The ‘Big Write’
Year 1 enjoyed their first ‘Big Write’ this week, completely unaided, but with Mozart music in the background, candles around the room and even special pencils. There were some lovely results including the following: Luca: Once there was a rainbow and at the end of it there were some bushes....
Mother’s Day Services – change of plan!
Instead of having one service repeated by all Pre-Prep children, we are going to hold one service on THURSDAY 15th March for Older Nursery and Reception mothers, and then a separate service on FRIDAY 16th March for Year 1 & 2 mothers. We do hope all the mothers will be able to attend, but are...
Lots happening this week in Year 1
Mrs Passmore’s class has enjoyed making clay models of the Hindu God Ganesh. Mr Soni at the Ifield Temple told us about how Ganesh was given his elephant head. This week we are painting models with bright colours and gold. Mrs Doran’s class have been looking at the colour spectrum. We made rainbow...
A visit to the Hindu Temple
The Hindu Temple at the Apple Tree Centre in Ifield proved to be a fascinating and informative morning for all Year 1 & 2. We had a close look at a small number of the 33 million Gods, and learned about how Ganesh got an elephant’s head. We can now all do some Bolly wood moves and clap dancing...
Dragon Dance
Reception children entertained the Yr1, Y2 and Y3 children with a colourful ‘Dragon Dance’ as part of the Chinese New Year celebrations. We made masks, medals, lanterns and practised our chopstick skills at lunchtime and in the classroom too!
Chinese New Year
What a wonderful Chinese New Year we all enjoyed: food tasting, cooking, singing, lantern making, writing and painting Chinese characters and dragons AND we raised our yearly sponsorship for Hongli-Ye. We have just received a letter from Hongli who is thrilled with our contributions which have helped...
Kung Hai Fat Choy!
Chinese New Year activities are happening today (Monday, 23 January), the Year of the Dragon. In the Pre-Prep we have been sponsoring a child called Hongli Ye in China for a number of years and would like to continue to do so with your help. Reception have made a dragon and are learning a suitable...
New Year Resolutions in Year 1
Year 1 children are finishing their Science Topic, looking at the senses. This week they are exploring and experimenting with smell and taste. There will be some surprising findings! They have also been making New Year resolutions. Good luck to the following children with their resolve: Louis...
