Last week, the children who read the most minutes for Buster’s Book Club in each year group at KS2 were rewarded with the opportunity to help make our new display for the Year 5 and 6 library area with. A company called ‘Arty Party’ came into work with the children to create the masterpiece that […]
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Jan
Jan
Team Work! Together, we worked as a team to build a tower out of bricks. We counted how many we could build before the wolf blew them down. It was difficult to keep the bricks steady. The children used their imagination skills to act out the story in the tuff tray. We remembered repeated phrases […]
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Nov
Nov
We have been reading the story: ‘Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see?’ We looked at the different animals and colours and drew our own representations of the characters. We made sure we selected the correct colour to draw our favourite character from the story. Extending from this, we explored colour mixing. The children […]
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Nov
Nov
From the 15th – 19th November 2021, the whole school took part in Anti-Bullying Week. The theme for 2021 was ‘One Kind Word’. It was a wonderful week, with the children completing a range of activities to raise awareness and help tackle bullying! To kick off the week, both the children and teachers came to […]
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Nov
Nov
Experts in literacy and child development have discovered that if children know eight nursery rhymes by heart by the time they’re four years old, they’re usually among the best readers by the time they’re eight. – Mem Fox, Reading Magic. Listening to music and singing with young children is not only fun, but can play […]
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Nov
Nov
Last week the children were very busy! They learnt about Diwali, fireworks and Remembrance Day! The children started the week by telling their friends about all the fireworks they saw at the weekend. We discussed the different sounds and colours they saw and heard in the sky. We looked at different stories about the fireworks […]
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Oct
Oct
Last week, the children in Black Footed Ferret class received their Buster’s Book Club prize from the KM Charity. Their prize included a visit from Steven Vinacour, the author of ‘Ted and his Time-Travelling Toilet: Roman Rewind’! The children got to hear Steven read two chapters of one of his books and took part in […]
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Oct
Oct
Hello DPA Parents and Carers, As you know, we have celebrated Black History Month in school this month through our assemblies and some year groups have even begun to look at the amazing things we can learn from Black History. However, at DPA, the learning journey into Black History does not start and end with […]