We’ve had a wonderful but very busy day at BRW. We welcomed Bemma Akyeampong, author of the Ayuda stories – set in Guinea-Bissau, all about a sea turtle’s adventures and struggles against pollution. She retold her stories to all the children and they had chance to think about what they could do to look after our wonderful world.
We also had the introduction of our wonderful new furniture to spruce up our reading corners in every classroom. This will really help to promote the joy of reading, learning new vocabulary and being inspired to be authors ourselves.
As the photographs show, the reading cafe was immensely popular and the cakes didn’t last long! Thank you everyone for attending and for the cake donations.
When we went to the woods this week, we had a big surprise! The story of My Friend Bear was dramatized by Miss Leonardi and Miss Vaughan and the verdict was…..”They were very funny and a bit silly”! Thank you to both of them for bringing the story to life.
The children made sure that, whatever activity they chose, they were kind to each other just as Eddy and the Big Bear.
The Rainbow Fish have continued to explore the different counting collections. This week they have been working on how to group the objects and record them using different pictures and even number sentences! They spoke about the differences between the amounts, using comparative language such a, ‘more than,’ ‘less than,’ and ‘the same.’ They even went on to finding the different amounts on a hundred square to look at the different amounts in numerical form. They really are Marvelous Mathematicians!
Last week the children went over to Corpus Christi Church. They worked together to spot the key parts of the church, including the altar, lectern, font, crucifix and stained glass windows. Many of them had a real moment of wonder as they entered the church and saw the vast space, beautiful banners and colourful window.
The children had a fantastic time, finding sticks, climbing trees, making woodland potions and, of course, lots of exploring with their friends. We had lots of children that were enjoying their first visit to Forest School and they all did really well, joining in with all the activities.
Thank you to the Library Leaders for getting our exciting week off to a great start. They told us about Saint Jerome who was asked to translate the Bible so that more people could know God’s word. He did such a good job that his translation was used for more than 1,000 years.
Don’t forget that if you want to be in with a chance of winning a book, return your Scavenger Hunt sheets by Thursday. Good Luck!
As part of our efforts to raise money for CAFOD during the season of Lent, FS and Year 3 were very excited to kickstart this important event. FS completed their 5 laps with the support of their Y3 partners, who were more than happy to be paired up with the youngest members of our school. Year 3 went on to complete their 15 laps n good time and barely out of breath!
This week at forest school we spent our time getting to know the trees. We looked at them and copied the shapes and movements they make in different weathers and seasons. We also enjoyed using our senses to find out the trees – giving them a hug, using our hands to find out what they feel like, smelling them ( they smell like mint, chocolate and mud!), and using our ears to find out the different sounds they make. We even came up with different names for our trees! Look out for Rose-ish Tree, Minty Tree, Mr Bumpy Tree and Chocolate Cucumber Tree the next time you’re at Glapton woods!…..
Wednesday afternoon was a very busy day at BRW. There was an unprecedented number of poorly teddies (and rabbits, dragons and pigs) arriving at school – something had to be done!
We called in the doctors (real ones!) and, thankfully, they were able to make them all better. Whilst treating the teddies, the children learned about dental hygiene, how to try to make themselves feel better when they were sad, what exercise does to the body and how to use a stethoscope.
We were very proud of how all the children behaved and how they spoke clearly to people they did not know.
Here are a few photographs to give you a flavour of the experience.
We had a lovely time exploring Glapton Woods this week. We wanted to help the Boy and Penguin from our story find there way back to the South Pole so we created maps for them to follow. The children loved drawing and writing what they could see as we walked through the woods.
