Ossiri and the Bala Mengro

We have loved sharing this story in our literacy sessions this week. Ossiri is a Traveller girl who works hard with her family as ‘Tattin Folki’ (or rag-and-bone people). She loves music and dancing and makes an amazing instrument from […]

Fabulous Frottage

This week we explored the patterns and textures around our school grounds by doing rubbings with wax crayons. We found lots of interesting surfaces! Then we used our rubbings to make pictures and collages – this is called frottage. Have […]

Welcome back!

We hope you have all had a good rest and lots of fun over the Easter break. What a lovely sunny start to the term we have had! Perfect for our new big question for the half term – What […]

Celebration of Words

Thank you for all your amazing efforts with our celebration of words today. The children loved showing off their outfits and sharing their words which reflected their personalities and interests so well! We wish you all a wonderful break and […]

Great Works

We were so proud of you all today during our Great Works presentation, Grayling 1! What a lot of amazing learning you have done this term, both at home and in the classroom. Thank you to everyone who was able […]

Welcome back!

We just wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone for your amazing support during this last lockdown. Home learning can be so tricky at times and we really appreciate the effort you have all put into it! We’re […]

Monday maths, phonics and art

Hello Grayling 1! Happy 1st of March and welcome to our last week of remote learning! We look forward to seeing you for live maths at 9 and phonics at 11. Please see below for the lessons if you are […]

Friday maths, phonics and harmony

Hi Grayling 1 – see you at 9 o’clock for maths and 11 for phonics! The lessons are below if you are unable to join the live lessons. Please scroll down for today’s Harmony activity all about spirals. Maths Next, […]

The Snail and the Whale song

A member of our class sent us a link to this catchy tune about our literacy story, sung by Julia Donaldson herself! Check it out – we had a listen in the classroom and think it’s really good. Thank you […]

Thursday literacy, phonics and science

Hope to see you for live literacy at 9 and phonics at 11! Please scroll down for today’s science lesson which will begin our new unit on Living Things. In the afternoon session today we will have a funny story […]