Posts by John Ward
Getting Ready for Woolmore Workshop
Come along and see what life is like at Woolmore: meet the staff, other families and have fun! When: 2nd and 9th June 2015 Time: 9:30 – 11:00 Where: Woolmore Primary School These sessions will help families look at how they can support their child to be ready to start school. Across the workshops we will look…
Read MoreNursery Stay and Play
Why not come along to our pre-nursery stay and play sessions? These are held on Tuesday and Thursday mornings, 9.15-11.00. It’s a great way to play, meet friends and get to know Woolmore School. We look forward to welcoming you.
Read MoreOutside learning
We don’t do all our learning inside. Lots of what we learn is outside the classroom. The weather has been getting warmer which means we like to be outside more. There is so much to do it can be hard to choose. We can move in so many different ways. Outside we can hop, bounce,…
Read MoreLooking after toys
So much learning has been happening in Pear Tree nursery. This week our focus has been on looking after our toys more. We have so much to play with we are remembering to put things away. We have lots of different resources. These foam blocks are one of our favourites because they are light and…
Read MoreWho loves books?
Who loves books? Pear Tree do!!!! We have so many favourites. This week we have read Scaredy Bear, Brave little owl, Animal music and Greedy zebra, as well as loads of others!!! We have been learning about bugs! We quite like spiders and so used lots of resources at the creative table to make some.…
Read MoreGetting the message
As part of our topic, Getting the message, in art this week we studied the beautiful art of calligraphy. We started by learning about what calligraphy is, and at how important it is to Chinese culture. We also took this opportunity to learn a little about how the Chinese language is written in characters. We…
Read MoreJack and the Beanstalk
This week, we have been reading “Jack and the Beanstalk”. All of our learning has involved characters from the story! We are also learning to do the “Woolmore Walk” when we travel around the school. As part of our topic, we grew our own beans. Everyone is keeping their own bean diary, so that we can…
Read MoreI love animals
In Literacy we have been reading “I Love animals”. The animals in this story live on the farm. We compared them to the zoo animals we learnt about last week. We also participated our first singing session with Anna, our music teacher! We are learning the lines to a new song, which we will perform…
Read MoreLiving and Growing
Our new topic for this term is “Living and Growing”. This week we have been reading “Dear Zoo” in Literacy. We wrote letters to the zoo, and asked for our favourite animals! In Maths we have been learning about 2D shapes. We cut some shapes out of different textured paper and created animal faces! In…
Read MoreHelping Nepal
We are all saddened to hear about the earthquake and devastation in Nepal and the surrounding areas. On Wednesday 6 May we will have an Own Clothes and Bring-a-Pound for Nepal Charity Day. Please give what you can and help us to make just a little bit of a difference. Click here to read the letter with further details.
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