In PE, Year Two have been practising their ball skills. To begin, they had to let the ball bounce once and then hit it upwards. This was quite tricky as the children had to make sure their racket was flat and facing the ceiling. They learned that if it wasn’t, they would hit the ball in a different
In Year 4, the children have been learning all about the Vikings! First, they learnt where the Vikings came from and what parts of Britain they invaded. The children were shocked to learn that they invaded the North of England where they lived. Then, the children learnt about Viking place names that
This week year 3 received a visit from KS and Mrs Cunningham. The children all took part in an excellent discussion about different feelings and how all out feelings are valid. The children discussed what can make us have ‘yucky’ feelings and what we can do if we ever get those ‘yucky’ feelings. The
Year 6 children had the opportunity to work with their parents this week during a morning dedicated to maths. It was brilliant to see the competition between children and parents in times table dominoes and factors and multiples games – with the children definitely proving the winners. The aim of th
Year One have been investigating different kinds of animals this term and how they can be classified in different ways. We firstly classified animals according to whether it is a mammal, fish, bird or insect. Next, we introduced the terms omnivore, herbivore and carnivore. As part of an experiment t
Our Reception children are just beginning their Forest School adventures. Todays challenge was to create a shelter for our furry friend, the squirrel. If you were a squirrel that lived in the woods, what would you want to make it cosy and comfortable? The children had plenty of ideas. They were enco
On Friday 30th September from 9am till 10:30am, we are hosting a Macmillan Coffee morning. Tea, coffee and juice will be available with a selection of biscuits. All funds raised will go towards Macmillan Cancer Support. Babies and toddlers are welcome to join Toddler Group activities where they will
This half-term, the children in Year 6 have begun using Tinkercad to produce 3D models. They have learnt how to resize, move, rotate and group objects to produce models of different 3D products. This week, they designed a house, producing some fantastic results. With some children moving on to their
This week in Year 5, we moved onto our next topic, and for the next two weeks we are going to be learning all about rivers. To start off our new topic, the children used atlases to identify and locate the most famous rivers in the word. They were given a blank map with rivers from each continent. In
In Geography, Year Two have been learning all about map symbols. They discussed what a map is and what it is used for. Did you know map symbols make reading a map easier? The boys and girls learned that maps are too small to include lots of writing, so symbols are used instead. They went on a hunt a
