Miss Turnbull's Class: News items
Year 2 visit from Community Support Officer - Safer Internet Day
Date: 4th Feb 2020 @ 8:43pm
Following on from yesterday’s activities for Safer Internet Day, this afternoon the Year 2 children enjoyed a visit from Community Support Officer, Martin Thomasson from Altrincham Police Station. Martin delivered a power point presentation to the children and it contained very important messages about online safety and how to keep themselves safe and different suitable websites. He also talked about appropriate use of electronic devices, not sharing personal information, online gaming and chat rooms. Many of the children shared their own personal experiences and knowledge and there was time for a question and answer session at the end. Mrs Butler, one of our school governors, came to see the presentation and was very impressed with the sensible approach and attitudes of the year 2 children towards online safety.
Safer Internet Day in the Infant Department
Date: 4th Feb 2020 @ 8:19pm
Safer Internet Day in the Infant Department began with an assembly this morning led by the Junior Digital Leaders. Together, the Digital Leaders delivered a very informative assembly to the children. They talked through a power point presentation from the UK Safer Internet Centre. This year the theme is all about ‘Free to be me - exploring identity online.’ The Digital Leaders touched on incredibly important themes such as ‘What is the internet?’, ‘Is it ever safe to share personal information online?’, ‘Being kind online’ and ‘Asking parental consent to use websites.’ During the assembly, the children were invited to share their own experiences and knowledge. The children listened very attentively and the Digital Leaders shared very important information with them.
Following the assembly, the children went back to their own classes and completed lots of different activities and games about staying safe online. The year 1 children made posters based on the book ‘Smartie the Penguin’ which is all about online safety. The children then watched two video clips called ‘Free to be me - my online identity’ and following this they created their own ‘avatar’ and they made these into key rings that they can put on their school book bags which will serve as a talking point from today and a reminder of the important online safety messages that they were taught today.
The Christmas Experience at Tatton Park
Date: 24th Jan 2020 @ 5:21pm
For our 'Seasons and Celebrations' topic in our Knowledge and Understanding the World sessions, we went to Tatton Park to continue our Christmas celebrations. We were so lucky and got to meet Father Christmas! He told us the story of Jack Frost, sang songs with us, gave us a Christmas present and even told us that we are all on the 'good list'. Phew! We heard the story of 'The Gingerbread Man' around a fireplace that was all dressed in traditional Christmas decorations. As we walked around the farm, we came across a beautiful Nativity scene. Here, we sang 'Little Donkey' from our Christmas Nativity Performance for the real ife donkey that was resting there. As an additinonal treat, we came across Father Christmas' sleigh! We got to sit in it and even had the chance to ring the magical bell! After this, we went into the Mansion. Every room was decorated to match a well known fairytale. We were very clever and knew which fairytale all of the rooms were dressed up as. In one of the rooms we listened to the story of 'Cinderella' and saw her carriage, it was amazing! In the room, there was also Cinderella's glass slipper and we compared it to our own feet. After learning about size and order in our Maths session at school, we knew that the shoe was going to be too big for any of us children! What a busy, yet magical day we had at Tatton Park. One we won't forget!
Date: 2nd Nov 2018 @ 4:19pm
Welcome to an exciting year in Reception!
The children have all settled well into Reception and they have embarked on an exciting learning journey. In Reception, we learn through play using our Continuous Provision both indoor and outdoor. We ensure that our areas fulful the Early Learning Goals and enable the children to 'Let your light shine.'
In our outdoor Sand Area we have a variety of activities that promote a love of story telling and mathematical language and knowledge. These activities are demonstrated through our Measuring Station, which include a variety of measuring jugs, cylinders and funnels. Story telling activities are promoted through using the Small World in our Sand Area.
Our Outdoor Provision also features areas that focus on physical development, such as, balance, coordination, catching and throwing.
Imaginative play is encouraged throughout all the areas in our Continuous Provision, including the stage, play house, the home corner, small world and construction.
In Reception we are learning about our country and the values that we uphold. We have been teaching the children about democracy, rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect. We ensure that these values are promoted in all areas of the children's learning and development.
We look forward to supporting the children througout their learning journey and watching them flourish during the year.
Please click on the following links to visit each class' page:
Miss Hollins' Class
Miss Sheppard's Class
Mrs Jennings & Mrs Gerrard's Class
Key Stage One News Bites and Can a plant take a selfie?
Date: 3rd Jul 2019 @ 10:02pm
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Key Stage One News Bites and the Children's Garden at Kew
Date: 27th Jun 2019 @ 8:17am
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Key Stage One News Bites and Why is poo useful?
Date: 19th Jun 2019 @ 12:29pm
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Key Stage One News Bites and how we remember D-Day 75 years on
Date: 13th Jun 2019 @ 8:16am
Here's this week's News Bites and find out how we remeber D-Day 75 years on.
