We’re having the most glorious weather for our last few days! Please remember to bring in sun hats and apply sunscreen before school. You are very welcome to send in sunscreen as well for your child to top up during […]
Eid Mubarak!
We have been learning about the Muslim festival of Eid-ul-Adha which is being celebrated this week. Today we were lucky enough to have this lovely member of our class and his mum explain some of the festival traditions, show us […]
Our Wildflower adventure
We had a wonderful time exploring our local area in search of wildflowers with Miles King from People Need Nature yesterday. Miles told us about many of the plants and flowers that are growing on the Great Field and showed […]
Wildflower Walk
On Thursday we will be taking part in the wildflower project with Miles King from People Need Nature. Each class in Year 1 are collecting seeds and cuttings from different wildflowers to propagate, grow and plant back on the Great […]
Sports Day (with pictures!)
Many thanks to Miss Barnes for our fabulous photos! You were all Sports Day superstars – well done, Team Grayling! 🏆🏅👏
A visit with Richard O’Neill
This afternoon we were lucky enough to have a virtual visit with author Richard O’Neill, who has received a National Literacy Hero award and who also wrote one of our favourite stories – Ossiri and the Bala Mengro. The children […]
Bean Plants
It’s been exciting to see what has happened to the beans we planted just over a week ago! It’s a good idea to ‘harden off’ your bean plant if you want to plant it outside so it can acclimatise. You […]
Sports Day
The children had a fantastic first Sports Day and we were so proud of how everyone joined in, did their very best and cheered on their team mates! There are lots of lovely photos on their way – here is […]
Happy Half Term!
We wish you all a happy, relaxing half term – hopefully full of sunshine and lots of outdoor fun! If you’re looking for a bit of inspiration why not try out some of our home learning ideas linked to our […]
Super Smoothies!
Grayling 1 were busy chopping, pouring and tasting in our smoothie-making session this week. The children loved creating their own flavours and nearly everyone liked how their smoothie tasted! Click on the link below to have a look at our […]