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In English, Year 6 have been reading ‘Friend or Foe’ by Michael Morpurgo. In the story, two evacuee children called David and Tucky see a plane crash on the moors which nobody else notices. We carried out a Newsround style report by interviewing the boys, the Home Guard and the farmer who was lookin

Kids R Fit have been working with the Year 6 children to prepare them for life as Playground Buddies. Staff from the company came into school and worked with the children who had applied for the positions to help them to understand their role and to know some games that they could lead. The children

In P.E. lessons, Year 6 have been learning the rules of tag rugby. They started off by spending a lot of time understanding the need to pass backwards and then started to be introduced to ‘tagging’ as a way of tackling. The children are now enjoying playing some small-sided games where they are usin

In dance lessons, Year 6 have been learning the Haka. This is a traditional, tribal dance from New Zealand. It is performed by the All Blacks before a rugby match and is meant to intimidate the opposition. The children have have great fun learning the routine and coming up with their own scary addit

Linking in with the Autumn term topic The River of Life, Year 5 have been investigating shaduf’s,  an ancient Egyptian device for transporting water, predominantly for irrigation. The shaduf uses a system of pivoted rotation, with a weight as a counter-balance. The children discussed how they would

The children had lots of fun making funny faces with natural resources. We talked about what we would need such as some eyes, a nose, a mouth and some hair. The children’s ideas were fantastic.

This week, the boys and girls have enjoyed sharing their stories and pictures in their summer holiday books. It was great to see what everyone got up to during the summer. Thank you for all of your hard work!

The Year 3 Tennis Team has begun its training in preparation for the competition which is scheduled for the summer term. Over the sessions, the children will learn new racket skills, hand/eye co-ordination and mobility.  So far the children have really enjoyed the sessions and are trying their very

This week year 4 were very excited about starting our history topic about the Vikings. They have made Viking longships and created a timeline on a Viking sword.