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Key Stage One News Bites and National Children's Gardening Week
Date: 23rd May 2019 @ 8:41am
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Date: 24th May 2019 @ 5:18pm
Today we celebrated History Day and in Reception we looked into the Victorian Era. We dressed up as Victorian people from all walks of life and enjoyed learning about how their lives differed to one another and also to our own life today. We looked at the British seaside holidays that were very popular in Victorian England and compared them to the holidays some people can take abroad in modern day life. The children enjoyed taking part in a Victorian Drill session in the playground; they much preferred their normal P.E. sessions rather than Victorian ones. What a fun day we had!
Date: 24th May 2019 @ 5:42pm
To celebrate the month of May we remembered Our Lady by having a simple prayer service. The children wrote their own prayers and shared them with the rest of Reception and their parents. We sang songs and laid flowers at the foot of her statue. It was a beautiful little service for all involved.
Manchester Airport Runway Visiting Park
Date: 24th May 2019 @ 4:46pm
To further investigate our topic of ‘Travel and Transport’ we went on a school trip to Manchester Airport Runway Visiting Park. We had a great time and experienced lots of new things. We learnt a lot about aeroplanes whilst in the Monarch DC10 aircraft including how they are made, what materials are used to make them and the people that are needed to run an aircraft from take-off to landing; there are a lot more people needed than we had anticipated! We enjoyed dressing up in these roles and looking at what tools and equipment they use to be able to their job. We were lucky enough to be shown one of Manchester Airport’s very own working fire engines based at one of the two fire stations there. We had a brilliant time in the sunshine with the excitement of aeroplanes taking off and landing all around us!!
Key Stage One News Bites and Anglo-Saxon Chamber of Secrets
Date: 15th May 2019 @ 1:58pm
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Key Stage One News Bites and the Duke of Wellington's birthday
Date: 8th May 2019 @ 8:18pm
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Date: 4th May 2019 @ 7:07pm
Please find information regarding the Summer Term for all of KS1. Click on a Year Group to read the Summer Newsletter:
Key Stage One News Bites and Hedgehog week!
Date: 2nd May 2019 @ 8:17am
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Key Stage One News Bites and Rebuilding Notre Dame Cathedral.
Date: 25th Apr 2019 @ 8:36am
Here's this week's News Bites and find out how Notre Dame Cathedral will be rebuilt.
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Key Stage One News Bites and How animals have adapted to their habitats.
Date: 4th Apr 2019 @ 8:27am
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Key Stage One News Bites and Mothering Sunday
Date: 28th Mar 2019 @ 8:35am
Here's this week's News Bites and learn all about the history of Mothering Sunday!
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Key Stage One News Bites and Women's History Month - Science and Sport
Date: 21st Mar 2019 @ 8:14am
Here's this week's News Bites and continuing with Women's History Month, learn all about Science and Sport!
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Key Stage One - News Bites and Women's History Month
Date: 14th Mar 2019 @ 8:18am
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Date: 7th Mar 2019 @ 4:30pm
Thursday 7th March 2019
World Book Day!
Today we celebrated World Book Day. The children dressed up as their favourite character from a book they have read. The day consisted of an Infant parade in the hall, World Book Day themed activities such as a visit from Year 4 to share the books they had written for the children, talks about props from their chosen book and lots of reading, promoting its importance and how fun reading can be.
Key Stage One News Bites and Jorvig Viking Festival!
Date: 7th Mar 2019 @ 8:30am
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Infant staff on World Book Day!
Date: 7th Mar 2019 @ 11:19am
It was wonderful to see the infant staff dress up as different Book characters today. They had all made a great effort with their costumes, well done! The staff enjoyed telling the children about the character that they had dressed up as and why they had chosen that particular character.
Pit was a wonderful day and everyone enjoyed all the activities that took place.
World Book Day in the Infant Department!
Date: 7th Mar 2019 @ 10:29am
We had a wonderful celebration for World Book Day in the Infant Department today!
The day started off with all the children gathering in the hall and class by class the children paraded around the hall so we could all see their wonderful costumes!
Well done everyone for making such a fantastic effort and to see the diversity of the costumes from many different books.
The children all enjoyed singing songs from many famous books such as The Lion King, Mary Poppins and many other Disney books.
The children then went to their classrooms where they all enjoyed presenting their book and character to the other children. It was wonderful to see how many different genres and types of books the children are reading.
Later on in the morning, the infant children all received a visit from their ‘buddy’ class in the juniors and they enjoyed reading the book that their buddy child had made for them. The children can take these books home and keep them as a special momento from the day.
Each child received a special World Book Day sticker and a book token. Happy reading everyone!