Blog Author: Streethay Primary

Sunflowers have read The Three Little Pigs story in Literacy. They have made a list of items they would pack in their suitcase for when they run away from the wolf.

Daisies have enjoyed participating in ribbon dancing. This helps the children to develop their fine motor skills and gross motor skills, with their arm movements. 
 

We absolutely love History in team Starlings, and have been very excited to dive headfirst into our topic of 'Alexander the Great,' this half term. This week, we have been hearing about the childhood and stories of Alexander of Macedon, in particular, his character trait of determination. Over the…

Salut! This week in French, Team Starlings have learnt to count all the way up to 31! We have been practising counting shapes, using colours, and even learning French jokes. We are building up towards being able to share our birthdays in French which will be a fantastic addition to the…

We have been doing a lot of descriptive writing in Team Starlings this week, using everything from similes, to metaphors, to personification. The children have thoroughly enjoyed writing about the gruesome witch in the creepy forest, coming up with fantastic descriptions that have created a very…

Sunflowers spoke about how they are unique. We discussed with Jigsaw Jennie what makes us special. 

In PSHE this week we have been having discussions about friendships and appropriate behaviour. We have been thinking about how we might respond in different situations and how we should be mindful of how others might be feeling. 

Team Daffodils have been discussing what makes them special and unique. 
We shared the story 'Barry, the fish with fingers' and discussed what made Barry special. Barry is special because he is the only fish with fingers and he can use this uniqueness to do lots of cool things such as finger…

Daisies have enjoyed participating in Rhyme time. The nursery rhyme of the week is "5 Fat Sausages". 
 

This week we have been continuing to learn about Philip of Macedon. Today we have listened to the story about the oracle at Delphi and how Philip was able to create the League of Corinth by uniting the Greek city-states. 

We were left on a cliff hanger at the end of the lesson and we are all…

In PE this week children have been investigating movement, altitude and increasing the speed to create a 'rocket' dance routine. We used our bodies to create a variety of different movements, thinking about how we can create shapes with our body. Well done Team Meadow, you are all becoming super…

This week Team Rabbits had a super exciting Science workshop. We had a real scientist come into our school and talk to us all about materials and chemical reactions. We now know that there are 4 ways to spot a chemical reaction; temperature change, colour, state and gas (bubbles). We then made our…