Reception have been very busy making Olympic Stadiums and Fabulous Flaming Torches!!

                                                

Kathryn and Holly worked very hard to make sure their race tracks were perfect for their Olympic Stadiums.

We have also made Olympic torches which have been invovled in lots of activities across the Summer term.

To welcome the            To celebrate our         Our torches went for       Lastly our torches 

cluster torch from         Going for Gold            a visit to the library          completed 2012

Highfield Primary          topic.                         to see the local               steps in honour of  

School.                                                          community.                   World Sports Day.

 

I think you will agree that they look fantastic and can now continue their journey to the homes of Chopwell.

 

 

 

Reception really enjoyed learning about keeping our bodies healthy by eating a balanced diet. During our parent afternoon the experts from Queen Elizabeth's Hospital came for a visit to tell us all about the right and wrong foods to eat.

                                                     

After learning all about a well balanced meal, Reception and their parents enjoyed making a healthy 'smiley face' sandwich...

                                                     

We then went down into the outside area to enjoy our sandwich in the sunshine...while it lasted!!

 

 

In April, the children from Nursery and Reception visited Whitehouse Farm.  We all had a fabulous time riding on the farmer's tractor and meeting lots of different animals. 

        

Angel loved stroking the cow.                 We fed lots of baby lambs.

        

The meerkats were very excited to          The rabbits were Owen's favourite animal. 

see us. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We love dressing up in our castle and creating our own Fairytale stories.  Say hello to Princess Jasmine, King Ryan and Cowboy Peter!

 

We have loved learning about castles this half term and have even managed to make some of our own!  This is Jack's amazing castle that he made from the blocks and decorated with all of his favourite animals.

When learning about the festival of Diwali, we dressed up in Indian costumes and performed fantastic Indian dances.  Can you guess what animals we are trying to be?

When learning about fire safety, we had a visit from the Firefighters.  We learned who to call if there was a fire and dressed up in the firefighter's uniform.

We loved squirting the hose like real Firefighters!

Mmmm this is yummy!!

We read Handas Surprise and then made our own delicious fruit salads using fruits from around the world.

Reception visited the Co-op to find out about food from different countries.  Josh was a fantastic food detective!!

Under the watchful eye of Mr Shenton the school took part in a week of fun Maths challenges. These ranged from cooking, puzzles, using the Lego NXT's, Nintendo DS challenges, Parent maths workshops, maths art and fun with numbers.

Monday: Challenges set by the Head for each year group!

 

 Reception explain the answer to their challenge, just look at all that string!

 Year one demonstrate their findings, all about shape and patterns.

 Year 6K working as a team to solve their challenge involving area.

Tuesday to Thursday: Parents had the opportunity to see what their children will be covering in numeracy lessons through our school.

 

 Y6 parent work shops involved the NXT robots and Nintendo DS's

 Sharing maths with the whole family.

Parent/children work shops: each year group had a range of exciting activities to complete.

Friday: A special maths assembly involving songs and performances.

The children in Reception loved learning about China during Chinese New Year.  We looked at the Chinese flag and then Ceeley made her own from play dough.  That's fantastic Ceeley!!

We also tasted lots of yummy Chinese foods using chopsticks.  They were a little tricky to use but Jack mastered it straight away!!  Aidan and Anthony were very impressed and Jack loved the taste of the noodles and rice. 

During Chinese New Year we dressed up in traditional chinese clothes.  Don't Ellie and Cameron look smart?

Today we have been learning about snowy and icy weather.  In the courtyard, Ryan, Shay and Jamie decided to build an igloo using cardboard boxes and sheets of materials.  Then they climbed inside and hid from the big polar bears.  Well Done boys, they'll never find you there!

 

 

In Reception we have been looking at hot and cold weathers.  The children looked at a variety of colours and sorted them into hot and cold.  Then they collected a range of different materials and used them to make hot and cold collages.  Can you decide which pictures or hot and which are cold?

Reception and Nursery had their moment on stage. They certainly had the ah factor. What was your favourite moment? Woops-a-daisy angel certainly told the story well.

 

Then it was the turn of Key Stage One! What fabulous singing and acting, x factor in 10 years time? What do you think?

 

 

In our outdoor area we made shape people. What shapes did we use?

We have been reading Handa's Surprise and making our own fruit salad!

We have created our own funny bone pictures, what did we use?

Look at our amazing animals!