Upper Kindergarten were very excited to welcome Dr Patel to our class. First, Dr Patel asked the children a variety of questions such as “What is a Doctor?” and “Why would you go to a Doctor?”. The children showed some understanding by saying when their tummy hurts or if they…
As part of our PSHE curriculum, 5Z visited the Epping Forest Foodbank to learn more about the role of this charitable organisation in the community. They particularly enjoyed working in groups and getting involved by organising and packing food donations according to expiry dates. The children explored the warehouse and…
For their topic ‘Under the Sea’ Reception Woodpeckers have been looking at plastic pollution in the ocean. The children watched a demonstration of ocean pollution. A big tub was filled with water, shells, sea creatures etc and the class discussed how this was a good environment for the fish. Then…
The children in Upper Kindergarten have been learning how to keep their teeth healthy. The children watched a short educational video of a little girl called Ava and her first trip to the dentist. They learnt about milk teeth, what happens at a dentist appointment and how to brush our…
The children in Lower Kindergarten loved exploring our ice and shaving foam ‘snow’ sensory tray. It was a great opportunity to encourage the children to use descriptive language to describe the different textures. Some of the descriptions used by the children were “The ice is slippery” and “Polar Bears live…
For Cooking this week, Lower Kindergarten made Snowy Rocky Road. The children had to first take it in turns to break the biscuits, by using a rolling pin. They then helped to mix the biscuits, raisins and apricots, with the melted chocolate and golden syrup. Once all the ingredients were…
In a link to their topic of The Romans, and a pre-cursor to their volcanoes topic in Spring 2, 3C have read ‘Escape from Pompeii’ and the children have put themselves in the shoes of the characters Tranio and Livia on that fateful day in AD 79. The class have…
Year 6 were showing their knowledge about light travelling in straight light by creating magic light boxes. Without a torch these boxes appeared blank but when lit up, revealed a message. All of the class worked hard and were very creative with their designs but a particular well done goes…
1C had so much excitement on the last week of term, especially with their naughty elf-on-the-shelf who got up to lots of mischief in their classroom. The class were also amazed by the visit from Santa! They couldn’t believe he had left the North Pole at such a busy time…
With the Christmas season in full swing, we celebrated Christmas jumper day at Oaklands on Wednesday 11th December. The day raised £210 for Crisis at Christmas, helping provide vital services to those in need during the holiday season. On the same day our caterers hosted a fabulous Christmas lunch, with pupils…
