Stanford Junior and Infant School
Living together - Learning together
On this page you can see updates over the term of our activities and learning.
Seedlings and Sunflower children joined together to sing songs and actions to say thank you to the volunteers and helper in our school.
The Sunflowers read instructions on how to make a Japanese carp kite. They used paper, wool, sellotape, wood, glue and tissue paper to construct their kites. M- I made my kite very colourful because the Japanese kites were very colourful too. F- I used a hole punch to make the holes where my wool would go through. L- When we rolled it up, it made a cylinder shape. They had lots of fun seeing if their kites would fly outside.
A- It flew really well in the wind.
J- I made mine fly up high in the sky.
A- It looked like a flying fish.
J- Mine wasn't very good at flying. I think it wasn't windy enough.
The children then evaluated their kite and discussed what worked well and what could have been improved.
T- I would have liked a longer string, so it could have gone up higher.
G- My fish broke a bit because I hadn't used enough glue.
O- I wish I had made mine with more colours. I think it could have looked nicer.
Seedlings and Sunflowers are joining together on Friday mornings to read to each other. Children will talk about the types of characters within the story and suggesting other possible endings too.
WV: The Seedlings like to listen to us read.
DI: It gives me practice to get better at my own reading.
JM: My reading book makes me laugh.
EE: I can't wait to share my new book next time.
EA: I liked look at the pictures. The story was funny.
AV: I like stories
You can see more pictures on our Gallery page.
Jenny from North East Lincolnshire Council visited Sunflowers to talk to them all about recycling. M- We found out how to sort out the rubbish into the right coloured boxes, so we can recycle. T- Jenny told us about the recycling factory and what happens to our rubbish.
A- I know now where to put my paper, glass and plastic.
B- You can re-use things too, like old boxes. I can make old boxes into new things.
W- Jenny asked us what reduce means. I think it means you buy less things or you don't waste things, like food.
Home Learning Challenge: Can you make a Paddington Bear out of things you would normally throw away?
The Sunflowers enjoyed finding out all about Paddington Bear.
F- Some people enjoyed dressing up as Paddington.
J- I loved listening to the stories. I think Paddington was quite funny.
H- I brought a map of London, so we could find Paddington Station. Paddington got his name from the train station.
A- I really liked drawing Paddington.
M- I wrote a label 'Please look after this bear thank you.'
L- I found out how to make marmalade. Mrs. Christie showed us.
O- I was very good at cutting the orange peel thinly.
A- We have started to learn a song about Paddington.
T- I made my marmalade sandwich, but it wasn't my favourite kind of sandwich, but I did try it.
G- I liked making my Paddington poster. I wanted to carry on with it even at lunchtime!
J- Our marmalade had a lovely orange smell.
O- The marmalade was yummy.
W- I am looking forward to reading more Paddington stories
Everyone had a fantastic time at our Christmas party.
J- I liked dancing with some of the Seedling children.
M- I enjoyed pass-the-parcel.
S- The food was delicious.
T- I did the baby shark dance.
O- I was good at musical bumps
The Sunflowers have had lots of fun in their lovely Christmas jumpers and they have raised money for the charity 'Save the Children.'
T- We are helping boys and girls who might not have lots of nice things like us.
A- Some children might not have a mummy and daddy and we can help them.
O- It's us giving them a Christmas present.
W- I like Christmas jumper day, it's special.
Well done to Sunflower and Pumpkin classes for their wonderful performances of 'Shine Star Shine.' Lovely singing, acting, dancing, reading and instrument playing.
The Sunflowers said goodbye to Miss Hartley today. She has been a great student teacher and the children have really enjoyed her lessons. We wish her good luck at her new placement.
The Sunflowers have enjoyed the challenge of making a moon buggy this term.
B- The astronauts can move more quickly on the moon if they drive a moon buggy.
T- Astronauts drive around and collect moon rocks.
H- I really liked making my satellite. I wanted my moon buggy to look real.
O- I liked using real tools, like a saw. It was tricky to attach the wheels.
C- I liked using lots of different materials that I brought from home.
