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Our classroom has been full of excitement as we turned into young scientists today… with a wriggly twist!

We created our very own wormeries to help us answer the question: what do worms do to the soil? The children were so curious and couldn’t wait to get started.

First, we worked together…

We’ve been busy mathematicians in EYFS this week as we explored the numbers 9 and 10 in lots of exciting ways!

The children have been finding and making 9 and 10 using a wide range of resources, both inside the classroom and out in our outdoor area. It was wonderful to see them taking their…

What a night to be proud of! On an electric evening at Tamworth’s SnowDome our children took part in the Tamworth Schools swimming gala finals — competing against much larger schools and showing exactly what Mary Howard and St Andrew children are made of.

Seven of our children qualified for the…

What a wonderfully creative time we’ve had during Art Week! This week, our classroom was full of imagination as we explored the work of pebble artist Erzsebet Szilajka.

Inspired by her beautiful creations, the children became artists themselves, using pebbles as the main feature of their…

This week for Art Week, Maple Class have been getting creative outdoors by making beautiful minibeast nature suncatchers – and what a wonderful link to our new Science topic on micro-habitats and minibeasts!

The children began by exploring our outdoor area, carefully collecting natural…

As part of our art topic on paper sculptures, Maple Class have been busy working collaboratively to create a giant spider sculpture.

We began by looking closely at spiders, exploring their structure and key characteristics. The children noticed important features such as the number of legs, the…

Our Green power project is well underway in Oak class. This week we have been measuring the frame of the go-kart so that we can begin to make the bodywork.

We have decided our theme will be the rainforest.

Watch this space to see how it turns out.

The children had a great day today dressed up funny to help raise money for Red Nose Day.

Thank you to everyone who donated.
 

As part of our travelling tale of Pig the Pug, Maple Class had lots of fun making dog biscuits!

We talked about how Pig loves treats and decided to create our own biscuits that we could share as part of our story. The children carefully followed simple instructions, measuring and mixing the…

During Busy Bee time in our outdoor learning area, the children made an exciting discovery – a friendly Common Toad hopping along the path!

The children watched carefully as the toad jumped across the path and headed towards the tyres, where it cleverly hid amongst the leaves. We talked about…

Oak class have been exploring electricity and resistance in circuits. The children were set several challenges to see who could make their bulbs the brightest.

In our EYFS maths lessons this week, the children took part in a fun building challenge inspired by Pig the Pug.

The children were introduced to Trevor the sausage dog from the story and were given a special maths challenge:

• Can you build a sausage dog that is shorter than…