Well done to all the children that have received certificates this week!
Walnut
E for Excellence: Eden
Star Writer: Daman
Resilience: Victor
Beech
E for Excellence: El-Amin
Star Writer: Emily
Reflectiveness: Chloe
Teacher Happy: Ronnie
Apricot
In maths this week, we have been learning about capacity. The children explored different units of measurement including multilink cubes and cups of water. The children decided that water gave a more accurate result since it was able to completely fill the space within the containers whereas multilink didn’t fit in so well leaving lots of space unaccounted for. See photos below of children exploring these units of measurement.
KS1 Attendance Certificates
Well done to all of the children who received certificates for their attendance this term.
Year 1
Walnut Class
Year 2
Mulberry
Well done to all the children that have received certificates this week!
Mulberry
E for Excellence:Henzo
Star Writer: Layla
Reflectiveness:Devansh
Resourcefulness:Riya
Resilience:Noah
Reciprocity:Luna
Pine
E for Excellence: Dawid
Star Writer: Ivy-Rose
Resilience: Nourah
Reflectiveness: Keon
Rowan
E for Excellence: Oceann
Star Writer: Violet
Resourcefulness: Romil
Resilience: Zenaya
Reciprocity: Zaviyar
Teacher Happy: Medhansh
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Resilience - These children have demonstrated perseverance, managed distractions, noticed patterns and been absorbed in their tasks.
Reciprocity - These children have shown interdependence, collaborated effectively, listened to others, displayed empathy and have imitated effective ideas and methods from others.
Reflectiveness - These pupils have planned carefully, revised ideas, identified key features and can talk about their learning.
Resourcefulness - These pupils have been curious about their learning, made links between ideas, shown imagination, reasoned methodically and capitalised on resources.
This week, Year 2 enjoyed a very special visit to the church as part of their learning. The children were excited to have the opportunity to explore the church building and learn more about its importance in the local community.
During our visit, we were kindly given a personal tour by Victor, who shared lots of interesting information with us. He showed the children around the church and explained the purpose of different areas and features inside the building. The children were fascinated to see these up close and to hear more about how the church is used.
One of the most valuable parts of the visit was the chance for the children to ask questions. Victor took the time to answer them carefully, helping the children to deepen their understanding and satisfy their curiosity. They asked thoughtful questions and showed great enthusiasm throughout the tour.
The visit gave the children a wonderful opportunity to bring their classroom learning to life through first-hand experience. They were respectful, engaged and eager to learn, and they represented the school beautifully.
Pine Class had their final forest school for Year 2 this morning and enjoyed toasting marshmallows over the fire. Then they put them inside a brioche bun to enjoy. There was hot chocolate or squash to drink and the children all helped to put the fire out together. I introduced the children the Hapa zome, the Japanese art form where you bash natural items like grass or petals to get the dye out of them. We made butterflies, hair bows and bow ties.
Well done to all the children that have received certificates this week!
Mulberry
E for Excellence:Luca
Star Writer: Hunter
Reflectiveness:Archie
Resourcefulness:Freya
Resilience:Robert
Reciprocity:David
Pine
E for Excellence: Lillian
Star Writer: Leo
Reciprocity: Mason H
Resourcefulness: Mason M
Rowan
E for Excellence: Aadhav
Star Writer: Lama
Reflectiveness: Zayba
Resilience: Anisa
Reciprocity: Zenaya
Teacher Happy: Abshara and Sriyan
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Resilience - These children have demonstrated perseverance, managed distractions, noticed patterns and been absorbed in their tasks.
Reciprocity - These children have shown interdependence, collaborated effectively, listened to others, displayed empathy and have imitated effective ideas and methods from others.
Reflectiveness - These pupils have planned carefully, revised ideas, identified key features and can talk about their learning.
Resourcefulness - These pupils have been curious about their learning, made links between ideas, shown imagination, reasoned methodically and capitalised on resources.
Beech have their second block of forest school after half term on:
24/04/26, 01/05/26, 08/05/26, 15/05/26, 22/05/26.
Please ensure your child has a change of clothes, waterproofs and wellies in school. These items will stay in school for the 5 weeks of forest school. A reminder of the clothing needed is below.
Year 1: What We Are Learning
This week in RE, the children have been learning about how Sikh families welcome a new baby into the world. We explored the special naming ceremony, where families visit the Gurdwara (Sikh place of worship) and choose a name for their baby using the first letter from a randomly opened page of the Guru Granth Sahib (the Sikh holy book). Children also learned that Sikh boys are given the name Singh and girls are given the name Kaur. To help bring this learning to life, the children took part in a fun classroom activity. They selected a book, found a letter from a random page and created their own Sikh-style name using that letter, followed by Singh or Kaur. The children really enjoyed being creative and sharing their names with the class!
In DT we have been making our final hand puppet designs. The puppets are based on the zones of regulation and our brief is to create hand puppets that will support nursery children to learn about the zones through play! This week we cut out our felt pieces and joined them together using a running stitch.
Over the past few weeks, the children have worked incredibly hard to become master bakers! The children have designed their own cakes, written step by step instructions on how to bake them and taken a trip to Lidl to buy the required ingredients.
This week, the classrooms turned into bakeries! The children followed their written instructions to bake and decorate their cakes. They even had their own cake party where they ate a slice and discussed the process of making them. Well done Year 1 the cakes looked amazing but most importantly, they tasted delicious too!
This week in Year 2, we have been admiring the wonderful chairs we designed and made in DT. We spent time carefully evaluating our work by thinking about the materials we chose and how well they worked. We talked about what we liked best about our chairs, such as the way they looked or how strong and stable they were. We also discussed what we found tricky during the making process, including any parts that were difficult to build or didn’t go as planned. Finally, we thought about how we could improve our designs next time, sharing ideas about what we might change or do differently to make our chairs even better. It was a great opportunity to reflect on our learning and be proud of what we created.
