News
Woodfield Rocks!
Children and staff at Highclare Woodfield have spent a busy year fundraising for ACORNS Childrens Hospice. From mixing Christmas puddings with ingredients kindly donated by Tesco, to jam making, the whole school has been involved. The final activities this term included a successful Grand Auction, where proceeds spiralled towards £3,500 and a school market. Our…
Transitions Bear Hunt Assembly
This assembly was a huge success. All of the children spoke beautifully, played their instruments in time and held up their pictures so that their parents could see them clearly. Well done everyone!
Chinese New Year
Last week Transition celebrated the Year of the Dragon! We took part in many activitiesincluding collaging a Dragon, usingchopsticks and making lucky money envelopes. During P.E we re-enacted the story of the “The Great Rat Race”. We even had our own Chinese Restaurant in the Classroom!
The First Christmas
EYFS performed their Nativity this week to their parents and grandparents. Well done children.
Teddy Bear Picnic
Rec P went on a teddy bear picnic. We read a story in the woods and ate our bear biscuits in the classroom.
Senses
As part of our topic on Senses, the children in pre-school have been using their hands to investigate their sense of touch. We enjoyed a fun-filled afternoon exploring different textures such as foam, jelly, ice and cooked spaghetti. Many of us were very brave and put our hands in a special feely box to try…
EYFS and KS1 Book Week
We had a fun and busy time during Book Week. We did all sorts of activities such as colouring in. pictures from our favourite books, creating and writing potions and we dressed up as characters from books. The children from J6P also came down to our classes to read us stories. We also had a…
Jewish Celebrations
Children in Pre-school at St Paul’s learnt about the Jewish celebration “Sukkot”. We learnt that the Jewish say thank you to God for providing them with everything they need. To commemorate this, they build shelters called ‘Sukkah’ where they eat their meals and sometimes sleep for seven days. The Sukkah is traditionally decorated with things…
J1P / J1Q Visit Holy Trinity Church
J1P and J1Q really enjoyed their visit to Holy Trinity Church on Thursday 6th October. Thank you to Mrs Moore for arranging the visit and making it a super learning experience for J1.
Assembly Fun with Kids UK
New Beginnings Fun in Assembly Andi Markham from KIDS UK, helped by his puppet jack and his associate King Darius (Sam) came in to assembly on Monday. They talked about New Beginnings with the children which covers the Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning (SEAL) programme for this half term.
