Reception have had an exciting week back at school. They entered their classrooms on Monday to find a new role-play area which is a Veterinary Clinic. They have thoroughly enjoyed dressing up and role-playing as a Vet or a customer bringing their pet to the...
This week in Reception we have been thinking about different careers that we could have when we are older. We were very lucky to have been visited by a real scientist. Nicola, who is a former pupil of Dorothy Barley, spoke to the children about...
During the last 2 weeks of term we held Games Afternoons for our Key Stage One children and their parents.The events were held as part of the Junior Duke 'interest' challenge. It was lovely to see so many parents enjoying playing a range of strategy...
In school this week, we have been celebrating Careers Week. We want our pupils to dream big and have goals for the future!The children have been learning about different jobs and were excited to welcome in visitors to share information about their careers.Year 1 were...
In school this week, we have been celebrating Careers Week! The children have been learning about different jobs and this week we had a pharmacist come to talk to us. She told all about the importance of her job and what she does every day.[gallery...
In Maths this week we have identified equal and unequal groups. We made our own equal groups with counters. We then investigated how addition and multiplication are linked.[gallery ess_grid_gal="homepage" ids="18014,18015,18016,18017,18018"]...
This term in DT we are learning all about vehicles. We worked together as a team to make vehicles together.We made a long train, a red van and a scooter. We used the vehicles to make up a new class story and write sentences.[gallery ess_grid_gal="homepage"...
Lots of our parents came to join us for our library visit this week.We enjoyed sharing books with our grown ups and chose one together to take home. Thank you to all of the parents and carers who were able to join us![gallery ess_grid_gal="homepage" ids="17971,17972,17973,17974,17975,17976,17977"]...
In Science this week, Year 1 have been learning about the senses of taste and smell. We tasted salt, sweet, sour, bitter and umami. We all liked the sweet and umami and most of us liked the salt too. Sour and bitter were not quite...
We have had great fun in Reception this week making our own potions! We cut herbs and mixed them with fresh lemon and a whole rang of different ingredients. We counted out how many scoops it took to fill our containers. We all got very...