall

Date: 25th Nov 2016 @ 1:39pm

In RE we were thinking about kindness and we had a pair of magic glasses that helped us to say nice things about our friends. The rhyme went,"magic glasses what do you see, tell me something nice about me." When the glasses landed on someone we had to say nice things about them.

Jack Frost has been, by Mrs Hothersall

Date: 24th Nov 2016 @ 11:37am

We have had great fun playing in the frosty sunshine. We found lots of ice.....but enjoyed the sunshine.