Blog Author: Sarah Kinsey

We have started to read the Iron Man by Ted Hughes and here we are performing a poem based on the opening chapter.  We had to think about the best way to use our voice and incorporate actions as well. The children did incredibly well!

What a magical way to end the week! Huge thanks to Grandad Stephen who tucked away a frog inside a prehistoric rock for the children to excavate.  We all had a whale of a time trying to find it like real life paleontologists  and, once found, we all listened intently to his grand daughter who told…

Huge apologies if your child came home with a rather dirty face today.  We were all coal miners for the day and having a dirty face is part of the job!  The children had a jam packed day and were all fabulous.  We all created a rock strata, examined a range of fossils, made a fossil (by…

Here we are learning all about play scripts.  We talked about their features before choosing a part to play and perform in our group.

This morning we visited the graveyard at our church so that we could locate the graves of some of the victims of the disaster.  We placed flowers on their graves and spent a few moments in quiet contemplation.

This afternoon, a small group of us attended a memorial service in honour of the men and boys who died in a disaster at the Unity Brook Colliery.  We read the names of the victims who are buried at St. Stephen's  church. It was a moving service and the children did a magnificent…

Here we are taking part in our weekly mindfulness session with Mrs Goodwin. We really look forward to this!

Reverend Kim paid the children a visit today.  She gave the children the opportunity to have a cross marked on their forehead or on the back of their hand.

We have had a fantastic day in Year 3.  The children looked amazing! Thank-you for your support in making this a memorable day for the children.

The children have had an amazing week designing, making and selling products to sell in the fayre this afternoon.  Well done everyone!

The children were amazing!  I am sure that we will do amazingly well!

Here we are getting ready for the big sale this Friday afternoon. The children are working very hard indeed.