Festive Work

Festive Work

Miss Abigail’s thought for the week: What constitutes work? Today I asked a child if they had had a good week and he replied, ‘Yes, it’s been great! We have hardly done ANY WORK AT ALL!’  This made me smile: children have a funny understanding of...

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Drama

Drama

Miss Abigail’s thought for the week: the importance of drama and role play “Whenever children say, ‘Let’s pretend?’, a new landscape of possibilities for learning is revealed.  When children pretend, they try on new feelings, roles and ideas. ...

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Perspectives

Perspectives

Miss Abigail’s thought for the week: Perspectives This week, we had an art exhibition in the music room, hosted by the children in Miss Lizzie’s KS2 art club.  It was a wonderful body of work and a real celebration of what these children have...

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Play-based learning

Play-based learning

Miss Abigail’s thought for the week: What is play-based learning? Play is the universal language of childhood.  It is through play that children learn to understand each other and to make sense of the world around them. Children learn so much...

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Nadeen Love 

Nadeen Love 

Miss Abigail’s Thought For The Week  – Nadeen Love There are expressions of love all over the school today. Out of the mouths of babes… I can’t say it better than this! I talked to some children around the school about love...

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The ‘Average Child’

The ‘Average Child’

Miss Abigail’s thought for the week: The ‘Average Child’ Children are not sausages – they don’t come out of the machine the same and they don’t go through childhood the same as the one next to them, in shape and size / ingredients / uniformity. ...

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What is creativity?

What is creativity?

Miss Abigail’s thought for the week: What is creativity? Since we started our new ‘creative curriculum’, we have been asked a lot about what creativity actually means. Creativity does not just mean ‘the arts’. Creativity is about problem solving...

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What inspires us?

What inspires us?

Miss Abigail’s thought for the week: What inspires us? Happy New Year to you all.  At this time of year, when we make resolutions, book holidays and generally ‘face forwards’, I always find myself looking for inspiration in different places...

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The power of performance

The power of performance

Miss Abigail’s thought for the week: the power of performance This morning we hosted our annual talent show and the quality of the acts was stunningly high.  Such courage, such imagination, such personality and such real talent – what a very...

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Taking feedback

Taking feedback

Miss Abigail’s thought for the week: Taking Criticism (Gracefully!) ‘Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance or a stranger.’ (Franklin Jones) We are trying to teach children to develop a growth...

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Reading from space

Reading from space

Miss Abigail’s thought for the week: Story Time From Space Do you have a child who dreams endlessly about space?  About being an astronaut?  Do you talk about space and what Earth looks like from above? Ever wondered what it’s like on the...

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