My Happy Mind
Team Donaldson have really enjoyed our first My Happy Mind lesson. The children loved meeting Team H-A-P, we talked about our brains and all the jobs our brains do. Year 1 loved writing and drawing in their new Happy Mind journals and we were super impressed with all the children’s ideas and discussion, well done! 🧠
Chinese New Year
This week we are learning about Chinese New Year. The children really enjoyed exploring some Chinese artefacts and they loved the story of The Jade Emperor.
Labelling Parts of a Bird
Team Donaldson have really enjoyed completing our Science task this afternoon – labelling parts of a bird. They have also completed some activities independently during learning zones ✨
Yoga
The children thoroughly enjoyed their yoga lesson with Beth and are already looking forward to their lesson next week! 😊
Christmas Art
The children have been completing some fantastic Christmas art 🎄🎅🏼🌟
Healthy Eating
This morning, we have all really enjoyed a fantastic workshop with Sian from Chartwells who was super impressed with our knowledge of healthy eating and different fruits and vegetables. We then got to make our own Very Hungry Caterpillars before eating them! The children all really enjoyed it. *swipe for more photos*🐛 🌽 🍅
Yoga
🧘♀️ Yoga🧘♂️
Team Donaldson enjoyed a fantastic yoga lesson this morning. We practiced all our favourite yoga poses and learnt a new pose, the cobra. We really enjoyed playing “What time is it Mr Wolf?” and the rain stick game
✏️ Fantastic Phonics ✏️
Our reception children have done some fantastic phonics and lovely letter formation during our phonics lesson today. 🌟
Science & Geography
Year 1 have really been enjoying our science topic, Animals and Geography topic, Hot and Cold places. This week they combined their learning and wrote some amazing fact files all about animals that live in hot and cold places. 🐘 🐊 🐍
🔨 DT 🏙
In DT this week, we have been learning about different structures. We have been looking at bridges, towers and other freestanding structures. The Year 1’s completed some brilliant detailed drawings of the Eiffel Tower, labelling all the key parts. Our Reception children have been enjoying lots of different tasks in their learning zones, they have built towers and bridges in construction, painted bridges over rivers in design, built large scale models outside and used the whiteboard to design skyscrapers. Here are just a few photos from the week, well done everyone!
🔨 DT 🧰
Year 1 have continued to work super hard in DT. This afternoon they designed a freestanding structure based on our studies of the Eiffel Tower and Empire State Building. Working as a team they built the tower making sure it was secure and able to hold weight.
🎨 Art 🖌
The children have all really enjoyed creating fish in the design area inspired by our work on different types of animals in science. They used a variety of design techniques and different materials, they are very proud of their work. 🐠
Dance Festival
Team Donaldson were amazing, shaking it off showing their best moves!
In between dances they enjoyed doing some ‘Just Dance’ to keep active 💃🕺
Dancing superstars! ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Flat Stan First Aid ⛑
This afternoon, the children had a visit from Flat Stan First Aid! We found out all about:
What to do if someone is not breathing.
What to do if someone is choking.
What to do in an emergency.
What to do if someone is bleeding.
✏️ Fantastic Phonics 📝
Our Reception children have done some amazing independent writing during this mornings phonics lesson. We have been working on the ‘oo’ sound and the children wrote some brilliant words such as moon, food, roof and hoof.
🔴 Red Nose Day 2025 🔴
CLPE Moth
Year 1 have been working super hard on our core text, Moth: An Evolution Story 📖
Recently, they have written some excellent moth fact files and designed some brilliant story boards, retelling the story so far.
What’s in the barn?
This morning our reception children have done some fantastic CVC writing during our “what’s in the barn” activity.📖 🦆
Planting
As part of our science work, this afternoon Team Donaldson have really enjoyed planting seeds and flowers. We planted lots of seeds ready to watch them grow and outside we have brightened up our outdoor area with lots of new flowers.
