🌿 Welcome Back to Mighty Mossy – Our First Week of 2026 🌿

We began the new year in the most magical way, starting the week with a visit to St George’s to watch the pantomime Cinderella. Laughter, music, and plenty of audience participation set a joyful tone for the days ahead and gave everyone a memorable welcome back.

It’s been wonderful to return for our first week of 2026. There’s something special about these early January days — familiar routines resettling, classrooms once again full of energy, and a gentle sense of beginning again with purpose rather than haste. It’s truly good to be back together.

Acorn Class have settled beautifully into learning:
✏️ English: Acorns were greeted with fairytale clues and a mysterious gift as a hook lesson, launching their new unit on traditional tales with a twist — curiosity was high from the very start!
💻 Computing: The children began coding, developing their problem-solving and logical thinking skills.
🔬 Science: We explored how to identify things that are alive, not alive, and have never been alive, with lots of thoughtful discussion and examples.

Oak Class were welcomed back with a spectacular hook lesson:
🎆 English: Fireworks, Chinese lanterns, and multicoloured twinkly lights filled the classroom to introduce the new text The Firework Maker’s Daughter by Philip Pullman. The atmosphere was magical and set the tone perfectly for the unit ahead.
🏺 History: The children became archaeologists, digging for artefacts from the Shang Dynasty and using their discoveries to learn how people lived in the past.
🔬 Science: Oaks measured their heartbeats, recorded results in graphs, and explored how heart rates can differ — did you know that girls’ hearts beat faster than boys’?

🌲 Forest Friday: Using RSPB resources, the children went bird spotting and identified pigeons, sparrows, and even a blackbird, sharpening their observation skills and enjoying time outdoors.

As we wrap up the week, something to ponder as the year finds its rhythm again:
Progress rarely comes from grand gestures. More often, it grows from small, faithful habits — turning up, paying attention, giving time, and choosing kindness when it would be easier to rush past. Those quiet choices shape children more than we sometimes realise.

Have a wonderful weekend ahead 💚