Waterfoot Primary School

 Homework Grids

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!

Our new topic this term is winter and the Arctic and what better way to start it than with snow.  Take a look at the fun we had!

Well, what amazing costumes we had for Number Day 2025! Thank you so much to all the parents and carers for making such a massive amount of effort.  It really made the day magical.  We had lots of fun in the photo booth, played Numbots on the iPads, had a number hunt outside, played games, made Numbot headbands, got tattoos and had lots of mathematical fun. 

Over the past few weeks, we have been learning about the Chinese New Year.  We had lots of fun role-playing in our Chinese restaurant, writing our names in Chinese, learning about Chinese traditions and making our very own Chinese dragon with which we performed our dragon dance.  We sang songs, learned about the Chinese wishing tree and made wishes to hang from it.  We even made noodles, used chopsticks to eat them and Mrs Edwards bought us all fortune cookies!

Oak Clas were feeling the love this week as we learned about Valentine's Day and made cards to show our love for others.

This term EYFS have started our Gardening Club.  We looked at our outdoor area and planted bulbs to make it prettier. We talked about how plants grow from bulbs and seeds.  We then 'planted' some cress seeds to take home and grow at home.

This week we were visited by the Fun Food Chef.  We learnt how to create a complete meal from scratch including pizza using fresh mozzarella & fresh tomato sauce full of hidden vegetables. It was great fun learning to cook whilst listening to music and learning about the EatWell Plate. We also made smoothies and were treated to a healthy yogurt pot full of fruit and granola.

We had a great time on World Book Day, especially with all the fun of guessing everyone’s secret books. It was also enjoyable sharing our books and creating bookmarks!

Sensory Fun 

Today's challenge was to use some of our senses to work out the identity of different vegetables. We were brilliant at explaining what we could smell, feel and taste. Well done everyone!

We had a wonderful day last week to celebrate, Red Nose Day! We came dressed up in 80's wear or all in red and completed our whole school discathon challenge.  We designed red noses and learnt about how raising money can help other people.

This term, we've had a great time learning about the Christian festival of Easter. We used puppets to retell the Easter story from the Bible, created Easter cards, and were taught how to weave Easter bunny baskets. We went on an Easter number hunt and discovered that the Easter Bunny had given us some biscuits!

We have been learning about the Islamic festival of Eid. We learnt that Muslims often fast during the month of Ramadan, which means they do not eat during daylight hours for an entire month. A Muslim visitor came to speak to us about how Muslims live their lives. We also learnt about how Eid is celebrated. We made beautiful lanterns and created a moon and star symbol, which is important in Islam, to decorate our homes.

This week, we have been learning about the Hindu festival of Holi, which celebrates the arrival of spring. We learnt that there is lots of singing, dancing, and partying. People of all ages go into the streets and throw paint and coloured water. This tradition is linked to the story of Vishnu, who, as a cheeky young boy, threw coloured water over the milkmaids as a joke. We used powder paints and threw them with our hands to create a Holi picture. We also made friendship bracelets and explored some Hindu artefacts.

We have been very excited this week to discover a secret message from Pirate Pete and his crew! We went exploring to find the things he had lost and then drew our own treasure maps. We’ve also had lots of fun dressing up as pirates and reading a variety of pirate-themed books. We've been enjoying making up our own pirate stories using the small world area and have been investigating treasure and special shells.

This week is the buddhist festival of Vesak. This is believed to be the birthday of Buddha and how he found enlightenment or the 'meaning of life.' We made practised meditation and thought about things we were grateful for.  We talked about being kind and looking after the world around us.  We were mindful making mandalla's and lotus flowers.  We also began a collaborative art piece.