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Weekly Roundup – Junior School

Fri 28 Jan 2022

This week has been a week of celebrations! We have been sharing some of our wonderful learning on beautiful display boards around the school. Have a look at some of our work here. We also celebrated our ‘Rockstars of the Week’ in our online assembly today – see pictures here.

Quentin said, “It’s cool!” and Alex said, “I’m very proud to be a Rockstar.”

We have enjoyed OPAL play in a variety of weathers, but today were lucky enough to enjoy the sunshine 😊 Click here to see pictures.

We are recruiting at the Juniors and the Infant school currently – click here for information about vacancies.

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Best wishes,

Mrs Simmons

Weekly Round up – Infants

Fri 28 Jan 2022

On Monday I led an assembly around our OPAL project. We reflected on our journey during the last two years. The children were able to talk about the different aspects of play provision that we have in our school and how the school environment supports this.

OPAL suggests that to best support play you need different environments and materials for the children to explore and be creative. We talked about Place, Journey and Change and Control -Natural.

Place – the children said,

‘We have the decking with a roof, the stage that’s great for performing and also for making dens.’

‘We have willow in the Willow garden and trees and bushes for hiding, making dens and playing games.’

Journey – the children said,

‘We can crawl, climb and swing on the adventure park’

‘We can run, crawl, roll in the willow garden.’

‘We can balance on the trail trim and crawl under the willow’

Change and Control - Natural – the children said,

‘We can move stones in the peace garden to find insects and bugs.’

‘We use them to create homes for fairies.’

‘We like to dig in the Peace garden making potions with parts of plants and sticks that we find on the floor.’

These are just a few aspects of different play opportunities. I will share more over the coming weeks, but to celebrate the impact that OPAL is having for our children Alfie said,

‘Playtimes are fantastic because we get fresh air, we have lots of fun and there’s lots to play with.’

Also on the website this week:

Click here to see pictures of the Rainbow room. One child said, ‘I love the Rainbow room. I get to play with my friends. The best thing is making slime it makes me feel calm and happy.’

Click here for Reception children making clay fossils

Click here for Year 1 sensory play

And here for job vacancies at our schools.

Don’t forget to subscribe to our online school calendar. Our calendar is the place where you can check for events, term dates and INSET days.

For a window into our school please follow us on social media. We regularly update our Twitter page and Facebook page.

I hope you have a peaceful weekend and I look forward to all that week 5 has to offer next week!

Best Wishes

Sophie

OPAL play at the Juniors

Fri 28 Jan 2022

What a fun Friday playtime!

We enjoyed the sunshine today.... making mud cupcakes, dens, playing four square and swinging on the swing!

Fun in the sun!

Fri 28 Jan 2022

Lot's of fun outside today in our Nursery.

Rockstars of the week!

Fri 28 Jan 2022

Huge congratulations to our 'Rockstars of the week!" This week, our Rockstars had the fastest scores on the Rockstar leader board - well done 🙂

Keep playing TTRockstars and next week you might be rocking out in front of the whole school!

Click here to visit TTRockstars

Amazing Work

Fri 28 Jan 2022

There has been some fantastic work taking place at the Juniors this term and this work is on display for the children to see and talk about.

Check out the photos!

Fossil Explorers

Thu 27 Jan 2022

The children in Reception are being fossil explorers this week!

They have been making their our own fossils, which they made out of clay. They have also learnt about a fossilised embryo that has been discovered in China.

Read about it here

The Rainbow Room

Wed 26 Jan 2022

We have a wonderful space at the Infant School that we call the ‘Rainbow Room’. This space is an additional room full of games, sensory resources, art resources and other equipment that can be used to support children.

Teacher and Teaching assistants use this space with groups and individuals and it’s a exciting place to learn and play as children work towards their individual targets.