Dinnington First School

What a way to end an incredible year! Cinema trip to see Toy Story 5, pizza party lunch made by our fabulous lunch ladies, and finishing off with a slice of cake made especially for our year 4 leavers 💙 we will miss you all and wish you luck in your next chapters - you’ll all be fantastic! 👏🏼

Year 3 learnt a great deal while having lots of fun this week! In maths, the children have been exploring geometry and made tangrams, creating some wonderfully imaginative and exciting designs. They've also enjoyed a fantastic time during transition days and are really looking forward to moving up to Year 4. The big sing was another highlight of the week, giving the children a chance to showcase their brilliant musicality.

Nursery had a fantastic transition day into Reception!
They have also enjoyed their final time in the forest for this year and looking at minibeasts 🪲🪳🪰

Nursery went on a Summer walk looking for signs of Summer - they made shadows when the sun was out. They enjoyed noticing the blue sky, sunshine, insects, green trees, grass, plants and flowers. We had to wear sunglasses, hats/caps, sun cream.
Nursery did a healthy, active lifestyle session from a visiting coach - 1 activity was standing like The Angel of the North & your partner balancing beanbags on you.

Year 1 had a spellbinding time learning the rules of Quidditch and trying to catch the quaffle and dodge the bludgers! They have also been writing some amazing sentences about Grandad's Island and his journey with Syd.

Reception are continuing to learn about minibeasts, watching our caterpillars grow and turn into chrysalises and writing super factual sentences about them. We have worked hard practicing our athletics skills in preparation for Sports Day next week. We also enjoyed learning new computer skills using a keyboard to type out our names.

Year 1 have been developing their charcoal skills in art. We have learnt how to use the charcoal in different ways to give different effects. We have started to use those skill to build matchstick people in the style of Lowry.

After reading the story of Matisse's Magical Trail the children planned and drew pictures onto pebbles. The children then made their own trail with their pebbles in the forest.

Nursery had a fantastic time at the beach - thank you so much to all our family helpers who came along too!
They have also had lots of fun with zoo lab and learnt all about lots of different animals.