This week, Reception have had a fantastic time exploring their curiosities and discovering the wonderful world around them. As the entry point to our new topic, 'A Bug's Life', the children set off on an exciting mini beast hunt around the school playground and Reception...
This week in Nursery, we have been learning all about Spring. We have looked in the garden for signs of and found a beautiful blossom tree. We carefully drew and painted daffodils.We looks very closely at the blossom from the tree and we drew and...
This week in Oak Class we have been exploring our new story by taking part in a sensory story. We learnt the different characters in the story Troll, Big Billy Goat, Medium Billy Goat and Small Billy Goat.The children played with the different characters in...
In Year 2 this week, we have finished our rainforest animal sculptures and then created a habitat for them.[gallery ess_grid_gal="homepage" ids="20987,20988,20989,20990,20991"]...
This week in Reception, we have been learning all about Chinese New Year. We discovered how and why it is celebrated and explored lots of exciting traditions. The children had great fun looking at special artefacts and trying on beautiful costumes.We read the story 'The...
This week we have been learning about Chinese New Year. We have made Chinese lanterns, money purses and dragons. We have also written Chinese numbers in glitter with chopsticks and feathers.We also really enjoyed Chinese dancing too![gallery ess_grid_gal="homepage" ids="20911,20912,20913,20914,20915,20916,20917,20918,20919,20920,20921,20922,20923,20924,20925,20926,20927,20928,20929"]...
This week in Oak Class we have made delicious cupcakes. We learnt about the different ingredients then named and labelled them.The children were able to match keywords to the ingredients. We then followed the recipe and poured the mixture into the cupcake cases. We then...
Here at Dorothy Barley, we want all of our children to be ambitious and excited about their future opportunities. Last week, we were been learning all about the different jobs and careers that we could do when we grow up!We finished the week with a...
We have had a really busy week in Nursery! We have all been practising being independent. We can put on our own coat and some children have worked very hard to master fastening their zip.We have also been practising our fine motor skills by cutting...
As part of Careers Week, we were thrilled to welcome a very special visitor into school. One of our pupils' nan, who works as a Sergeant Major in the Army.The children were fascinated as they learned all about her important role. She spoke to Year...