H- I can't wait to play with mine. The wheels really move round.
The Sunflower's had a wonderful time making their Christmas gnomes and mosaic coasters. A very special thank you goes to Mrs. Drury for all her hard work and help with these projects. The children have nearly sold them all and have made £128.00 so far!
At Stanford we have a Christmas tradition where each class makes a Christmas hoop to decorate the hall. Each year we have a different theme and this year it was ‘Winter Wonderland’. The children have worked very hard to make decorations to put on the hoops and they look fantastic….don’t you agree?
The Sunflowers competed in a very energetic session of dodge ball led by the Premier Sport's Team. They learnt some new skills and enjoyed being really active!
L- We had to throw balls at each other.
O- If the ball touched your tummy, you were out.
T- It was a hard game because everyone was really good.
W- I love competitions and the blue team won.
We thoroughly enjoyed the story ‘Giraffes Can’t Dance’ performed through music by MAPAS. There were lots of actions and we learnt all about the different types of musical instruments including ‘percussion’ and ‘string’ instruments.
R.M “The shakers were a percussion instrument.”
O.B “I liked the big taiko drums.”
E.S “I liked the giraffe song when he learnt to dance.”
S.C “I was chosen to play a percussion apple, I had to shake it in time with the music.”
J.M “A bow is made from a horse’s tail!.”
The children in their individual classes have been thinking about Remembrance day, what it means and why we wear poppies. Today we joined collectively for our Remembrance assembly to observe 2 minutes silence thinking about those who have sacrificed their lives for others during times of war. After this some Year 6 children shared poems they have written about the wars.
The Sunflowers met Pippa Goodhart and enjoyed a really exciting story time.
They had the opportunity to ask her lots of questions. This is what they found out:
Pippa has been writing children's books for over 25 years!
She has written a total of 120 books so far!
She became interested in children's books when she worked in a bookshop.
Pippa told us how her books were made in a factory and how she works with different illustrators.
We really enjoyed her catalogue style book called 'You Choose.'
Winnie the Pooh needed a new umbrella. So The Sunflowers tested lots of different materials to find out which material would be the most suitable to use to make him a new umbrella.
A- We put water on to lots of different kinds of materials to see which ones were waterproof.
A- I predicted that cardboard would be waterproof because it is thick and strong. The water took a while to soak through, so I was nearly right.
L- Plastic was waterproof because the water didn't soak through.
S- The water just sat on top of the plastic, so I thought that would be the best material for Winnie's umbrella.
T- It was funny testing Miss Hartley’s waterproof things.
A- I predicted that plastic would be waterproof because when I go to Morrison’s and it’s raining, my shopping stays dry inside my plastic bag.
The Sunflowers invited their parents and grandparents in to school for a special reading breakfast. They enjoyed reading together and tucking into some lovely breakfast snacks. Some children selected books from the class book corner, some children decided to read their reading book and other children brought their favourite books in to share. We had some lovely feedback too:
'Very enjoyable. I have really enjoyed this morning and look forward to another. Thank you.'
'Fabulous. It was lovely seeing all the children excited about reading and I think everyone enjoyed all the yummy treats. Well done to all the staff.
''Very much enjoyed coming to read with my daughter and see her new classroom. Her reading has come on in leaps and bounds. Thank you for the snacks!'
There were spooky spiders, ghoulish ghosts and perfect pumpkins at our Halloween activity event after school.
L.B "I made a ghost with a scary face."
A.D "I liked making a mummy with white strips. I did it by myself."
E.W "I made a spider, I had to twist its legs."
A.V "I enjoyed the hotdog."
In Science, the Sunflowers have been learning all about seasonal changes and looking at signs of Autumn. For Golden Time today, they all made these lovely autumnal leaf hedgehogs.
W- It was the best lesson ever!
A- We collected so many leaves. I liked looking at all the different colours.
J- The Autumn leaves were everywhere outside.
Mrs. Brady- The Autumn leaves were everywhere inside too! Happy Half-Term Everyone. Don't forget to go on your own nature walk with your family to find other signs of Autumn.
