Blog by Tag: Little Saplings

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…

Our Winter Olympics at Home Challenge!

We are inviting YOU to take part in our Winter Olympics at Home Challenge.

You can get active, be creative and show off your learning all from home.

Ask an adult to take a photo of you taking part and email it to school so we can celebrate your…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

We loved showing you some of our learning from throughout this Advent season during our Bethlehem Bake-off performance. As part of our Advent preparations this week we lit our second candle thinking about peace and how we can be peacemakers being kind to others, sharing our toys and games, helping…

What an exciting week this has been as we have started thinking about the season of advent and what it means. We have introduced themes like waiting, being ready and kindness whilst on our Christmas countdown. We know that this is a time for us to get ready for Christmas and Jesus’ birth. We have…

Some of our learning this week has been with 'The Gingerbread Man', where we have continued to learn new vocabulary to help us when telling our own stories. This week, we have explored some actions and verbs from the text, such as run, chase, bake, eat, leapt, galloped, and outsmarted. We have…