Chicks at Bierton
Last week we had eggs delivered to Nursery, we have watched them hatch and seen them start to grow. We had great fun holding them. Watch the video of Penny the Hen to find out more about the life cycle.
View ArticleEaster Chick and Egg Hunt
The Easter Chick came to visit us in Nursery today. We had a great time going on an egg hunt. We found lots of chocolate eggs around the garden.
View ArticleButterflies
A few week ago, the reception classes were given a tub with tiny caterpillars in. We have seen them grow much bigger, and then turn into a chrysalis. We have been watching them carefully and waiting...
View ArticleButterflies at Starbank Road
Children in Reception have enjoyed watching our caterpillars transform into butterflies over the past few weeks. Watch this video below to see how caterpillars change. This morning all staff and...
View ArticleYear 1 Visit the Mosque
Classes 1C and 1J visited the Mosque. We looked around all of the different spaces inside, found out lots of information about its history, and asked lots of questions about what we saw and heard....
View ArticleRS Visit the Zoo!
RS had great fun today visiting Twycross Zoo. We learnt about lots of different animals and particularly enjoyed walking through the butterfly, bird and lemur enclosures. Thank you so much to our...
View Article1R Go Exploring!
In 1R we have enjoyed making the most of the sunshine by going outside to do lots of exploring. As part of science week, we went on our very own minibeast hunt around the school site and the children...
View ArticleRCS go to the zoo
We had a wonderful day at the zoo yesterday. Although it rained all day we still had a lot of fun looking at the animals. We liked the giraffes and the elephants best. The baboons were “funny” and...
View ArticleRP visit the zoo
RP had a lovely time at the zoo yesterday! We saw elephants, giraffes, monkeys, lemurs, meerkats, butterflies and more! Maybe you could ask your child to write a diary entry all about what they did at...
View ArticleMaths in Reception
This half term in maths, the children in Reception have been working really hard to learn some new and exciting topics! We will be spending the next week revising all of the topics we have learnt to...
View ArticleWonderful Trip to Ash End House Farm
Starbank Nursery children really enjoyed their trip to Ash End House Farm . The children were able to feed and stroke the animals. Thank you to all the parents who came to help. The children had a...
View ArticleRKS went to the zoo
We had a wonderful time at Twycross Zoo on Tuesday, despite the rain. The children were all fantastic and represented the school beautifully, we were all very proud of them. We saw elephants,...
View ArticleThe eggs have arrived!
The chicken eggs have arrived and we await their birth. The eggs are currently on day 18 so should hatch within the next 48 hours. Use the following link to watch the live feed of them hatching....
View Article1R Take Flight With Their Kites!
We had a very exciting start to our new art topic this week when we went outside to investigate which materials would make the best kite. The children had lots of fun testing different materials...
View ArticleNew additions to the Year 5 Bierton family!
Year 5 have been focusing on the life cycle of chickens for their Science week. They have been very fortunate to have had some new additions to their Year group this week. The arrival of the 10 eggs...
View Article1C on a Bug Hunt
1C went to the Ecopark to find lots of minibeasts. We looked in the long grass, under logs and in flowerbeds, and we found slugs, millipedes, snails, spiders, woodlice, ants and frogs!
View Article4P Science Week – Biodiversity
4P have been learning about biodiversity. They have learnt how bees pollinate flowers and make honey. They have classified animals and have discussed food chains. They also had a visit from the Animal...
View ArticleInvestigating magnets in RKS and RM
We have a skills table in Reception where we encourage the children to sit quietly and try different activities – sometimes they are learning a new skill and sometimes they are investigating a new...
View ArticleMaths Workshop
Nursery at Bierton had a great time using numbers and shapes at the maths workshop. They counted raisins onto crackers, built models, read counting books and bought some items from the shop with...
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