Author: Caroline

Key Stage 2 took part in an interactive Esafety assembly, investigating the 4 worlds of ‘Interland’ . The children learned about appropriate information when sharing online, how to spot a scam, creating strong passwords and being respectful to others on […]

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We have had a lot of fun during the festive period. We having been learning about the Nativity story and the incarnation of Jesus. we have also been decorating, writing to Father Christmas and making reindeer in Forest school. […]

We spend a lot of time in our outdoor classroom. We use the water, sand, construction, mud kitchen, tree swing, play house, musical instruments, stage area, trikes, bikes, scooters and so much more!! […]

We use a range of technology in our classroom and in our outside area. We like to take photos and videos of the things we are interested in. We are good at using the ipads and the interactive whiteboard to […]

We love Maths!! We have the opportunity to explore our maths skills all of the time through Child Initiated Learning as well as through adult directed tasks. We count, weigh, order, measure, add, subtract, describe shapes, use money, talk about […]

We have been learning about space. We loved finding out about rockets, stars, planets and the moon. We spent time reading ‘Whatever Next!’ by Jill Murphy and ‘Aliens love underpants’ by Claire Freedman. […]

During Child Initiated Learning and Adult directed tasks we do a lot of mark making and writing. Since September we have been working on our gross and fine motor skills. We have been practising our pen grip and letter formation. […]

Every week we have a great time at Forest school. We are really fortunate that the Forest school leader is also one of our LSA’s and so we get to enjoy Forest school during Child Initiated Learning as well. Forest […]

We have absolutely loved reading the Gruffalo! We have built the houses for each of the animals in the story. We even made our own Gruffalo crumble using some lovely cooking apples! […]

We have been learning all about bonfire night, fireworks and Diwali. We have enjoyed exploring these through dance, storytelling, art and using apps on the ipads and the interactive whiteboard. […]

We have been learning all about Autumn. We have been spotting signs that Autumn is here, collecting objects and we even went on an Autumn walk with our families, which was a lot of fun! During our Child Initiated Learning […]

We have been learning about colour mixing! we enjoyed exploring what happens when we mix paint, chalk and food colouring. We even made our own natural dyes using vegetables and plants and then mixed them! […]

As part of our learning in design and technology, we have worked in groups to design and make a Second World War Shelter. We learnt how to construct a jinx framework in order to ensure a strong structure. We had […]

Despite the rain, Danes class had a wonderful day at Duxford RAF museum to support our learning about World War 2 and in particular The Battle of Britain. Later in the term, we will focus on the First World War […]

On Wednesday 5th June, we celebrated World Environment day. Our theme for the day focused on the negative effect that plastic is having on our world’s oceans, the dangers it is causing to our environment and the small changes we can […]

On Friday 8th March, Danes class visited Barnwell School for their science and technology fair. This is a very well-run and popular event in which the children get to experience a range of activities to develop their understanding of biology, […]

Author Visit On Tuesday 5th March we were visited by Billy Bob Buttons, award-winning author of thirteen children’s novels including the Rubery Book Award finalist, Felicity Brady and the Wizard’s Bookshop, the much loved The Gullfoss Legends, TOR Assassin Hunter, […]

K’nex Challenge On Tuesday 19th March Danes Class participated in this year’s K’nex Challenge organised by SETPOINT Hertfordshire. Their task was to make a plane using K’nex. The children worked with enthusiasm throughout the morning and their designs showed much […]

World Book Day 2019 On Thursday 7th March we celebrated World Book Day. The children arrived at school in an amazing array of costumes inspired by their favourite books. The day was spent enjoying a range book based activities in […]

Haffydown had a fantastic day out in Legoland. We managed to get on lots of rides as the park wasn’t too busy. Upon arrival, we split into our groups and began exploring straight away. Some of the highlights of the […]

On Thursday 13th December Haffydown visited the London Transport Museum.   The class enjoyed exploring the “old and new”.  In the workshop session the children had great fun becoming engineers. They problem solved ,designed and planned how they would’ve  built the […]

Today the children took part in a Nativity Day.  In mixed age groups they traveled around the school meeting some special visitors…… characters from the nativity story,     […]

Come and have a look at our new role play area.  This will help with our learning of the Christmas Story which we are looking at in R.E […]

On Wednesday 7th November, we were very lucky to have a European Gold Medalist , Rion Pierre, join us.  He gave us an inspirational talk about his life, struggles and success.  We were also put through our paces as he taught […]

Our topic for the 1st part of the Autumn term is Spain.  Not only are we learning about the country in our Geography lesson we are also using a Spanish themed stories and short films in our English lessons.   […]

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On Friday we spent the day celebrating the marriage of Prince Harry & Meghan Markle by having a Royal Wedding of our own. Everyone went to church where we acted out our own wedding, We even dressed up in wedding […]

Today we celebrated our Easter breakfast together. We talked about the real meaning of Easter and why we take part in some traditions […]