Archive 2018-19

Wednesday was a very windy day so we decided to make kites. We took them on the school field to fly them. The children had lots of fun trying to keep their kite in the air.  

As Autumn is in full swing, the children enjoyed an afternoon in the September sun clearing our raised beds.  They have started to turn over the compost, collect poppy and nasturtium seed pods for drying and began weeding some of our flower beds. Whilst this was going on the children made windy rib

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