Blog by Mrs C Bradley

We have had a fantastic first week in Rainbow class.

The children have settled back into school really well.

This week we have been looking at the story of ‘The Tiger who came to tea’

The children went on the laptops to research some facts about Tigers and then they wrote some…

Marching through March

Top ten things we’ve done this week... 1. Written shopping lists and visited Sunshine Shop to make our purchases.

2. Typed up special messages to our mums.

3. Learned about different coins, found the right coins to shop with and added 2 small amounts together.

4.…

Kung Hei Fat Choy! Here is 10 ways we have celebrated Chinese New Year this week.

1. Finding out about and making Chinese Flags.

2. Tasting different Chinese foods.

3. Listening to Chinese music.

4. Learning how to say Happy New Year in Chinese.

5. Making dragon masks.

6. Writing…

With the colder frosty mornings this week, it has been the perfect opportunity to investigate ice. The children loved exploring the ice on Monday morning, feeling it, writing in it, warming it up, seeing how it was different in different places around the outdoor environment.

Each group have…

This week we have had a challenging week with lots of children not really listening and following our instructions to the best of their abilities. Some of the Sunshine grown-ups have been disappointed with having to repeat instructions and constantly reminding the children that carpet time is…

Happy New Year

What a lovely start to the new year we have had in Sunshine class. We have enjoyed talking about our time off school and what lovely things we did with our families. We have all made new years resolutions and thought of things we would love to get better at over the course of the…

We Wish You A Merry Christmas...

Our final week of festive fun seems to have gone by in a flash. So much more fun has been had by all this week.

Our Christmas trip to the ice show was fabulous with our rink side seats, we loved the lights and music.

We have enjoyed yet more Christmas…

On the first day of Christmas we learnt our Christmas songs,

On the second day of Christmas we learnt our Christmas dances,

On the third day of Christmas we learnt the Nativity story,

On the fourth day of Christmas we performed our play to all our grown-ups.

On the fifth day of…

The classroom has been transformed into Santa’s workshop this week. The class have enjoyed dressing as elves at our gift-wrapping station, using Mrs Claus’ kitchen to cook healthy winter soups in, visiting the letter writing station and adding cheer to our Christmas tree working wall.

This…

Sunshines top ten moments of this week...

1. We have read (and watched) the hungry caterpillar.

2. We have made our own food diaries for the week.

3. We all know which foods are healthy and which are not!

4. We have started our Nativity.

5. We have read at least 3 times in…

This week has been our Safer Travel week, where we have been thinking about how to cross the roads safely, holding hands with our grown-ups and playing in safe places away from cars. The children (and staff) have been amazing. All children should now remind you to hold their hands when walking to…

This week we have found out all about Guy Fawkes and why we celebrate bonfire night. We found out that he was a very naughty man who tried to blow up the king!

Each group wrote their own firework poem by describing the fireworks in the sky and the noises they make. We used some really smart…