Archive 2019-20

World Book Day is an important day in the school calendar as it is a day to celebrate reading and a love of books. It was amazing to see the effort that the children had all gone to (with some help from their parents I’m sure) to come into school wearing such fantastic costumes. The teachers also jo

Year 6 have been exploring the characters in the Varmints. They thought about the types of questions they would ask to the grey creature who cared and the ‘others’ who came and destroyed the world. The questions that were asked and the answers they elicited helped to show the contrasting moods and a

Today, Nursery took part in a variety of activities to celebrate World Book Day today.  They dressed up as book characters and brought in their favourite stories to share.  They particularly enjoyed a visit from pupils in year 3 who read books to them.  They also listened to the story ‘Aliens Lov

All of the pupils in our phonic’s lessons have enjoyed the start in their new RWI groups.  There has been some amazing fred talking of green words and excellent reading of alien words.  What a lot of Nonsense!  The children have also been excited to start reading their new book, which they are ta

This week Year One have started their Design and Technology topic. They are going to be making a woven table mat. The children learnt that table mats are used during meal times and can be made out of lots of different materials. To practise the weaving technique, the children used ribbon to weave in

In our current science topic of ‘Solids, Liquids and Gases’, year 4 have been investigating the properties of gas. As most gases cannot be seen, smelt or felt, their properties are difficult to examine. The children had to devise a way to measure how much carbon dioxide gas there was in a cup of fiz

This term, in Year 5, our Forest School is focusing on Personal, Social and Emotional education in a more specific way.  Last week the children discussed the three aspects of human health; physical, mental and emotional. The children then whittled sticks and wrote on them things they do to ensure t

In our Maths lessons, the pupils have enjoyed learning about the properties of 2D and 3D shapes. The children have handled shapes, solved problems, sorted shapes according to their properties, made patterns and identified lines of symmetry.  They also enjoyed building their own shapes and talking a

The children spent an amazing afternoon working on their sgraffito tiles with the residents of Angel Court. Learning about the different glazes and how to apply them is really interesting and we are eagerly awaiting the results once the tiles have had their final firing. The theme of nature has insp

Each week, four children from Reception will be selected by their teachers to have juice and biscuits with Mr Malik as a reward for their behaviour and hard work.  The adults in Reception will be looking for children who are playing nicely with each other, looking after their classroom and trying t