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All the latest news from Stannington Infants School
We would like to share all the news from our school with you. There is a lot going on at Stannington Infants School and this is the place to keep up with all the latest events and information.
Healthy Snacks
Today we have been looking at healthy eating. We have talked about what is means to eat healthy and have sorted foods into healthy and unhealthy. We talked about eating 5 a day and how 1 portion is the same size as the palm of our hands. The children really enjoyed...
Year 1 Sports Day
What a fantastic start we have had to “healthy week”. Today we took part in our own Year 1 Sports day! The children in Year 1 have had a fantastic day being active. This morning we competed in lots of different races such as sprinting races, hurdle races, a relay...
Sports Day in Reception!
What a fantastic start we have had to "healthy week" in school today by having our very own Sports day! The children in Reception have had a brilliant first day back at school with their friends by competing in lots of different races. They have joined in with a sack...
Our chicks have hatched!
The children in Reception are so excited to announce that our new little fluffy friends have hatched! We have loved watching the eggs in the incubator and have kept checking each day to see if any of the eggs had pipped. 21 days later and we have lots of lively chicks...
Forest School Week 5
Our final Forest School session – and sadly due to the weather we did not make it to the farm! So it was back into the garden again, but how lucky we are to have this! To start with we sat on the decking and had another story illustrated by Gwen Millward. Then it was...
World Bee Day!
Did you know it was World Bee Day today? We have been finding out about the Honey bee and how they make honey. We drew their body parts and looked at how they communicate through the waggle dance.
Wonderdome
Today the Wonderdome came into school. We had a brilliant time inside the planetarium learning all about space. The Wonderdome experience helped the children to imagine what it is like to travel into space. We talked about the solar system including the planets,...
A Farm Forest School!
What a fantastic Forest School session – our first one at the farm! We loved our walk there, thinking about habitats and trying to identify trees by looking at their leaves – we even found some mice, although they were wooden! When we arrived we had a look around the...
Super Science
This term in Year 1 we are learning all about plants. We have learned to name and identify a variety of common wild plants and garden plants. This week we have been looking at the parts of a plant and their functions. We have set up an experiment to investigate if the...
Number Day Year 1
Today the children had so much fun during our Number day. They brought in coins from home to fill the digits 0-9 and went on a maths trail answering questions around the school yard.