This week, the pupils have been exploring the world around them in further detail. 

For our Literacy learning, we created simple sentences based on noun objects we found in our Purposeful Play boxes.

Numeracy focused on beginning our addition journey and we played lots of interactive games to support our learning.

Science explored the different materials that we can find in our school. We went on a  ‘Material Hunt’ to identify the different materials that objects are made of. The class can now identify what is a natural material in our school and what is man made.

   Friday, of course, was Children in Need. The class made Pudsey masks and thoroughly enjoyed playing as though they were Pudsey. Mrs Pitcher and Miss Troth were on tender hooks as they kept loosing pupils! Argh! A wonderful day was enjoyed, however, and all the pupils commented that they had had fun!

What a wonderful day of  friendship, charity, enjoyment and celebration!

Lickey Hills Primary School welcomed Children in Need, 2019, with enthusiasm and a wonderful sense of thinking and giving to others. 

Both staff and pupils wore something yellow as part of their uniform and focused their learning on topics linked to Pudsey Bear such as: Pudsey Poems, Pudsey Maths Problems, Pudsey colouring, Pudsey cake decorating and dances for Pudsey.. 

An extremely successful cake sale was held at break time and a variety of games were created for use during lunch time on both the KS 1 and KS 2 playgrounds. These were organised and led by our very responsible and professional Yr. 5 and Yr. 6 Sports Leaders. Pupils gave a donation to have a go at the activities which included: a penalty shoot out, Pudsey Ping Pong, Pudsey Puddles, Pin the bandana on Pudsey and Pudsey Races.

Using our copper coins only, we even managed to cover Pudsey with coppers. Brilliant!

The final total of money raised has yet to be confirmed. We will inform you as soon as Mrs Bowen has concluded how generous our wonderful young people have been.

Thank you pupils and parents/guardians for all your support. Every donation will be appreciated to those less fortunate than ourselves in various different ways. 

Today we have been fundraising for Children in Need, we really enjoyed wearing yellow to school, eating yummy cakes from the cake sale, taking part in a Pudsey colouring competition and making Pudsey biscuits! We have had so much fun whilst raising money for such a good cause!

In recognition of children in need this week we have been sharing ‘Bear and the Scary Night’. We have been talking about different feelings and considered how he would feel being all alone in the park . We made bear a home today to make him feel safe and cosy once he had been found!

Today we wore odd socks to school in honor of friendship week! Wearing odd socks has helped us to remember that as individuals, we are all different but it is okay to be different and if we were all the same, the world would be a very boring place!

REMINDER: This Friday, 15th November, is Children in Need day and there will be lots of exciting Pudsey themed activities going on all day at Lickey to raise funds for this brilliant cause. Children and grown-ups can wear something yellow with their school uniform for the day. Please bring in some silver coins for our bake sale and playground games – other coins can also be brought in to cover our Pudsey posters! And don’t forget to send in your funnies by Wednesday 13th for the Voice Box Joke Competition – the winning entry will be announced during the Children in Need assembly (once we have managed to stop laughing…)

Last week in nursery, whilst learning about bonfire night, the children enjoyed taking part in a science experiment to create fireworks in a jar! We added a few drops of food colouring to a small amount of oil, gave it a stir and watched what happened when we poured the mixture into warm water! When the food colouring sinks through the oil, into the water and begins to dissolve, it looks like tiny fireworks exploding in the jar! Amazing!

How exciting! Here is our Roman armour which is on loan from the County Museum. 

We have also been celebrating Diwali through these amazing concrete poems.

As well as this beautiful Diwali lantern.

Our first week back after half term and we have filled the day with lots of creative and investigative activities.

Our Science lesson focused on identifying changes that take place in our natural environment during Autumn. We chose to explore the school grounds and complete an ‘Autumn Hunt’ trail, searching for and classifying changes to our natural environment. Of course, the pupils loved finding spiders to scare Mrs Pitcher!

  Art and Cookery explored different materials and how they could be used to create a firework image. Pupils used chalk, pegs and 2-d shapes to create their firework picture, which were then placed into a ‘Firework Gallery’ for the class to share. The most favourite material was the chalk as the class loved using their hands.

Finally, cookery focused on their fine motor skills and independent thinking. They decorated a moon biscuit to illustrate how a firework appears in front of a full moon.

This afternoon Nursery and Reception have been learning about and celebrating Diwali, the festival of light! We have been tasting Indian food, making peppermint creams, creating rangoli patterns, doing some traditional Bhangra dancing and making clay diva lamps. We have all been super busy but we have had such a great time!