Posts From Curriculum Category

Jan

🌱 Thinking Green: Climate Change and Caring for Nature

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🌍 Kingfishers Take Action 🐞 Building Bug Hotels and Big Ideas 🌍  Today in Kingfishers, our Year 1 children explored the important topic of Climate Change. We began by discussing what climate change means and identifying some of the causes, such as pollution and using too much energy. The children then thought carefully about how […]

Jan

🔦 Lighting the Way: Herons Discover How Light Travels

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🌟 Straight to the Point: Herons Explore the Science of Light🕵️ This week, the children in Herons class have been busy exploring one of the fascinating properties of light – how it travels. Through hands-on investigation, they discovered that light moves in straight lines. Using torches and carefully aligned pieces of card, the children observed […]

Jan

🌿 Nature at Our Feet: Wrens Discover the Mud Kitchen Magic 🌿

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🐞 Mini-Beasts & Big Adventures: Wrens Explore the Outdoors Wrens have been busy exploring the brand-new flooring in our much-loved mud kitchen today! This little corner of nature, right in the heart of Harrogate, is a true blessing for our children. Our dedicated Early Years outdoor space is designed with different zones to spark curiosity […]

Jan

🌟 An Incredible Journey of Words: Inspired Writing from Our Herons in Class ✏️

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🐇 Edward Tulane’s Adventure Sparks Magical Writing!✏️ Storms, Scarecrows and Storytelling: Children Shine in Creative Writing This week, our children have been diving into the enchanting world of storytelling, inspired by two incredible tales: The Incredible Journey and The Mouse and His Child. These classics set the stage for a magical writing adventure, but the […]

Jan

🌟 Love, Learn, Shine Through Winter Curiosity ❄️

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❄️ Winter Wonders: Curiosity in Action at St Peter’s📚 Exploring, Predicting, Discovering – EY Winter Adventures🌟 Blog Content Draft Winter in Early Years: A Season of Curiosity and Discovery This term, our Early Years children have been diving into the magic of winter through stories, imaginative play, and hands-on exploration. From outdoor ice investigations to […]

Jan

🦖 Digging for Discovery: Our Dinosaur Role Play Adventure!

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🌍 Exploring the Past: Dinosaur Dig Sparks Curiosity! Love, Learn, Shine in Early Years – Dinosaur Dig Role Play! This half term, our Early Years children have been transported back in time to the age of the dinosaurs! Our exciting Dinosaur Dig Role Play Area is packed with opportunities for learning through play, exploration, and […]

Jan

✏️Starlings Soar with Arctic Adventures ❄️

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❄️ Frozen Wonders: Starlings’ Descriptive Writing Journey Starlings have been exploring the icy beauty of the Arctic through their writing this week! Using expanded noun phrases, the children created stunning descriptive sentences that painted vivid pictures of frozen landscapes. Some even went the extra mile by weaving in similes and personification, bringing the Arctic to […]

Jan

🛡️ From Pipe Cleaners to Shields – A Journey into the Iron Age 🏺

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 Twists, Torcs and Celtic Treasures 🎨 Swirls and Spirals: Starlings Explore Celtic Art Love, Learn, Shine in History! This week, Starlings class have been diving into the fascinating world of the Iron Age. Today’s focus was on Celtic art, and what an adventure it was! We began by looking at a Celtic torc – a stunning piece of jewellery worn […]

Jan

🦉 Owls Take Learning Outdoors: Right Angles in Action!

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🔄 Turning, Twisting and Talking Maths in the Playground This week, our Owls (Year 3) have been busy exploring right angles and directional language in a fun and practical way! Today, the children took their learning outdoors and worked in pairs to give clear instructions to help their partner move from one spot in the […]

Jan

🕯️ History Detectives: Discovering Florence Nightingale in Year 2 🔍

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🏥 Clues, Curiosity and Courage – Year 2 Meet Florence Nightingale🔍 This week, the children in Sparrows have stepped into the shoes of history detectives as they began their exciting new unit: “Individuals Who Changed Britain.” Their first inspiring figure? The remarkable Florence Nightingale. Led by Miss Corrigan, the children explored a series of intriguing […]