Magpies

Class Letters

Autumn Class Letter

Maths Cafe

We enjoyed all our Jack and the Beanstalk themed Maths activities for our Maths Cafe.

VE Day Celebrations

As part of the VE Day celebrations, Magpies made flags and ribbons in blue, red and white. We enjoyed wearing our red, white and blue outfits too!

Spring Walk

We went on a Spring walk to see how nature has changed since Winter.

Days of the week

We have learnt a song to teach us about the days of the week. You may recognise the melody to the song.

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Mrs Lillycrop’s Writing Challenge

We won Mrs Lillycrop’s writing challenge and picked a bouncy castle as our treat. We all had a great time.

Trip to Ancient House Museum in Thetford

We had a fantastic class trip to the Ancient House Museum in Thetford. We learnt about old toys and even got to make some toys too. We even had a go at playing some old games.

Red Nose Day

We all donated money to Comic Relief and were allowed to wear non uniform in exchange. We hope you like our crazy photos.

World Book Day

We dressed as characters from our favourite books to celebrate World Book Day. We also came into school with our favourite book and shared why the book was our favourite.

Shrove Tuesday / Pancake Day

To celebrate Pancake Day we all took part in some pancake flipping races. The children had a fantastic time and lots of pancakes were flipped.

Tie Dye

Using elastic bands we tied socks into different shapes. We then used tie dye paint to make patterns on the socks. Nearer to Easter we will be making our tie dye socks into Easter Bunnies.

We can’t wait for the socks to dry so we can see the amazing patterns we have all made.

Pyjama Day

In aid of supporting children with Cancer we wore our pyjamas today and raised lots of money for charity.

Threading

We used our threading skills to thread wool through holes on a love heart template.

Number Day

As part of Number Day we took part in many Maths activities and wore Maths related tops.

Bubbles

Today was a windy day so we took some bubble wands outside to see what happened. When the wind was a little blustery we did not have to wave the wands but when it was calmer we had to. We also looked at a nearby weathervane to see what way the wind was blowing. The wind was blowing south west.

Bubbles

Den Building

As part of our Maths we have been learning about 2D and 3D shapes. Whilst working as a team to build the den we were seeing what shapes we could see on the den.

Bird Watching Week

As part of bird watching week we made some bird feeders from oranges. We hung them up in the tree hoping to attract different birds.

Polar Express and Christmas Jumper Day

Nativity - Shine Star, Shine

Christmas Decoration Day

As part of Christmas Decoration Day we have been making snowflakes with glitter. The children have worked so hard on these and made some beautiful designs.

Trip To Bridewell Museum

We went on a class trip to Bridewell Museum in Norwich to learn about Florence Nightingale. We made fanoos lanterns, got to see what a hospital looked like that Florence would have worked in and also took a look at items from that era. We had a fantastic time!

Making Christmas Cards

We have been busy making Christmas themed greeting cards.

Our Christmas Tree

Pictures of Magpies decorating our Christmas tree. Magpies used the words shiny, glistening and bright to describe our tree.

PTA Christmas Hamper

Thank you for all your kind donations for the Magpies PTA Christmas hamper. We have seen your kind donations for the other classes too. The hampers are going to look amazing. Good luck to everybody who purchases a ticket to win one of the hampers. Thank you to the PTA for organising this.

Odd Socks Day

To support anti bullying week we wore odd socks and made a kindness heart full of our hand prints.

Armistice Day

We have been learning about Armistice Day and why we remember it.
We have been busy making poppies out of clay, cardboard, wool and paint.

Pumpkin Chunking

Taking it in turns to see how far we can throw pumpkins. We had so much much!

Bonfire Pictures

Using paint to create bonfire pictures.

Happy Diwali

To celebrate Diwali we made some Diva Lamps.

Autumn Walk

Photographs from our Autumn walk around the school grounds.

Anatomy Of A Pumpkin

We looked at the anatomy of a pumpkin and used fine motor skills by using tweezers to remove the seeds from the pumpkin.

Making Apple Turnovers

Using our cooking tools safely to make Apple Turnovers.

Cutting fruit safely

We have been learning how to cut fruit safely. Once the children had cut the fruit they were able to eat what they had prepared.

Making Faces

Using objects to make faces as part of our PSED.
Children have been learning how to express their emotions. The children were asked what makes them happy. Some of their answers were friends, my little sister, football, cuddles and trains.