The nursery have been enthusiastically brushing our teeth after lunch following the NHS’s new push on healthy teeth for children. We use Monty the ‘big mouth’ to demonstrate good brushing. The scheme is called ‘The Big Brush Club’ and the aim is to get children in both nursery and reception to brush their teeth during the school day to tackle tooth decay.
Eco Warriors
This afternoon, our Eco Warriors have been working really hard in the kitchen garden. They have planted a range of seed and plants, repaired the planters and have been doing lots of weeding.
They have done an amazing job!
Thank you to everyone who kindly donated any seedlings and seeds!
World Autism Awareness Day
19
Apr
It was wonderful to see all of the different-coloured clothes, which showed that we celebrate and embrace differences at HPS.
Year 3 & 4 Art
On Tuesday, Year 3 & 4 started their new art unit on printing. They explored the different kinds of prints you could get from classroom objects. They also enjoyed using white ink on black paper.
Year 1 Exmoor Zoo
On Tuesday 26th March, year one enjoyed a visit from Exmoor zoo and found it really interesting. Rob from the zoo brought some interesting animals with him, and we could look at them closely and touch them if we wanted to. We learnt a lot about classifying animals which is helping us greatly with our science topic on Animals.
Year 1 Computing
Year 1 have been learning about algorithms by using the Bee-bot online app.
Year 2 Computing
Year 2 have been using the coding app ‘Scratch Jr’ to create a program telling their favourite joke!
Holy Week
Year 3 and 4 have been learning about the importance of Holy Week and Easter for Christians, this half term. We have learnt about what happened to Jesus on Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday.
We have explored why Good Friday is called this even though it is a sad day.
On Friday we welcomed Reverend Humm into school to talk to us about how Christians celebrate the various days in Holy Week.
Exmoor Challenge
Miss Higginson and Mrs Soper took 14 Year 6 children on an eleven and a quarter mile walk as part of their training for the Exmoor Challenge. They all arrived to start at 8:15am at Lowdells car park at the far end of the Grand Western Canal and walked the whole length of the canal. The wonderful weather, helped keep spirits up as the children learnt how to read and orientate their maps to the landscape and work as a team. Looking forward to next walk to Bickleigh!
World Downs Syndrome Day
We are proud to have celebrated World Downs Syndrome Day today by wearing odd socks.
