Clean teeth, healthy smiles in Nursery!

Today was the first day of our ‘Supervised Tooth Brushing scheme’. All the children were excited to try out their new tooth brushes and most really enjoyed the mild mint fluoride toothpaste. We hope this scheme will support parents when brushing teeth at home and reduce the need for invasive action for tooth decay.

Top tips include:

• Brush teeth twice a day, most importantly before bed.

• Spit out toothpaste, don’t rinse.

• Visit a dentist regularly.

• Limit sugar in diet. Eat sugar as part of meals only.

We hope this will help our children have many years of clean teeth and healthy smiles!

Foundation and KS1 Sports Day

What a great event - thank you parents for coming along to support us. We have worked really hard this year to develop our physical skills (Agility, Balance, Coordination) and we put these skills to the test during our events. We used our strong hands and wrists for 'crawling' and holding tennis rackets. We also improved our sprinting speed by using the 'hips to lips' technique, concentrated hard to balance the tennis ball and our skipping was excellent!

Colourful Cats in Foundation!

Look at our fabulous cats in the style of Laurel Burch. We loved the bright colours and simple shapes of Laurel's cats and so decided to draw some of our own. We drew the outline a bit at a time using black felt tips and then chose a pattern to draw inside them. Some of us chose circles, some chose triangles, zigzags and even flowers. We filled them in using pastels to create a vibrant look. What a great job we did! 

Sheep Paintings inspired by Marion Boddy-Evans @painter

Following our farm trip we looked at Marion Boddy-Evans' amazing sheep paintings and tried our own. We colour-mixed shades of blue and green for the water, land and sky and then finger painted our sheep on top. What a great job we did!

We tweeted examples of our work to Marion Boddy-Evans @painter and she tweeted straight back! She really liked our work and said that we had 'made her day!' Wonderful to have recognition from a 'real' artist recognising Early Years' artists!

Free Tennis Coaching!

Lots of our children have been asking about tennis coaching and sessions and now they are available for free! Please see the leaflet below for details.  This is an excellent opportunity to take up a new sport out of school.

Foundation Angels

Foundation 2 enjoyed dressing up as angels and dancing to 'Give a little bit'. They did a brilliant job!

Exploring our School - What's beyond the Foundation doors?

This week we have been exploring White Laith beyond the Foundation doors.  We have been meeting and finding out about the children and adults who work in all the different parts of our school. We have looked into the kitchen, visited the School Office and gone upstairs to see Year 5 and 6. Some of us even popped in to say 'Hello' to Mrs Sheerin!