Rainbow, Sunshine & Saturn Class Blog

We have had a busy last few weeks at school. We enjoyed learning to say ‘Bonjour’ in French and count to ten. We had great fun creating French flags and listening to French music at lunchtime in the hall. During the afternoon we had the challenge to create the Eiffel

We were very excited this week to see our butterflies come out of their cocoons and release them into the wild. As Scientist we have been finding out what animals need to survive. This is a video we watched and discussed. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z6882hv/articles/zx38wmn EYFS In Phonics we have been reading

This week we have been observing changes to our caterpillars. They have made cocoons and we are waiting to see the next stage in their life cycle. We have been investigating the 5 different animals groups: mammals, fish, birds, reptiles, and amphibians. Year 1 – can you explain to your

This week we had our wonderful trip to Wild place. We were great animal detectives spotting different animals and finding out about what they eat and which habitat they live in. Back in school we wrote a recount about our great trip. Eyfs In phonics we have

EYFS This week we have enjoyed looking at our beans to see if they have grown. Each group has produced a video to explain what has happened and we have drawn the conclusion that for a plant to grow it needs sunlight, water and air. (See videos created on tapestry)

EYFS This week we have been on a walk around our school to spot different trees and plants. We identified some trees that live all year – I wonder if your child can remember the name of this type of tree.   In Phonics we have been practising to

EYFS This week we have planted beans in different materials and in different places. We will be watching to see which / how the beans grow over the next few weeks -watch tapestry for updates. We are hoping to find out what a plant needs to grow and how it

EYFS Hope you had a lovely Easter break. On Monday we went for a spring walk around our school spotting signs of spring. This week we have started our new enquiry project – How do plants survive? We have drawn plants and taken a plant apart to name the

Year 1 This week as part of our Design technology we have been making adaption to our houses models. We have talked about what went well when creating our models and how we could improve them if we were to make them again. In phonics we have been learning about

EYFS This week we drew pictures to represent the 5 different stages of the story ‘The three little pigs’. We used the pictures to retell the story.   As scientists we have been thinking about why materials are used for certain objects e.g. Why do we use glass for windows