Stanford Junior and Infant School
Living together - Learning together
On this page you can see updates over the term of our activities and learning.
The Sunflowers all looked very scary in their spooky costumes. Well done to all the children for taking part.
Happy half-term to everyone too!
To celebrate their wonderful home reading, Sunflower Class enjoyed listening to the story of The Gingerbread Man, making a felt gingerbread man decoration and eating a ginger biscuit. Well done everyone for reading three times or more at home each week!
The children enjoyed celebrating this special event. They made birthday cards for the Trustees, watched a special video message from Mr. Lingard, learnt all about the history of the school and the Stanford family with Mrs. Brady and enjoyed some lovely cakes and juice. They were all so excited to receive their 50p coins and commemorative mugs!
Many thanks to everyone who brought in food for our Harvest Celebration. All your kind donations have been gratefully received by the Harbour Place charity in Grimsby.
The Sunflower and Seedlings children really enjoyed reading the story 'The Gigantic Turnip' and so they decided they would like to make their own turnip soup.
E- I liked chopping some swede.
D- I liked eating the soup. It was spicy.
E- I mixed it with a wooden spoon.
H- Mrs. Christie cooked it for us.
F- We had to wash all the vegetables first.
H- We all had to wear aprons.
T- We washed our hands first.
H- The soup tasted salty.
Foundation children have been learning about jobs around the home. Take a look at what our families do and how busy they are taking care of our homes.
Sunflower Class watched a special assembly about anti-bullying.
They all held up their hands and together they said ‘Put a stop to bullying!’
They talked about the different kinds of bullying and who they could tell if they needed help.
E- I would tell my Mummy, she would help me.
A- My Daddy would help me if I was upset.
C- I have a special friend who I could talk to.
R- My Granny could help me if I was feeling worried.
S- My best friend at school could help me.
H- If someone is being bullied, then they should tell a teacher.
Our Head Boy and Head Girl delivered our virtual assembly on Friday for Macmillan Coffee morning. They shared with the whole school how Macmillan came about and how the donations received from families help those that are currently suffering with cancer- Well done for delivering a fantastic 'virtual' assembly!
Scan our QR codes to find out how we celebrated Macmillan Coffee Morning!
Foundation children have been learning about sorting. We sorted ourselves and objects such as bears, camels and cubes.
The Year 1 and Foundation children had great fun acting out the story together. It was hard work pulling up that huge turnip! Mrs. Christie made a great mouse!
The children have been exploring sorting this week in Maths.
E- I sorted mine into different colours.
W- I counted my cubes and sorted them into how many was in each group.
K- I sorted my objects into shape groups.
The children have enjoyed learning all about plants, flowers and growing.
E- I really liked the story of Jack and the Beanstalk!
J- The Tiny Seed Story, told you how a plant grows, dies and has seeds for more plants.
H- I coloured a big sunflower with crayons (pastels).
L- I loved painting pretty flowers.
E- It was fun to look at books with my friend.
A- I did some Maths about counting petals.
E- It was fun to make playdough flowers. I put them on a tree.
H- You could choose to plant a spider plant or a strawberry plant.
R- I enjoyed looking at different plants and flowers outside.
K- I saw some bulbs in a pot. They looked like onions.
Take look at our photos from our first days at school. We have explored our new classrooms, made new friends and had lots of fun.
