Donaldson Class
Miss Bell & Mrs Reeves
Miss Naylor and Miss Dicken

On The Farm

Our topic this half term is On The Farm. We have so many fabulous activities planned and we would love to encourage contributions to our topic from home. 

We know many of you are from farming families, live on farms and grow lots of food in your own gardens and allotments. 

We would love to see photographs of your farms, farming equipment, animals and plants. Perhaps you might want to give us a video tour of your farm or allotment?

It's these experiences that really bring the topic to life for the children and help to cement their learning. 

Huge thanks to Eva who brought us a box of tomatoes that she grew on her farm. 

Fabulous Phonics.

We have got off to a flying start with our phonics sessions. Year 1 have started reading and applying their set 2 sounds and are doing brilliantly. Reception are showing us how super smart they are by telling us all of the sounds they already know and we are practicing our correct letter formation too. 

Hello Vole!

Oliver and his family were gardening at the weekend and they found this gorgeous little vole. We looked at the photograph today and Donaldson class decided to call it Voley! Thankyou for sharing Oliver. If you have anything you would like to share with us then please email it to us! 

Nature hunters!

This week in Donaldson we had fun turning over stones and logs to see what we could find. We found centipedes, woodlice, spiders and lots and lots of worms. We talked about the habitats that the creatures liked to live in. 

We were also excited to say hello to a fabulous common frog who had hopped into our writing nook! 

...and if all that excitement wasn't enough, we also found a family of newts next to our writing shed. 

​A super day all round!

The Colour Monster

This week we continued exploring our emotions with the book 'The Colour Monster' by Anna Llenas.  We have had great fun exploring how we feel using the little monster to help us. 
We have collaged with wool,  cut with scissors, mixed colours and shades using paint, written sentences and thought of different words to describe each feeling. 

Take a look at our work, we are very proud of it!
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Click on this image to see some of the activities that we will be doing based on The Colour Monster
This term we are focusing on highlighting the importance of understanding and addressing our feelings, emotions and thoughts and what better way to do this than through the fantastic story of The Colour Monster written by Anna Llenas. 
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,Wellies!

Please can everyone bring a pair of wellies into school. We need them every day, so a pair that could live here permanently is preferred due to Covid 19 safety measures. If you have any problems please speak to a member of the Donaldson team. 

P.E. Days
Our P.E. days are Tuesday and Friday. Please arrive at school fully dressed in your kit on these days. Children will stay in their P.E. kit all day so there is no need to send a change of clothes into school.