It has been a week for photographs. Class photos, whole school photos and KS1 having the opportunity to have a photography lesson with Mrs Cochand – not to mention all the photos which have been taken of the children at work or play or out and about. We use photos to assess the children and to provide a reference point, but also to inform you. We use photos as a part of our marketing and our social media and also on our many display boards as well as in our Big Book Planners. The photo below is of our Reception class children on their visit to Lulworth Castle. This building is really a burnt out folly, according to Mrs Holdom, but with enough touches to bring it to life, such as the armour above, towers to scramble up, dungeons to shiver delightedly in and kitchen maids’ clothes to wear by the big kitchen fireplace. Everyone came back very excited by their trip – not to mention the children! The Nursery have been out and about too. Their trip to Marwell Zoo was a great success, despite the threat of rain and they have also started to include ‘Beach School’ in the curriculum this term. The beach lends itself to learning. Making sand pies and counting the shells which decorate them, comparing and ordering by size and length with pebbles and seaweed, writing your name on the sand, exploring shadows and drawing around them and noticing all the rubbish and plastic on the shore and learning first hand about our environment. On top of all that, it’s jolly good fun! You know the old adage – a picture says a thousand words….
FSM School Pre-Prep 