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On behalf of the pupils, staff and governors of Ferndown First School I would like to welcome you and your family to our school and website. It is designed to give you helpful information about learning and opportunities at our school.

At Ferndown First School we are committed to fostering a love of learning and ensuring our children meet their potential. We want all the children to make progress, achieve and develop as confident individuals who are able to live a safe, healthy and fulfilling life. We will encourage them to be responsible citizens who can make a positive contribution to society.

Mrs Jo Di-Pede – Headteacher

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RC Forest School Fun

Today we had a brilliant time in our forest school area making ice pictures. We hunted for natural objects and put them in little trays... Continue reading »

Patterns and Symmetry In RPS Class

This week we have been spotting patterns and symmetry. It’s been great fun! Enjoy looking at the photos of our week. Continue reading »

Can you find these 3D shapes at home?

This week Year 1 have been learning about 3D shapes. Can you spot any of these shapes at home? Share what you find with your teacher.... Continue reading »

Investigating sounds

In science, we are investigating sound. This week, we learnt how different pitches are heard and made. The class created their own... Continue reading »

Ice, Ice, Ice In RPS Class

Our new topic has started in a very chilly way! We listened to the story of ‘The Snow Queen’ and then found some frozen hands in the outside area. How could they have got there? We had excellent fun acting out the story and using our new sounds j,v,w and x. In Maths we have been learning to estimate. The children were excellent at this. In our Jigsaw lesson we worked as a team to... Continue reading »

Ice Pictures!

Our topic this half term is Winter Wonderland. In literacy we have been retelling the story of The Snow Queen. This morning we had lots of fun acting it out and pretending to be mirror shards dancing and twirling. Continue reading »

An Icy Start To 2019 In RC Class

Happy New Year! We have started our new Winter topic by learning the story ‘The Snow Queen’. We acted out the story with props, built a palace for The Snow Queen and thought about how different parts of the story made us feel. Outside we found icy frozen hands and we thought The Snow Queen must have left them there! The next day we found that lots of our toys had been frozen in... Continue reading »

Greek Vases

In Year 3 recently, we have made a selection of Greek vases. We made them out of modroc, paper mache, paint and pen. The children designed patterns and images related to the Greek myths we have read as a class, such as Theseus and the Minotaur and Perseus and Medusa. The end results are beautiful and all unique. We look forward to showing these to grown ups next week. Continue reading »

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