Reception worked hard to practice their fine motor skills by creating rainbows with wool. Why not have a go at home! You will need: - a cardboard box to cut into a rainbow shape - some wool

Reception have been focusing on exploring different emotions. They learnt about the technique of body sculpting, and made their bodies look angry.

Woodpeckers Class revisited their rolls in gymnastics. They practiced pencil rolls, egg rolls, rock and roll and some even tried the super challenging teddy bear roll!

The Wensum English Hub and Heather Avenue Infant School's Early Year provision has been praised by the Department for Education's Regional Director for the East of England. Jonathan Duff met with Heather Avenue's headteacher, Stacey Coleman, and got the chance to see first hand how children at the school are learning to read and write. They were both joined by Becky Taylor, the DfE's Head of Delivery for Norfolk, Daniel Thrower, CEO of the Wensum Trust, and John Smith, Chair of Trustees. Mr Duff heard how the Wensum Trust is committed to children having an excellent start in Early Years education with a focus on their strengths and interests. Mr Duff said: "It is lovely to come to a school with such a focus on Early Years and learning about great practice."

Year 2 had a fantastic time at the Cathedral exploring the stained glass windows. They learnt about the importance of light, the stories the windows tell us and made their own stained glass windows. They even met the Cathedral cat.