Waterfoot Primary School

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We have been so proud of how well the children have settled into their new school, learning new routines and meeting new friends. Take a look below at how happy they are undertaking new independent challenges!

We had a wonderful time today exploring in our woodlands.  The sun was shining so we went to learn about our woodland rules and visit the basecamps.

We have been learning about the season of Autumn. Take a look at the lovely seasonal activities we have been doing!

The children in Oak Class have been celebrating National Poetry Day. The theme this year was counting, so we had great fun singing 1,2,3,4,5 Once I Caught a Fish Alive. We thought of actions and created our own verses which we then performed for each other. Can you spot us being pufferfish, sharks, dolphins, lobsters, seaweed or seahorses in the photos below?

Today we went into the woodland to make clay faces as part of the topic, 'Ourselves.' We also practised our mathematical vocabulary by using the terms, 'more' and 'fewer' than. We enjoyed working together and practicing patience while waiting for our turn to put on our wellies and shoes. Take a peek at our excellent work.

We have had lots of fun learning about the celebration of halloween.  We have mixed potions in the witches kitchen, used our senses to investigate and draw pumpkins, compared the size and wieights of our pumpkins in the pumkin shop, mixed potions in our bubbling caudron experiment, made monsters with the playdough and used shapes to create spooky pictures.

We have been learning about the festival of Diwali.  We have roleplayed the story of Rama and Sita and done some fabulous innovations in our 'Drawing Club'  We learnt that Diwali is a festival of lights and made diva lamps from clay to put in our windows.  We used shapes to create rangoli patterns and designed mehndi patterns for our hands.

We have learnt about another celebration this week, Bonfire night.  We learnt about bonfire night and made our own bonfire and fireworks pictures using collage and printing. We made real-life bonfires with the large construction and our Oak Class Firefighters kept us safe.  We even did firework maths!

Oak Class had enjoyed a busy week, taking part in lots of different activities. On Monday, we spent time thinking about others during Remembrance Day. On Tuesday, Odd Socks Day, we considered how unique and special we all are. On Wednesday, World Kindness Day, many of the children were presented with a 'Caught Being Kind' positive note and finally, on Friday, we raised awareness of Children in Need by wearing accessories and taking part in some craft activities.

As we have been reading Stickman in Drawing Club, we decided to go on an adventure in the beautiful winter sunshine to find a special stick to make our own stick person. Take a look at our wonderful creations.

We had a wonderful time on our trip to the Horse and Bamboo today.  We met an adventurer and found an enormous yetti.  Then we rode a boat and sang sea shanties and even met the Loch Ness Monster! Finally, we went to Yetti's house for a Christmas party and played pass the parcel. We made our own monsters too!

Yesterday, we performed our Wriggly Nativity. We had a great time performing the songs we had been learning for our adults. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did. We were proud of the children who worked hard learning the lyrics and actions. They were so brave and well-behaved throughout the show. If you weren't able to make it, have a peek below.

We had a great time at our Christmas party wearing our special clothes. We danced, played games, ate party food, and then watched a surprise visitor soar over our school, leaving us gifts. We even saw his cheeky reindeer performing a dance in one of our classrooms!