Brilliant Bog Babies

Children in Reception have really enjoyed listening to the story of ‘The Bog Baby’. They have been making links to being kind and have noticed all of the kind actions of characters in the story. The story inspired them to draw pictures and make some amazing clay models.

Class 3 at Conisbrough Castle

We had an amazing day at Conisbrough Castle and learnt so much about it’s history from our expert guide Janet.

We explored inside the stone keep and saw Lord Hamlin and Lady Isabelle’s private rooms and chapel.

We even climbed to the top to see how far the guards could see when they were defending the castle.

After lunch we listened to a story about castle life and heard about the people who would have lived and worked there, we all enjoyed dressing up and getting into character.

We’ve learnt so much to help us along in our expedition ‘From Rags to Riches: What Lies Within the Castle Walls?’

Class Six Book Fairies

During crew week, Class Six asked ourselves “Does crew stop at the school gates?” We decided to be Norton Book Fairies and between Y2 delivered 20 books around Norton. These were left around the village for people to find and take home.

We hope everyone is enjoying our books and leaving them around the village for other people to find!!

Nursery’s Celebration of Learning.

On the 27th of June Nursery celebrated and shared their learning of our summer expedition “What happens where the sea meets the shore?” The children have been investigating what happens to the sea creature when plastics pollute our oceans and how we can help to solve this problem. They have also explored fantasy tales of the sea, examining mythical characters such as mermaid and pirates. The children sang a mermaid song which they had been learning to their parents. Nursery also shared a retelling of one of the texts we explored as part of our learning “Mermaid and Pirate”. They recalled this story through actions and performed it in front of Reception children as part of one of the phases community crews.

We also shared our final product with parents which was a media reel with a voice over provided by the children explaining and answering our guiding question and demonstrating the children’s understanding and learning experiences throughout the expedition. During which we created a large piece of land art as a whole phase. The children recycled materials to make sea creatures and the setting under the sea, to form the piece of art. We then used a drone to capture the image and made the art into a bin sticker. These were gifted to all children and were to be placed on each family’s recycling bin to remind the families and community on the importance of recycling to save our seas.

Children then shared their learning journals with their families and were encouraged to take part in sea themed activities which we had taken part in during the whole of the expedition. These activities included hook a duck, ice cream making, sea themed role play, puppet shows and exploration, real ice lollies for tasting and guess where the treasure is hiding?

What time is it Class 6?

In maths this week we are working hard on telling the time using analogue clocks. We’ve had fun making our own interactive clocks and using them to make the time. We’ve also enjoyed applying our skills whilst playing games with our friends.

Let’s see if Class 6 can show off their skills at home by telling you what time it is or working out how many minutes it is until a certain event. 

Thank you for your continued support.

Mrs Goodyer

Rockpool Explorers!

Last week the children had a wonderful opportunity to explore a real life rock pool. They were able to touch a starfish, hold three types of crab and stroke an anemone. We also learned some amazing facts, the children’s favourite being that the whole in the middle of the starfish is both its mouth and bottom!