In our History lessons, we have been learning about the importance of Remembrance Day. Early Years explored a poignant CBeebies video which explained why we use poppies as a symbol of remembrance. Year One have been reading the beautiful picture…
Today we dressed in pyjamas, snuggled up and simply enjoyed and shared our favourite bedtime stories as part of the Pyjamarama celebrations. Pyjamarama is an annual event which BookTrust organise with the hope that every child will get a bedtime…
Today we celebrated NSPCC Number Day 2021! We loved coming to school ‘Dressed for Digits’ and taking part in a range of fun mathematical activities. The last 12 months has been a difficult time for everyone, but many children have…
Today we came together with schools up and down the country to sing AmaSing’s songs from its new project “Connect” We have been learning two songs: ‘Let’s Build a World’ and our Chester Zoo new campaign song – ‘Sustainability’. These…
World Book Day was very different this year but it really brought a smile to our faces to see so many families coming to collect books and hot chocolate packs from the fence. We loved seeing all of your wonderful…
‘Our Heroes’ was planned to be a topic for the whole school before the pandemic began and we felt it was truly appropriate to start the Autumn Term with this. Parents, grandparents and staff of the school had bought age-appropriate…
I write to you feeling so proud our Overchurch Infant School community. Over the last week and a half we have seen the full reopening of our school to pupils in Year One and Year Two and now they have…
Today on World Book Day, we celebrated our love of reading by dressing as our favourite book characters or creatures related to our Oceans learning. We listened to a range of books, made bookmarks, swapped classes and even enjoyed an…