As part of their maths lessons this week, the children in year 6 took part in the Primary Mathematics Challenge. Thousands of children across the country take part in the challenge. It is designed to encourage enthusiasm, boost confidence in mathematics and show the different ways questions can be a
During our RE work this term, the boys and girls in Year 3 have been learning about Christianity. The boys and girls learnt about John the Baptist and were able to retell his story using visual prompts. As John the Baptist told people to repent their sins, the children wrote about something they wan
As Christmas seems to be getting ever nearer (and I’ve been told I’m the Grinch as I don’t have my Christmas tree up yet), this week’s Reading Corner looks at a couple of new Christmas books available this year. In the ever-increasing technological world that we live in, it is lovely to hear some of
In order to celebrate Pudsey Bear and raise some money, we have all came into school dressed in our Pudsey Bear or spotty attire or accessories. Whilst in the classroom, the children have made their own Pudsey Bear headbands, decorated Pudsey Bear bandanas and completed a bear experiment. This consi
Children have been completing new Star Reader tests in Accelerated Reader, which gives them a new level and can give access to new books. It has been excellent to see the care with which the children have approached these online quizzes and the excellent progress that many of the children have made.
In Geography this half term, we reviewed some of our previous learning about compass points and continents then looked at the 5 key lines of latitude that spread out from the Equator. Narrowing our view of the world down, we focused on Europe, looking at the countries within the continent of Europ
Year 6 have had great fun over the last two weeks in their Geography block. They have been introduced to a number of new skills – linked to their Peace Keepers topic. They started off with some cartography (looking at maps) to locate the position of cities, towns and counties in the UK. After this t
A wet and woolly day for Year 1. They are enjoying learning about construction in nature, how animals keep themselves safe, what materials they might need, what shapes we might see. Thinking about animals and birds that nest, they searched in the woodland for twigs and leaves to create nests of thei
The focus for the past two weeks has been on light and dark and day and night. We have listened to ‘Can’t you sleep, little bear?, ‘Sleep tight, little bear’ and ‘Night Monkey, Day Monkey’. This has resulted in the children discussing whether it is light or dark in our bear cave and how
Today we were lucky enough to have visitors from Costain who came in to talk to the children about the ongoing improvements being made to the A1 and how it has impacted on wildlife. Our visitors were called Mark and Emma and first of all they talked about the importance of roads and what we use them