Today we had a visit from a lady who works for Chartwell's School Meals. She read the story of the Hungry Caterpillar and told us all about healthy food choices.
J- I liked it when we tried all the food.
B- I tried lots of new food.
L- I tried cress.
O- I made a caterpillar, then I ate it!
O- I made a sun out of carrots, sweetcorn and a wrap.
M- I liked the grapes. I shared some of my food with my friends too.
The Sunflowers have been enjoying some yoga sessions and making African animal shapes with their bodies.
A- I liked doing the lion because I could stick out my tongue and look fierce.
M- The butterfly was a nice one to do because my legs moved like wings.
B- The snake was my favourite one.
T- I was a very strong mountain.
G- The giraffe pose was very tricky to do. I have been practicing it and can do it now.
W- I like yoga because my Grandma does yoga too.
L- I loved being a flamingo.
T- I had to concentration really hard and listen to the instructions.
Sunflower Class know how important it is to look after their mental health. They discussed the different kinds of feelings people might have. They soon realised that some feelings can make you feel good and some feelings can make you feel bad.
O- We all put on yellow clothes.
T- We collected £26.00 for the charity.
C- If you feel sad, you should talk to people.
T- If we are upset we can talk to staff, mums and dads and grandparents.
As today was World Mental Health Day the children have been thinking about how we can promote positive mental health and what we can do to help us to control our emotions if we are experiencing negative emotions.
In Year 1 they looked at a book called Little Beauty where a gorilla goes through different emotions. The children talked about the different emotions and thought about whether the gorilla had done the right thing to help himself. In
Year 2 the children coloured in hearts and then thought about what they could do if they wanted to feel calm.
Thank you for all your kind donations of food which have all gone to the Harbour Place charity. Many thanks also to Mr. Stevens and Mrs. Mawer who came along to help us celebrate.
Our Harvest Festival was a joyful celebration introduced by our head boy and girl and Star anise class performed a poem. Rev. Philip Stevens came to say a prayer and give thanks for the food at harvest time. Thank you to everyone who contributed to our celebration, the donations of food will be sent to the homeless charity, Harbour Place.
Sunflowers and Seedlings entertained their parents and friends at the Stanford Centre today.
They enjoyed singing 'If You're Happy and You Know it!' The Sunflowers also performed a new version of 'Aiken Drum' with different kinds of food for the man in the moon's clothes.
F- We wanted to sing for our parents.
W- We raised money for poorly people who need special nurses.
A- We enjoyed a drink and a cake too.
The Sunflowers enjoyed a special day where they learnt all about giraffes; where they live, what they eat and what they like doing.
They explored giraffes in lots of creative ways too. They shared stories about giraffes, played with giraffe toys, made masks, created giraffe dances, painted and collaged giraffes, as well as making dough and plasticine models.
L- I could make plasticine giraffes with black spots.
A- I loved making a giraffe out of paper. It was tricky cutting the body parts out and putting it altogether.
A- I made a giraffe drinking dance in P.E.
C- I liked looking at my friend's special giraffe toys.
O- I liked painting. I did a tall giraffe.
T- I saw giraffes have different colours and patterns when I looked in the giraffe books.
The children have been looking at the Maasi tribe in Art - at all their colourful clothing and jewellery. They wanted to have a go at making a Maasi headband- so here they are!
Look at all this wonderful home learning! We are looking forward to seeing a lot more this term!
This term, we are looking at these words.
Every day we have a spelling lesson. To help you improve at spelling, log on to The Spelling Shed and play all the exciting spelling games!
The children enjoyed exploring some of the exotic fruit from the story.
J- The pineapple was sweet and juicy.
M- The mango was slippery.
T- Mrs. Christie used a special tool to make pineapple rings.
H- There was a stone inside the avocado.
G- The passion-fruit had a nice smell.
L- The pineapple is spiky.
G- The avocado smells fresh.
A- The mango feels very heavy.
The new Sunflowers have had fun exploring their new classroom, toys and equipment . They work very co-operatively, they can share and they all work very hard. Well done everyone!
The new Sunflowers have made a super start in Year 1. Well done to everyone!
