Arctic Animals

The nursery children have been using pictures from our story Arctic Animals to build their own “who doing what” sentences. This activity helped them practise early sentence structure, strengthen their vocabulary and develop their understanding of the actions different Arctic animals can do.

They looked carefully at each picture, then used their own pictures to build the sentence on their shape coding boards. They then practised naming the pictures and reading their sentences aloud with growing confidence.

This activity supported:

Early reading skills

Speaking and listening

Vocabulary building

Understanding the world

A wonderful way to bring our Arctic learning and literacy skills together!

Guess who dropped by today? It's Twinkle the Elf! 🌟 He’s going to be hiding in a new spot every day, and we can't wait for the children to embark on a fun adventure to find him in their classroom! 🎄✨

Stay tuned for updates on Twinkle's latest hiding spots! 🕵️‍♂️🔍

#Y1Pearl #TwinkleTheElf #ClassroomFun

Last week our nursery provision has been filled with exciting Arctic-themed activities for the children to explore. From playdough modelling to small world play, the children had many opportunities to use their imagination, develop language and build their understanding of animals that live in cold places.💙❄️

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High Hazels Herald - 1st December 2025

Many thanks

Despite lots of illness this week, we have had another amazing time in FS2 ! The children have been absolute superstars.

In maths, we explored squares and rectangles, finding them all around our classroom and using them in our activities, learning about their features.

In literacy, we continued our exciting Supertato story work — and things took a dramatic turn!

We kicked off the week with a huge surprise when we discovered that the Evil Pea had escaped!

Luckily, our quick-thinking detectives in FS2 got straight to work, creating brilliant wanted posters and warning everyone to keep their eyes peeled for that mischievous pea!

The highlight of the week was definitely all the fantastic entries to our Supertato Spud Competition. Thank you so much to everyone for your creativity and effort — the children absolutely loved sharing their potato superheroes!

Here’s to a healthier, happy week ahead!

We are so excited to invite you to a fantastic story & singing assembly on Monday, 8th December at 10:15 AM in Miss Swain's class! The children are eager to showcase their talents🎉

Mark your calendars, we can't wait to see you there!

Back in Time

What an amazing day stepping back into the Stone Age! Yesterday was filled with adventure as we built shelters, tried our hand at hunting, and even created our own cave paintings. It was such a fun and unforgettable experience! #StoneAgeFun

Year 6 has been on a fantastic journey exploring the magical world of literary devices! We've dived into the captivating extracts from our new text, SeaBEAN, and uncovered strong vocabulary, vivid noun phrases, and extra details that will surely inspire our students. 🎉

Now, they're ready to create their very own portal stories! Keep up the excellent collaborative work, Year 6! We can't wait to see what you come up with! 📚✨

#LiteraryExploration #SeaBEAN #CreativeWriting

Pupil Assembly

Our amazing pupil leader in Y4 hosted a fantastic class assembly where everyone got to dive into their creative side! The children had a blast creating storyboards that showcase their unique school journey. It’s so inspiring to see their imaginations at work!

We want to invite FS2 parents to our Phonics and Early Reading Workshop on Tuesday, 2nd December at 9 AM! 🎉 Come along to discover how we teach phonics and reading in school. It’s a fantastic opportunity to learn and get involved in your child’s learning journey.

Mark your calendars – we can’t wait to see you there! 📚✨