Delighted to have 3 children awarded their pen licence for the hard work and effort put into their handwriting since the start of term. Not only are they the first in 4A, but also the first in the whole school for this academic year. Congratulations! I am now watching out for the next set! Art
Year 6 have been beginning to learn how to play tag rugby. In their first couple of sessions, they have really focused on how to pass and move with the ball. It takes a bit of getting used to that you have to run forwards, but pass backwards. Once this was understood, the children were able to per
Welcome to our new tribe! As part of the launch for our book this half term, Year 4 became part of the Hairy Hooligan Tribe from How To Train Your Dragon and created our own Viking tribe members. All we need now is a dragon each! We completed some writing about our characters with lots of imaginat
This week in Reception, the children have been exploring the junk modelling area. The children thought really hard about what they wanted to build and chose their materials carefully. They explored different ways to cut, stick and decorate as they brought their designs to life. We had some brillia
Today Year 3 continued their investigations into building a ‘water moving device’ as one of the children described it. They are beginning to show a good understanding of the value of communication and planning, this was evident in the devices that they managed to construct. They were introduced to u
This week we have welcomed some new children to our Nursery as well as welcoming back our returning children. For many children, it is the first time they have stayed at our Nursery by themselves and we are very proud of how well they have settled in. The adults in Nursery have been spending lot
The children in Year 2 have had an excellent start to the year. In English they are studying the traditional tale of Beauty and the Beast. They have been thinking about how to punctuate accurately using capital letters and full stops. This became even more tricky for the children when the senten
Year 4 have really enjoyed the first science block this week which was all about the science of sound. They enthusiastically experimented with different instruments and everyday objects, to see how they could get them to make a sound. Through their observations, the objective was to identify that a
Today, the children in Year 2 to Year 6 were all excited as they got the opportunity to see cyclists racing in the Tour of Britain 2019. Luckily for us, the route led directly passed our school and we all got the chance to see the dedication and skill required to race at that level. It was all o
Year 5 have been enjoying introductory activities to the English book for this half term, ‘Beowulf’ a retelling by Michael Morpurgo. The children thought about questions they would ask Grendel, the evil beast of the story. Using their inference skills, the children responded to the questions in
