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Curiosity Corner

When children are healthy, happy and safe, curiosity is ignited and learning is optimised. In this section, you will find out what children in school and nursery have been learning this week.

March 2022

  • Shoe Art!

    Published 31/03/22

    Year 3 have been learning about what empathy means. We learnt that empathy means understanding how someone else might be feeling, like you are walking in their shoes. We decided to represent empathy by photographing and sketching our shoes. Our finished art piece will be in the hall next week!

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  • Den Designers

    Published 30/03/22

    This week, Year 1 had the challenge of creating a pet shelter in our Outdoor Learning area. The Den needed to be safe, dry and easy to access. We had to carefully plan our shelters in groups and create them by working as a team. 

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  • Super scientists!

    Published 25/03/22

    This week Year 2 have been finding out whether bigger seeds will germinate more quickly. We have got wait and see what happens! 

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  • Receptions garden

    Published 25/03/22

    The Reception class have been looking after their outdoor growing area. We have planted a range of flowers this week and have been thinking about what plants need to help them to grow. The children are also enjoying playing in the role play garden centre in the classroom. 

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  • Shadows

    Published 25/03/22

    Year 3 have been learning about light. We drew around our shadows in the morning and then compared their position the afternoon. 

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  • Funny faces!

    Published 23/03/22

    This week Year 1 have been creating collages to make funny faces. We had lots of fun creating these!

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  • Nursery Learning

    Published 18/03/22

    Children in Nursery have been learning about healthy eating and oral hygiene this week.  They have helped to prepare snacks, they were really sensible cutting fruit and laying the table, and persevered with washing and drying the cup and bowls afterwards.  We talked about the importance of healthy foods and what they do to support their growth and development.  Well done children

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  • Outdoor Learning

    Published 18/03/22

    In outdoor learning this week KS1 children have been looking at the life cycle of frogs. Children enjoyed a story called 'how to grow frogs' and looked at some frogspawn. We made a safe area for the frogspawn to grow, where the children can also observe their development.

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  • Year 3 Maths

    Published 18/03/22

    This week Year 3 have been working really hard on learning how to do column addition. We used dienes to help us work out the sum.

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  • Marvellous Mechanisms

    Published 18/03/22

    This week year 3 have started our DT project on mechanisms. We worked together to maker sliders and levers.

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  • Reception News

    Published 18/03/22

    This week Reception class have been working collaboratively to create large pictures of fruit. We looked closely at different types of fruit and decided which ones to add to our pictures. We have also started making some fruit out of clay. The children used tools to create texture on the clay surface.

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  • The Great Wave

    Published 16/03/22

    This week Year 2 have been looking at seascapes. We really liked A Great Wave Off Kanagawa by Hokusai and decided to create our own versions. We used what we have learned about warm and cool colours and foreground and background to create some amazing images! 

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March 2022