Team Morris (Yr1)

We have been getting creative in our Art to Start as we begin our new topic, Materials Everywhere! We explored the work of artist Erin Ricardo, who uses everyday objects and materials to create exciting prints, patterns and textures.

Inspired by her artwork, we had a go at becoming printmakers ourselves! We experimented with toy car wheels, bubble wrap, shapes, tin foil and lots of other everyday objects to see what different marks and patterns we could create. 

It was wonderful to see the children experimenting, exploring and discovering how ordinary objects can be used to create something extraordinary. We have some budding little artists in Year 1! 🌟

We had the most amazing time ‘visiting’ the four countries of the United Kingdom: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland!

We tried shortbread in Scotland and designed our own kilts inspired by tartan patterns. In England, we tried Morris dancing and enjoyed some scones. We tasted Welsh cakes in Wales and had a go at Irish dancing in Northern Ireland. Along the way, we discovered fascinating facts about each country, including their capital cities, famous landmarks and sizes.

Why don't you ask us: What the capital of England is? Which is the largest country in the UK? What food is enjoyed in Scotland? What does the Welsh flag look like?

We are looking forward to our Year 1 library visit on Monday 19th October! 

Team Merry: 10:15am
Team Morris: 1:45pm

We would really appreciate any adults who are able to volunteer and join us. If you can help, please email the school office or let your child’s class teacher know at the door.

A couple of important reminders before our visit:

📚 If your child has a library book to return, please return it before our library trip so they are ready to choose a new book.

🎫 Please make sure your child brings their physical library card with them on the day and hands it to their class teacher.

Thank you for helping us make our library visits run smoothly! We are looking forward to an exciting trip to the library! 📖✨

As the weather starts to change, we want to make sure we can continue to enjoy our Child-Initiated Play outdoors, whatever the weather! 

Please could all children bring in a NAMED puddle suit and a pair of NAMED wellies to keep at school. This means we can enjoy splashing in puddles, exploring outdoors and getting stuck into our choosing time without worrying about getting muddy or wet!

As we are an all-weather school, please also make sure your child comes to school with a NAMED coat every day, even when the morning starts off sunny. The weather can change quickly, and we want everyone to be ready for outdoor learning and play!

Thank you for helping us make the most of every opportunity to play, explore and learn outdoors!

Miss Merry and Miss Morris

We have been learning about the importance of looking after our mental and physical health, as well as thinking about how we can look after the people around us.

We talked about how feelings can sometimes be comfortable or uncomfortable and explored how our bodies might feel when we experience different emotions. We thought about how we can recognise these feelings and what we can do to help ourselves when we need to.

We then thought about how we can be bucket fillers and help others when they might be experiencing an uncomfortable feeling. We decided to go on a very special kindness mission around our school!

We created kindness notes with lovely messages such as “You are amazing!”, “You make me smile!” and “You are special!”, and delivered them to people around our school.

It was wonderful to see how excited we were to spread a little kindness and make someone else smile. We are learning that even a small act of kindness can make a big difference! 🌟

In Art to Start, we explored the work of the famous artist Paul Klee and looked closely at his colourful painting Senecio. We talked about the shapes, colours and patterns we could see and used these ideas to inspire our own artwork.

We then drew our own self-portraits before getting creative with watercolour paints. We experimented with different painting techniques and explored a similar colour palette to Paul Klee to create our own unique versions of Senecio. 🎨

A huge thank you to all the grown-ups who were able to join us for Art to Start! We loved having you in our classroom and sharing our creativity with you. 💛