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We decided to pay one last trip to the beach before breaking up for the summer.  Buckets and spades in hand we headed off down the hill. Do you know how many steps are between Upper Branch Road and Lower Branch Road? We spent our time digging sandcastles, writing our names in stones and splashing Read More …

For our school tour we went to Sallyfort farm in Stradbally.  We spent the week before learning all about life on a farm.  Here we are making papier mache farm animals, driving our tractor to cut silage and bringing the cows in for milking.   We also looked at how to keep safe on a Read More …

We have been learning all about the sea.  We paid a visit to our local friendly fishmonger, Hartley’s  Sea Foods and were shown mackeral, prawns, anchovies, swordfish and many more.  We also munched on loads of samphire.  Yum yum.      Back in school, we made our own fish market, made a pretend visit to Read More …

We are so lucky to have this amazing resource on our doorstep.  Many thanks to the parents for making it all possible and for supplying those delicious treats.      We had a few classic races, sprint, egg (golf ball) and spoon, pancake race, beanbag on head race.  Then we had a goal shoot-out, bowling, croquet, Read More …

We wrote invitations to our teddy bears to come on a picnic with us.  They all accepted, and so we all had a fun picnic together looking down on the Japanese gardens.

We’re going on a bear hunt.  We’re going to catch a big one.  What a beautiful day.  We’re not scared.  Uh oh…

In October we were busy learning about Autumn.  We enjoyed reading The Gruffalo and The Owl Babies. We created our own Gruffalo using different materials and we sponge painted our Owl Babies.   During maths time we were measuring and mixing to make our own playdough, which we used to make our five little pumpkins. Read More …

In September we were busy getting to know our new friends and settling into our brand new school.  It was all very exciting.  We learned some nursery rhymes.  Hickory dickory dock, have a look at our clock.                We were also learning our numbers.  We did a count down and Read More …