Another week of home learning, ending with a bank holiday where we hope that you have been able to enjoy the VE day celebrations at home. E-mails this week have really shown some impressive skills: making a carbon battery to power a clock is beyond what even your teachers have attempted to do and we
This week, children have been very much involved in practical and craft activities. Using our hands to create requires a range of skills but also allows us to relax as well as have fun. One of the activities was to make VE Day celebration bunting which children did over the four days in preparat
As people might remember, the May Day Bank Holiday was changed this year to Friday 8th May 2020, with the intention of celebrating 75 years since VE Day. Although we are not in school, let’s see if we can still come together as a community to share our gratitude for those who fought, worked and li
Task – Persuasive Writing Remember when we did our Churchill speeches? For this task, you are going to write a speech for Boris Johnson to persuade people to help during the Corona crisis. You could talk to NHS staff to ask them to go to the front line; parents to help home-school children and child
Question 1 – How do you get friends and family, who are isolated from each other, to come together and engage in some light-hearted competitive fun? Answer – An online quiz Click here for an actual set of family quiz questions. Click here for answers (only after you’ve tried the quiz!) Before scho
Over the last week, we have continued to enjoy receiving your emails and speaking to so many of you on the phone. it is interesting to hear how you are filling your time whilst in lock down and the new skills and activities that you seem to be enjoying so much. Your teachers are continuing to learn
During the fist week of the summer term, the weather inevitably becomes mixed! However, children in school have still managed to get outside when it has been dry and sunny in order to keep a balance with the indoor activities. Amongst the variety of other tasks, staff have organised some baking ac
As we move into another three weeks of lockdown, the initial novelty of not being in school will be disappearing, even for children, and the reality of isolation will begin to have a more significant impact. Supporting children to understand what is happening and helping them to feel safe and secure
During times of hardship within a community, there is the possibility that people can look to focus on themselves only and not consider the needs of others or the wider community. What people may not be appreciating at this time is that we are all considering others through our current actions;
Another week of home schooling and it looks like it has been an incredibly busy one for Year 6. It was lovely to speak to so many of you this week, hearing what you have been getting up to and just having a bit of a chat. If we haven’t already spoken to you, we will soon. Please keep sending us e-
