by Rosie Shanks | May 2, 2025 | Music
This term, our Reception children have been busy exploring the exciting topic of Planting and Growing! We’ve been learning about what plants need to grow and have even had a go at planting our own sunflower and cress seeds. The children have loved getting their...
by Rosie Shanks | Apr 3, 2025 | Shireen Class 2024/25
Shireen class have had a fantastic Spring 2 term! And to finish off a lovely term we have had a week full of celebrations. Eid Celebrations To start our week we celebrated Eid-al-Fitr. We shared lots of stories about how our families celebrated over the weekend, with...
by Rosie Shanks | Mar 21, 2025 | Maths, Shireen Class 2024/25
The children in Reception are starting to explore the world of numbers using the concept of partitioning. Partitioning helps children break down numbers into smaller manageable parts. To teach this we have been using the ‘Part-Part-Whole’ model. This...
by Rosie Shanks | Feb 5, 2025 | Music
On Tuesday afternoon we took a trip down to our local fire station on East India Dock Road as part of our learning about ‘People who help us’. The firefighters told us all about how they help the community, from putting out fires to helping people stuck in...
by Rosie Shanks | Jan 23, 2025 | Shireen Class 2024/25
In Shireen class we love to learn about and celebrate all cultures. This week we have been learning about Chinese New Year, we found out that a long time ago the Jade Emperor wanted to measure time in years. He had animals race and the first 12 to finish had a year...
