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  • A classroom zoo!

    Published 30/04/25, by Claire O'Flaherty
    Year 1 had an exciting afternoon today, a zoo appeared in Team Merry! We were joined by a zoo keeper - who inexplicably looked just like Miss Merry - who took us on a tour of San Diego zoo! We talked about the differences and similarities between the
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  • Art to Start

    Published 28/04/25, by Claire O'Flaherty
    For our Art to Start this term, we looked at artist Peter Clark who is a collage artist based in London. He uses different papers with different markers, colours and textures, maps newspapers, photographers and wrapping paper. We used different outli
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  • Breathing exercises

    Published 25/04/25, by Claire O'Flaherty
    During our mindfulness time, we have been practising different breathing exercises. Please see the attached and ask your children to show you at home. 
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  • RE learning this week

    Published 25/04/25, by Claire O'Flaherty
    In our RE lessons this week we have been learning about Islam. We learnt about Islamic New Year, Ramadan and heard stories from the Quran, including the story of prophet Muhammed and the Spider. We used drama to retell the story in small gr
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  • Powell Cotton Museum

    Published 24/04/25, by Claire O'Flaherty
    We are very excited about our trip to the Powell Cotton museum! The children will be participating in a safari workshop and taking a look around the different exhibitions. They will also tour around the different galleries and hopefully if the weathe
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  • Easter Bonnet Parade!

    Published 03/04/25, by Claire O'Flaherty
    We loved our Easter Bonnet Parade! I hope you all have a lovely break!  
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  • Pine cones

    Published 28/03/25, by Claire O'Flaherty
    During our topic lessons, we have been learning about different ways we can predict and record the weather. We wanted to know whether pine cones could help us predict rain. We realised that when we wet, the pine cones, they closed up. We placed some
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  • Outdoor Learning!

    Published 25/03/25, by Claire O'Flaherty
    We have loved the change in weather! It has been so nice to take our learning outside and use some of our outdoor equipment! It has made us very excited for the summer!
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  • Lila and the Secret of Rain

    Published 21/03/25, by Claire O'Flaherty
    We have been exploring Lila and the Secret of Rain in our English lessons and today we retold the story using drama. We discussed our likes and dislikes whilst looking for patterns in the text. Ask me to retell you the story.
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  • Rain Gauge

    Published 21/03/25, by Claire O'Flaherty
    We have been learning about the weather in our topic lessons and have been looking at different weather instruments scientists use to measure weather. We then made rain gauges and put them in our school garden. We will measure the rainfall over the n
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  • Measuring weight

    Published 15/03/25, by Claire O'Flaherty
    This week, we have been using balance scales to help us measure the weight of different objects. We started by looking at which objects in the classroom weighed more or less. We then measured the weight of objects using non-standard units such as cub
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  • Seasons Wheel

    Published 14/03/25, by Claire O'Flaherty
    This week we began to learn about the different seasons and created a 'seasons wheel' with different pictures to help us remember the weather and events of each different season. Ask me about the seasons!
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