At the weekend the willow dome was completed. The children have enjoyed using it at lunchtimes and during Forest School sessions.
In spring we will water the willow and then leaves will grow.
There were some pieces of willow left from the building of the dome. The children have enjoyed bending the willow in to circles and other shapes and then decorating them with wool. Some of these are hanging in the entrance to the dome.
As part of Child Safety Week, the children learnt all about ‘Pantosaurus’ and the NSPCC campaign. Classes from Reception to Year 6 enjoyed singing along and learning how to stay safe. Links for more information regarding the campaign, ‘Lets Talk PANTS’ can be found on the school newsletter or on the NSPCC website.
https://www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/keeping-children-safe/underwear-rule/
On Tuesday Reception and Nursery had a visit from Paul to talk about the importance of being safe on the road. This included how to be safe when in a car, on a bike and when crossing roads. The children learnt about different types of crossings including pelican and zebra. They learnt that they have to hold hands with an adult and to keep checking left and right to see when it is safe to cross. Paul demonstrated the importance of sitting in a child seat and to always wear a seat-belt. The children also learnt about the need to wear a helmet when riding a bike. The children would like to thank Paul for teaching us all about road safety!
Make sure you all stay safe on the road!
On Wednesday 31st January 2018, three of our children took part in the ‘Birmingham School Games Talent Competition’. It was held at the Birmingham Hippodrome. Several talents were displayed including a guitar solo, a vocal performance of ‘How Far Ill Go’ and a fantastic gymnastics performance which earned a gold medal and first place! All the children represented the Academy to the highest level and showed what super stars they are!
Year 1 have focused on ‘Keeping Safe at home.’ We have explored the dangers and hazards we might find at home and how to prevent these things from happening. We have created posters to help everyone remain safe at home.
“We must organize of things, so we don’t hurt ourselves.” Amelia
“We must not go near fire!” Musab
“I told my mummy to put the sharp objects up high, so we don’t hurt ourselves” Amira
As part of Safety week, Year 5 looked at how to keep our bodies safe from tobaccco, alcohol and drugs. We focussed on the dangers of smoking and researched facts about smoking and cigarettes before discussing our plan of action for the week. We role played children being offered cigarettes and thought about how best to combat this peer pressure. We decided to protect ourselves and other childen from this danger, we would write pesusaive letters to Theresa May urging her to ban smoking. We learnt duirng the week about how to keep ourselves safe.
The Nursery children have been learning about rhyming words.
Our story of the week has been ‘Duck in the Truck’ .
The children really enjoyed the story and by the end of the week were very good at completing the sentence with the rhyming word.
We have also been singing a song about silly soup. The soup is made of rhyming words, like jug, bug and rug. What a strange soup!
Every week the children in Nursery do such a wide variety of things. Here are a few pictures of some of the things that we have done this week.
Lots has happened this week. Some children have been busy making bird feeders and an insect hotel to help encourage more wildlife to the area.
The girls worked as a team to tie the bamboo sticks together and them put them inside the bug hotel.
The insect hotel is looking great so far! I think the insects will love it.
We took delivery of some willow which is going to be used to make a willow dome. Watch this space to see the finished product!
Some other children used clay and natural materials to make faces and creatures. We then put these in the trees.