World Book Day

The children had a wonderful day sharing the enjoyment of reading.  It was a very busy day with lots of activities going on in each classroom and around the school.  God's word was spoken at the heart of the school as each child read a small section of Mark's gospel.  We also celebrated the diverse range of books we have from different cultures around the world.

The older children were able to support the younger members of the school by sharing stories and reading together.

The Year 5 and 6 read the Early Years children some stories and rhymes:

Years 1, 2, 3 and 4 shared their favourite books in pairs:

In the afternoon we welcomed a lady from Derby City Library for some more story telling.

Some Unusual reading

As part of World Book Day the children (and teachers) got busy taking photos of themselves reading in some rather unusual places.  Here are just a few examples:

A 'flying' trip to Wollaton Hall

 The children used the pictures to remember our trip:

 "We went on a trip to Wollaton Hall," said Lewis and Hannes

"Mrs Edwards and Miss Cartwright give us bread to feed the ducks," explained Rose-Lyn

Lana said "The ducks are really hungry." 

"Harry and Rose-Lyn are feeding the ducks," said Bethany

"The Geese and Ducks really wanted some bread," remembered Harry

Having praised Father God for his marvellous design of birds we met an unexpected 'flying visitor...

"We are having snack with Batman!" explained Nyasha

Year 1 and 2's Experience Victorian Toys

As part of the year 1 and 2's topic on toys, they had an afternoon exploring Victorian Toys.  They found some were similar to games they play now and others took a lots of practice. 

Skipping Games

Team work was needed as we had to jump together.

Acrobat monkey Game

Cup and Ball Game 

This was tricky but the more we practiced the better we got.

                          

           The Diablo

Kirsten and Elijah had fun with the Yo-yo. 

Marbles 

The children learnt some of the tactics to get ahead of their friends.

 

A Matching Pairs Game

Hoop Rolling

The Early Years Visit Kedleston Fish Bar

As the Early Years have currently got a Fish and Chip shop in their role-play area we thought it was important to go and see how a real chip shop runs.  Sampling the food was of course necessary too!

 First we checked the menu...
















...then we looked at the range of foods that were being cooked.

The lady told us all about how they made the chips and cooked the fish before taking out order.

                               

We had to wait patiently as 19 potions of fish and chips takes a little bit of time to cook! 

Snow!

The children (and teachers) in the Early Years had great fun playing in the snow today!

  

We worked as a team to build a snowman:

We rolled the snow to make big snow balls...

pressed the snow together...

and added a few finishing touches!