Saplings Eid Celebration
This week we have been learning about other faiths. A number of our children have shared with us their knowledge about Ramadan and Eid. We have seen lots of photos and videos where our children shared how their family celebrated at the weekend. We learnt all about Ramadan and Eid talking about the…
Spring has sprung!
Spring has sprung and we have been making the most of it! We have been looking at the spring flowers coming out and learning about how they grow. We have started planting our seeds and look forward to getting the soil for the planters. As a part of the Healthy Heroes scheme we have been learning…
Mother's Day Saplings Spa Day
Dear God,
Thank you for sending us amazing Mummy's who do so much to keep us safe, healthy and happy every day. We pray that you bless all Mum's everywhere with long life, happiness and everything they need and help us show them how much we love them too. Amen
We hope all our mums enjoyed…
World book day 2026
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We travelled to the east for world book day this year to see Aladdin and shared with him his story with his magic lamp. We met the evil Jafar creating our own hats and thought about the good choices he could have made. After creating our own magic carpets we…
Windmill Animal Farm
What a wonderful time we had on our trip to Windmill Animal Farm where we saw a number of the animals we have been learning about.
Saplings caring for the animals
We have had a lovely half term learning all about the animals of the world, different climates and about where some countries are. This week we have been bird watching this week, we didn’t see any flamingos, eagles or parrots but did see lots of other birds.
We have shared our learning about…
A wild week of caring
This week we have continued with our animal studies learning about how we care for our pets and other people who care for animals. We heard from the safari ranger about how he looks after the animals and created different animal prints from animals he saw through his binoculars. The vet told us…
Animals from warm climates
What a wonderful week we have had exploring the warmer climates of Africa and Australia and the animals they have. We learnt what it is like to be a safari ranger and what the job entails. We heard about endangered animals and thought how maybe we could help them. We loved hearing about the cheeky…
Where have you read a book today?
We have heard lots of stories this week about different places as part of the school activity for the Year of Reading where everyone was asked to take a photo of themselves reading somewhere exciting. We have loved seeing the photos you have sent in and can't wait for you to be able to see all our…
Visiting cold places
We have been learning all about the animals in the polar regions. We have had some very cold days where we have been able to think about what it would be like somewhere even colder than England. When looking at signs of winter here in Preston we wondered if it was the same in Antarctica. We…
Jumping into 2026
Happy new year to you all. We are all ready for a very busy term with more new children, meet the teacher, a trip and lots of fun learning all about animals from around the world. Please keep an eye for messages on the Arbor app so you don't miss anything that is going on.
This week we have…
Our Christmas week
What a fun filled week we have had celebrating in the run up to Christmas. Where we have been thinking about the shepherds as we lit our advent wreath candle. We went to watch the Snow Queen pantomime and have spent lots of time practicing sharing and taking turns in our party games. We had a…



