In Reception, we invented our own game to play in the outdoor area. This involved plastic skittles and water. The children worked as a team to fill up the plastic bottles with water. After this, they chose to practise their throwing skills by seeing who could knock the water skittles over.
Thank you to all parents, carers, children and staff who have supported the school with our Christmas Shoebox Appeal. We hope you enjoyed packing them!
A huge thank you to everyone who sent in donations to raise money for Children in Need. We welcomed a surprise visitor to our school; Pudsey Bear visited every class, and he even had time to pop into our toddler group and cake sale.
This week, Year One worked together to write a set of instructions to find some treasure. They became brilliant at using words to describe position and direction.
In gymnastics, Year 2 have been learning how to make different bridge positions. They have worked on holding a steady position while balancing and had lots of fun moving in their bridges.
In Year 3, the boys and girls have learned about fossilisation and explored the process through making their own fossils. The children used clay and plaster of paris so although they didn’t have to wait millions of years, a full week felt like an eternity.
In Design and Technology Year One have been investigating how pictures move. They made a zooming rocket using a slider. Then we all zoomed off to space!
Year One have been learning all about Mary Anning. The children made a palaeontologist tool belt with a chisel and a magnifying glass. They also made the ammonite necklace that her dad gave to her. They acted out different parts of the story and discussed how it felt to be Mary.
Year 6 have been designers and inventors in the making this week! They have researched what Morse Code transmitters were and how they were used to send coded messages during World War II. They have then designed and made their own transmitter. It was tricky to make the net, but in the end they all m
This week the children have been finding out about bears. They enjoyed looking at a non-fiction text on the interactive board about different types of bears. The children were particularly interested in polar bears so we set up an arctic scene in the water tray. The children were fascinated to
