To launch our new text for English, the children examined some clues: a bone and tooth necklace, a flint spear head and an image of cave paintings. They predicted that the text related to the Stone Age, and they shared any facts they knew about this period. They then made their own Stone Age neckl
The children in Year 6 have returned to school full of energy and have been working extremely hard in all of their sessions. This week, In P.E. they were pushed tot heir limits in a circuit challenge. The children had 15 different exercises to complete from mountain climbers to burpees and they had
We started our Science topic this week – all about animals and how to classify them into different groups. We never knew there were so many different categories and had some fantastic debates about what category animals would fit in to, and those that don’t quite fit. For example, is a penguin a
In English, Year Two have started reading their new book – Into the Forest, by Anthony Browne. First, the children looked at the front cover of the book in more detail. They noticed small pictures among the leaves and trees, including a frog, an apple and a tall tower. Once they had identified each
This week in Reception, we read the story Squirrel’s New Years Resolution. The children shared their experiences of Christmas and new year at circle time and we talked about things we would like to achieve in the coming year. The children had some great aspirations such as, learning to swim or ridin
Dear Parent/Carer, On behalf of staff and Governors, I would like to wish families a Happy New Year and we very much hope everyone has had an enjoyable and safe Christmas. It has been great to see children back in school, albeit with some looking a little tired having enjoyed their holiday so much
Year three have had lots of festive fun this week in the run-up to Christmas. We began the week with a reminder of the religious meaning behind Christmas in RE. The children revisited the first Christmas which, of course, is the story of the Nativity. Now that the children are in year three, they we
This week, the children have taken part in lot of different Christmas activities. Firstly, they have created a winter scene on the back of their snowmen decorations. To do this, the children used blue and white paint to make a wash for the background that faded from dark blue to light blue and then
This week, Year 6 have been having lots of Christmas fun as they prepared for Santa at the weekend. They have made cards, calendars and baubles and danced, played games and eaten at their party. It has made them all feel festive and ready for a break after a hard term of work! Article 31: We all hav
As we come to the end of our first term, we would like to take this time to reflect on the attendance successes that we have achieved so far this year. A whopping 191 children received attendance certificates today for achieving the school target of 96% and above of which 74 children achieved 100%!
