It was a busy day for the children in Kites today as the class were joined by a host of parents who came along to help the children develop their sewing skills. The children have been designing, and are now making, an outfit for Sophie from the BFG. Using their newspaper pattern as a starting point, the children had cut out felt shapes and today secured them together using a running stitch. Each and every outfit looks set to be unique meaning that the classroom was a hive of activity as everyone set to work! Thank you to all of the parents who along and gave the children their time.

Meanwhile, as the children in Woodpeckers developed team game skills out on the playground, the children in Elm developed their creative sides using shapes as a starting point! The children used their sketch books to design a picture using a series of shapes which they then covered by cutting coloured cardboard to the same shape and size. Once stuck down, the children then rotated the picture four times in order to create a repeating pattern piece of art.

As the children in Year Two took to the stage in the upstairs hall in order to rehearse their Christmas play, some children in the Foundation Stage used their recent interest in the World Cup as a starting point for further learning. Some children created their own football pitch and players in order to act out a match whilst others chose to design their own football kits. Out in the garden some children had a go at playing the game itself which resulted in them investigating a number of other ball games in pairs and groups.

At the end of the afternoon the children in 6M investigated the importance of listening carefully by playing a game. Children took turns to blindfold themselves before locating other members of the class who were creeping towards them from different directions with only the slightest jangling of keys being used as the sound to identify their whereabouts.