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This year, as a school, we are taking part in the Royal Mail Heroes Stamp Design Competition. Millions of key workers have kept the country going when many others were told to stay home and there have been many people who volunteered to help in their communities. Royal Mail wants to honour them by p

This week in Reception, we have been learning all about St George’s Day and celebrating the Queen’s birthday.  As part of our theme we learnt all about the country that we live in. We read a great story called ‘Me on The Map’  by Joan Sweeney which introduced the basic concept of using a map.  We

In Nursery this week, we have been learning about mini-beasts. We started to look at spiders! We read Aargh Spider and Spider Sandwiches. The children enjoyed making spiders, counting spiders and hunting for spiders outdoors. We learnt that being a spider was lots and lots of fun. Article 28 – We al

In Year 2, we have started reading our new book in English. But, to find out what our new book is, we went on a hunt around the school to find clues! The first clue led us to the pond as our story is set in the sea. Our second clue told us that our book was about a tiny creature who wanted an advent

In Science, the Year One children have learnt what a plant is and discussed the different kinds of plants that they can see around them.  All of the children went outside, onto the field, to investigate different plants that they could find.  They were given a sticky cardboard strip to attach a va

During Science lessons this week, we have continued our topic of ‘Animals Including Humans’. Earlier in the week, the children learned about gestation periods, and enjoyed researching the different gestation periods for different mammals (did you know that an alpaca is pregnant for 11-12 months?!).

This week in English, Year 3 have really enjoyed  starting our new book, The Firework-Maker’s Daughter. The children have predicted what they think will happen next and many believe that Lila (the main character) will have to meet the fire-fiend! As part of our work on the story, the children have

In Year 6, the children are studying ‘Evolution and Inheritance’ in their Science work. This week, they have looked at characteristics that can be inherited from a parent and they have started to consider adaptive traits, which enable living things to survive and flourish in their habitat. They have

This week, Year 6 have been doing a lot of number work. This has involved them using formal written methods and recapping how to use BODMAS to work out the order of calculations. On Friday, this was put to the test in a challenge with their partner, where they played mental maths ‘Four in a Row.’ Th

The children in Year 2 are currently reading The Snail and the Whale by Julia Donaldson as part of their literacy work. So this week in our Forest School the children were asked to create some nonsense poetry inspired by the book. They would then be asked to present their poems in a variety of ways.