Our Toy Workshop

Our Toy Workshop

The children in FS enjoyed a toy workshop yesterday. We were very excited to look at the old toys that Catherine brought to school. We learned what old toys were made of and we talked about how you can tell if a toy is old. Some of the toys were very delicate! We were...
A walk around Stannington

A walk around Stannington

Today the children in Year 1 have been out and about exploring the local area. The children were searching for both human and physical features in Stannington. They were able to identify features in their local area – the village shop, the Co-op, the Post...
Exploring board games

Exploring board games

This afternoon we have had great fun exploring and playing board games as part of our theme on Toys. We even let our grown ups join in with us! We all played board games and evaluated them to say what we liked about them and why. This will help us to decide which kind...
Year 2 Toys workshop

Year 2 Toys workshop

What a supercalifragilisticexpialidocious type of day we had in Year 2! Mary Poppins came to visit our school and she bought lots of interesting toys for us to explore and play with. We played with toys we hadn’t seen before and thought about the materials they...
Mary Poppins Toy Workshop

Mary Poppins Toy Workshop

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! Today the children in Year 1 have had a visit from Mary Poppins. She brought with her some interesting toys for us to explore. We could talk about the similarities and differences between old and new toys: “This is wood and...