When we went into the Forest School area last week we noticed that something had been digging up the ground. We decided to investigate and try and find out what […] […]
In Shackadell class we absolutely love maths! In the Early Years we spend a lot of time mastering our maths skills especially in counting. We love to use maths manipulatives, […] […]
Following on from our learning about Superheroes we have been learning all about people who help us in real life. We have been reading books such as ‘Real Superheroes’ by […] […]
Between the 8th January and 19th February Shackadell will be taking part in the RSPB’s Big School’s Bird Watch. We have been looking at different types of birds and how […] […]
In PSHE we have been learning about how to take care of our teeth and the importance of a healthy diet and brushing them twice a day for 2 minutes. […] […]
We have had an amazing time this week exploring the ice created by this very cold weather! We spent time hunting around our garden for ice that had been formed […] […]
This week we were thrilled to perform our Nativity – The Sleepy Shepherd. We have worked really hard to learn our lines, songs and dance moves in order to perform […] […]
We have been reading Christmas books all about posting – “The Jolly Postman” and “Paddington’s Christmas post”. This week we created our own Christmas cards for our parents. We were […] […]
We have been learning all about space and how real astronauts travel to space. We have looked at the types of vehicles they use including rockets and space shuttles. We […] […]
We were excited to have a visit from our local Police Community Support Officers. They told us all about their jobs and we got to look at the police car. […] […]
We have been learning all about Diwali. We read a brilliant book called ‘Little Glow’ by Katie Sahota which explains about lots of different festivals. We loved making our own […] […]
We have been reading one of our favourite books ‘The Gruffalo’ by Julia Donaldson. We have created 3D and written story maps to help us to retell the story. We […] […]
We were really excited to go on an Autumn walk around the village. We invited our families in to join us as we walked around the village looking for signs […] […]
We have been learning all about colours and colour mixing. We read a fantastic book called ‘Mixed’ by Arree Chung’. It tells a story of a city of Blues, Reds […] […]
We are excited that we get to take part in cooking club. Joyce, our wonderful cook, helps us to learn about healthy eating and cooking. We made some really delicious […] […]
We love playing in the water and are able to learn so much about scientific concepts such as floating and sinking and how bubbles are formed. During child-initiated learning (CIL) […] […]
Cutting is one of the skills that we spend a long time working in Shackadell class. Some of us are learning to control scissors by snipping paper and some of […] […]
We have had lots of fun settling in to our classroom. We have been learning all of the rules and routines. We know how to use all of the equipment […] […]