This week Year One have thoroughly enjoyed being artists in the classroom. They have practised drawing a variety of lines, using a pencil – straight, wriggly, curved and zig zag and then transferred these skills to painting different lines. Also the pupils have learnt how to mix primary colours to m
During our PE lessons this term, the boys and girls in Year 3 have been developing their volleyball skills. They began by learning how to control the ball. They started by rolling it back and forth, before passing it using an underarm throw. After developing their accuracy, the real fun began when t
The idea behind this weeks flash challenge is to pull together some of the children’s varied interests and increase their skillset. Creativity and rope work have been their key interests over the last term, so making dream catchers was the perfect way of meeting both these topics. Some children deli
Year 4 continue to learn about fire making. After learning to create a spark using a flint and steel, this week it was time to get some ignition taking place. In class we had a lively discussion about fire safety preparation, the things that must happen before you can even contemplate lighting a fir
Reception children went on a mini-beast hunt in our Forest School. They started by trying to find dark places the bugs might hide. Our Forest School environment is scattered with strategically placed materials to encourage a variety of creepy crawlies to make their homes. The stacked pipes were a go
Imaginative play for Year 2 this week in Forest School. The children decided that the rope lines, created by year 6, would become a laser quest. Can you get across without touching the lines? Once they’d mastered this, they then challenged each other to get across without touching the ground, no eas
In Science, we are currently studying materials and particles and how we can change their state. This week we looked at melting and freezing, and the conditions that help water to change state. We used ice cubes placed in different locations to see which ones melted the fastest or slowest and then
On Friday 18th March, we all came to school wearing our red clothing, face paints, hair dye and noses. We filled the day with laughter telling jokes to our friends and judging the funniest phase of teachers. For Comic Relief this year, as a school community we have managed to raise… £398.38 The m
Year 6 children enjoyed a visit from Chef Nick, where they worked in groups to prepare and cook their own Mexican dishes – a chilli and burritos. The chef discussed healthy living and the importance of a balanced diet. It was interesting to see the children mixing the spices with the raw chicken a
The children in Year 6 have been learning about volume. To begin with, they used multilink cubes to make 3D shapes of given volumes and learnt that shapes with the same volume can look very different. Then, they used the cubes to make 3D shapes from pictures and find their volumes. The children
