Kelly O'Callaghan

Purple Class Teacher at Grazebrook Primary School in Hackney. ✏️🍎

[Kelly O'Callaghan @kellocallo]

Next we got to play some wheelchair basketball and finished the afternoon with some Art Attack. What a fun filled day! @Grazebrook_Pri @MsLunatGB18

[Kelly O'Callaghan @kellocallo]

Purple has had a fantastic morning at our Summer Festival! We started off with some flamenco 💃 followed by bubbloleology🫧. Now we are making flags, dressing up and even doing henna patterns! @Grazebrook_Pri @MsLunatGB18

[Kelly O'Callaghan @kellocallo]

Spotted 👀 Reception children retelling one of our favorite stories The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister. They have become such animated story tellers! 📚@Grazebrook_Pri @wave_english

[Conor McGivern @mcgivern_conor]

We are authors! Reception had a great time publishing their minibeast stories that they have worked so hard on! 🐛🐜🐞 @kellocallo @Grazebrook_Pri

[Kelly O'Callaghan @kellocallo]

Reception had a fantastic Sports Day this morning! The children go to show off the skills they had learned in our PE lessons this year. I loved watching them cheer each other on during each event! We are so proud of all of you.🏅@Grazebrook_Pri @mcgivern_conor @WavePhysical

[Kelly O'Callaghan @kellocallo]

This week the children were so excited to welcome caterpillars into Reception 🐛 We have watched them grow and made predictions about when they will become butterflies 🦋 What curious learners! @Grazebrook_Pri @mcgivern_conor

[Kelly O'Callaghan @kellocallo]

Reception had a sweet Family Friday this afternoon hosting our lemonade sale! The children spent all week preparing. We wrote lists and invitations, made signs and even squeezed lemons for the lemonade. 🍋 What a great way to end the week! @Grazebrook_Pri @mcgivern_conor

[Kelly O'Callaghan @kellocallo]

Spotted! 🔎 Practicing their Fred talk while also enjoying the sunshine this afternoon! ☀️ We are becoming fantastic readers in Reception. ⁦@Grazebrook_Pri⁩ ⁦@wave_english⁩

[Conor McGivern @mcgivern_conor]

Stop. Look. Listen. Cross. We are road safety experts in Reception! @Grazebrook_Pri @kellocallo

[Kelly O'Callaghan @kellocallo]

This week Reception was inspired by the story ‘Thank you, Omu’ by @ogemora. We wrote instructions for how to make stew then worked together to chop the vegetables! 🥔🧅🥕What a fun way to celebrate people who help us in our community. @mcgivern_conor @Grazebrook_Pri

[Kelly O'Callaghan @kellocallo]

Reception have loved embracing the spring weather and planting their own sunflower seeds this week. We are experts at what plants need and can’t wait to see how tall they grow over the holiday!🪴🌻 @Grazebrook_Pri @mcgivern_conor

[Conor McGivern @mcgivern_conor]

In today's art lesson, Reception listened to 'Spring' by Vivaldi and drew how it made them feel @Grazebrook_Pri @kellocallo

[Kelly O'Callaghan @kellocallo]

This week Purple class have loved making their own weather wheels to help them answer our curious question ‘What is the weather like in spring?’ We’re hoping we can turn them to sunny soon! 🌤️ @Grazebrook_Pri @MsLunatGB18

[Kelly O'Callaghan @kellocallo]

We have had an AMAZING #WorldBookDay in Purple Class today! The children had some creative costumes and in the afternoon our activities were inspired by one of our favourite authors @TomPercivalsays! What a great way to end the week. @Grazebrook_Pri @MsLunatGB18

[Kelly O'Callaghan @kellocallo]

Reception spent the morning celebrating #WorldBookDay by making ocean scenes inspired by ‘Meet the Oceans’ by @carylhart1. What a lovely and creative way to start the day! @Grazebrook_Pri @mcgivern_conor

[Kelly O'Callaghan @kellocallo]

Purple class had a fantastic trip to the @MuseumoftheHome today. We loved exploring the homes from the past. 🏠They children especially loved looking at old phones, TVs and computers! @MsLunatGB18 @Grazebrook_Pri

[Kelly O'Callaghan @kellocallo]

Purple class has been investigating about water pollution this week. We read ‘Somebody Swallowed Stanley’and learned how pollution can effect animals. It was amazing to see the children so passionate about helping their environment! @Grazebrook_Pri @MsLunatGB18

[Conor McGivern @mcgivern_conor]

Christmas lunch day was a hit for Reception! 🎄 @kellocallo @Grazebrook_Pri

[Kelly O'Callaghan @kellocallo]

Reception wrapped up warm and spent the afternoon playing in the snow! ❄️ We loved feeling the cold snow in our hands, making snowmen and even spotting some fox footprints. What a fun start to the last week of term. ⛄️ @Grazebrook_Pri @MsLunatGB18 @mcgivern_conor

[Kelly O'Callaghan @kellocallo]

Thank you @bigfootarts, EYFS loved joining Effie the Clumsy Elf for his adventures today! We even had some volunteers help look for Santa’s missing keys. What a great way to spend a cold afternoon. 🎄🎅@mcgivern_conor @Grazebrook_Pri