This week in Reception we had so much fun celebrating World Book Day! We really enjoyed our families coming into our class to share a book with us. We took turns to read our book to our class and also spent some time in the...
We love reading at Dorothy Barley Infant School! We had a great time on World Book Day sharing our favourite books with our friends from other classes. Thank you to all of the families who were able to join us in school to read with their...
This term we are reading Traditional Tales. We have been acting out the story of the Enormous Turnip. We have also sequenced pictures from the story and practised re-telling the story. [gallery ess_grid_gal="homepage" ids="18223,18224,18225,18226,18227"]...
We have had a busy start to the term this week in Year 1. In Science, we have been wondering how scientists group animals together. We decided to group them according to where they like to spend their time: on land, in water or in the...
This term in Science we are going to think about why diet and exercise are important for us. In this week's lesson we learnt about the different types of food we need to eat in order to have a balanced diet. We looked at different foods...
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"]...
This week we visited our school library. We were very excited and could not wait to explore all of the lovely books. We are learning to handle books carefully and correctly and we are looking forward to visiting again next week! [gallery ess_grid_gal="homepage" ids="17842,17843,17844,17845,17846,17847,17848,17849"]...
In Oak Class this week we have been reading 'The Jolly Christmas Postman'. We have had great fun looking through toy catalogues and deciding what to ask Santa for. We all used our phonics to write letters to Santa. We have put our letters in an...
This week in Reception, we have been exploring our big question "How can we create a character?" The children have enjoyed looking at different farm animals including the animals from our focus story 'Farmer Duck'. They were able to choose and draw an animal on...
Our theme this half term in Oak Class is On the Farm. In English, we have been reading the story 'The Very Busy Spider' and joining in with the repeated words and actions. We have also been using our phonics to read and write labels...