9 Oct

Eggcellent Art and a Crackin’ Good Time.

Well, this has been a memorable week! The class finally got to get their hands some paint and used ‘tint’ and ‘shade’ to create a range of colour scales. They showed superb focus, control and understanding.

In Science we’ve been learning about our teeth and wanted to find out what impact…

2 Oct

Challenges and Chocolate

Another busy week is coming to an end and we have very lucky to welcome a new starter into the class. The class have shown have shown wonderful kindness and care and we’ve been delighted by how quickly the new students have settled into the St Stephen’s community.

In Maths this week, we’ve…

25 Sep

🚀 Four Weeks In: Look How Far We’ve Come!

A big feature of this week has been taking time to reflect on how far the class have come in such a short space of time. They have taken on so much new information and mastered so many new approaches to their learning that it is hard to believe this is only our fourth week together.

In…

18 Sep

Familiar Faces and Fierce Competition.

Now that the class are starting to find their feet a little, it’s been lovely to see more of their personalities come through in work and in play. The class have so many natural talents and watching these emerge across the curriculum has been my highlight of the week. We continued with our focus…

11 Sep

🐳🏊‍♂️📚A Week of Firsts!

Well, that’s the first full week done and what a week of firsts it has been! In literacy we began our class text, ‘The Whale’ and wrote our first sentences using ‘expanded noun phrases’ before trying our hand at simile poems. Myself and Miss Griffiths have been blown away by the creativity and…

4 Sep

A New School Year

This week, although short, has given us a lovely opportunity to get to grips with new locker locations, changes to daily routines and a chance to swap stories from the summer holidays. The class have settled in wonderfully and are (genuinely!) looking forward to starting our full curriculum next…