The children used the iPads to retell the story of Billy’s Bucket. See their videos below.

Mrs Warnes is usually in school throughout the week to listen to the children read.

This week, however, is no ordinary week!  As we are learning about ‘Toys’, we asked Mrs Warnes to come and speak to the children about the toys and games she played with as a child.

Mrs Warnes told us that when she was a very small girl she lived in Ireland and didn’t receive her first real toy until she was 7 years old!

Mrs Warnes’ dad had been stationed during the war and sent her a precious dolly from India.  But when Mrs Warnes opened the parcel, the dolly had sadly become damaged.  In the olden days, there were places known as ‘Doll Hospitals’ and luckily Mrs Warnes managed to take her doll there to be fixed.

Mrs Warnes told us about the small TV they used to have that didn’t have many shows or channels so most of the games they played were outside. Mrs Warnes remembers playing Hopscotch, Marbles and Jacks.  She also told us about being told off by the lady in the neighbouring house!

It was a real treat and we thank Mrs Warnes for her time!

On Monday 9th November, the children from Elm Park Primary School took part in a very exciting Pro-Kick challenge!

Lots of children raised money!  We had to kick the ball as hard and fast as we could and the large machine measured it in miles per hour!

It was almost as if we were kicking a football into a giant bouncy castle!  We had so much fun and the sports leaders were very impressed with our footballing abilities!

Keep up the good work Year 1!

Hi all!

Today we had our visit from Maria from Dog’s Trust!

It was very informative and we have learned lots of new facts that we didn’t already know! We played senses games and our friends had to guess which item was in their hands using only their sense of touch.

We all looked fabulous in our costumes!  Some of us had our faces painted and wore costumes!  There were also some very spotty children in our school!

We now know how to be responsible dog owners and how to care for a dog correctly.

Thank you for providing wonderful costumes and for your kind donations.  We will wait until the end of the week for any more donations to be sent to Dog’s Trust.