This week we have been reading the story of ‘We’re Going On A Bear Hunt’ by Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury. In pairs, we sequenced the story at the beginning of the week. Later in the week we looked at maps. We discovered maps help you to find places and things. The...
Year 1 have been reading the fact book, The big book of blue by Yuval Zommer. The children used this to create information posters about different animals from under the sea. They carried out further research by visiting the school library and using the internet. Our...
Reception travelled back in time when they explored Beamish Museum on Friday. No snow was going to stop Reception as they ventured on the bus. When they arrived, the place resembled a Victorian Christmas card with snow covering everything. The children travelled on a...
In Geography this half term, we are learning about the United Kingdom. Last week, we enjoyed using an atlas to locate the capital cities, counties and surrounding seas of the United Kingdom. We discussed and found cities which we ourselves have visited and shared with...
In Science this half term we have been learning about the different types of natural rocks. As part of the the learning we have been fortunate enough to visit High Force and experience the rocks in their natural habitat. After many winding roads, and quite a long...
In Geography, we have been learning about hot and cold places. We specifically looked at three different places and explored the human and physical features. This week, we worked in groups to imagine that we were on a trip to either Antarctica, Sahara Desert or the...