Chestnuts visit the library at The Word

12th July 2023G Mills

Chestnuts recently visited the library at The Word, where we took part in a story telling session.

A kind librarian read a great story about a young girl travelling around the world in a hot air balloon. She visited lots of different countries, which we have studied throughout our history and geography work. We have also read many books at school about these places.

The children were great at talking about what they have learned. The librarian was very impressed with how many amazing books Chestnuts have read this year.

Before we returned to school, we had a chance to explore the huge collection of library books. The children promised they would come to the library to choose their own books. Hopefully this will continue to improve their reading.

Roman Day!

10th July 2023Hannah Edgar

This week Cherries had their own Roman day in class. They dressed up as Romans wearing armour and tunics!

They designed and painted their own shields, then marched around the yard to scare away enemies.

They played some Roman inspired games.

All finished with a Roman feast.

Turkish Delight?

8th July 2023A Tod

Our book this half term is The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe written by C.S. Lewis. The children have carried out lots of work linked to it such as; descriptive writing, a biography and instructions.

To immerse them further into the story they got to taste some Turkish delight. The character of Edmund is lured in by the White Witch and given some Turkish delight, which he loves! However, I’m not so sure some of Willows would agree…

 

 

Fun at the Park!

6th July 2023S Wilkinson

This morning, the children in Maples class enjoyed exploring our local area and environment, and they found lots of things including insects, metros, trains, trees and cars.

The children also enjoyed some lovely time on our local park. See how much fun they had!

Marvellous Maths and Super Science!

6th July 2023A Malone

In Maths we have been exploring money. We have sorted coins into groups, examining how they look and feel, the colour, size and shape of them. We have ordered them according to value, from 1p up to £2 in coins, and even looked at notes up to £50!

Sorting coins

In topic/science/geography, we have looked at different habitats, comparing and contrasting them to the coastal habitats we have been learning about. We then decided to make some small world habitats outdoors, including ‘Dino World’, ‘Bug Land’ and a zoo.

Creating small world habitats outdoors

 

Creating a tuff spot seascape

We have also explored floating and sinking. We used a range of materials including wood, plastic, metal and fabric, and predicted whether they would float or sink, giving reasons for our ideas. Then we tested our predictions and came to conclusions about what had happened.

Float or sink?