Apr 21
Hello Everyone! How lovely is it to be back at school with the sun shinning?! We have started our new topic – Mini Beasts!! This week we have been reading ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ by Eric Carle. Not only does this story tell us about the life cycle of a butterfly, we are also …
Apr 01
This year as a school we are working on supporting pupils ability to communicate effectively with one another. One of the ways in which we are addressing this is through the use of the Wellcomm® Screening Tool. This tool provides us with useful teaching strategies and tips for scaffolding pupil talk, language use and comprehension. …
Apr 01
April is the Month of the Military Child and each year we love taking the time to celebrate our military children here at Merry Hill. Service children can face challenges with parents in the armed forces. Yet these children are also an amazing asset to families, schools and the local community. The Month of the …
Mar 31
Hello everyone, This week we are reading One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr Seuss, a classic children’s author. Dr Seuss excelled at making silly, fun rhymes which ignite children’s interest in rhyme. The illustrations are also very amusing and capture a child’s attention. Literacy – Read the story if you have …
Mar 31
Hello Everyone! What a change in the weather this week! Did you see the snow outside today?!?! We have had a busy week in Nursery. We got to have a go at the lovely Easter Egg trail organised by the Friends of Merry Hill. We continued with our flower bed and planted out some lovely …
Mar 24
Hello Everyone! We hope you all enjoyed the lovely long weekend in the sunshine! We have carried on with our class bean experiment this week and taken pictures of our beans – some of the beans have grown a lot this week! The tallest bean was 20 cm! We have also been experimenting with cress …
Mar 17
Hello everyone, This week we are reading Monkey Puzzle by Julia Donaldson. A little monkey loses his mum and a ‘helpful’ butterfly tries to find her for him. This is a delightful story highlighting the importance of giving all the information needed and being specific! It’s also a wonderful example of how we all have …
Mar 17
Hello Everyone! How quickly has this week gone by! On Monday we continued with our measuring theme up in the woods – using tape measures and string to see how big the trees are – there were some really big ones and teeny tiny ones too. The biggest tree needed 3 tape measures! In Literacy …
Mar 16
Hello everyone, Our story this week is a real classic – We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen. It’s one that is read again and again. Here’s a link to the story, read (and performed) by the author himself. Michael Rosen performs We’re Going on a Bear Hunt – YouTube Literacy – Listen/read/watch …
Mar 11
Hello Everyone! What a lot of lovely sunshine we have seen this week – it’s starting to feel like Spring! We enjoyed our time in the woods looking for signs of Spring and then throughout the week we have been drawing some lovely daffodils – do you like our pictures? The adults thought that the …