Welcome to the first Reading Corner of the Summer Term. This week’s book recommendations are a little bit different. As we start to emerge from the pandemic, and life seems to be returning to normal, there is a lot of concern about mental health and how this has been impacted over the previous two y
After having a break from our Easter egg decorating competition, it has been absolutely fantastic the response we have received this year as you will see from the pictures below. There is a vast array of designs showing skill, creativity and hard work. The judging took place on Thursday by the Right
In Science, Year Two have been learning all about personal hygiene. They learned that keeping themselves clean and tidy means they can live a healthier and happier life. Year Two learned about lots of different ways they can have good personal hygiene, including brushing their teeth, wearing clean c
As part of our end of term activities, all children from Year 1 to Year 6 take part in a class quiz focussed around their foundation subjects (History, Art, Geography, Science, PE etc) whether it is individually on the iPads or as a class, using the interactive quiz tool – Mentimeter. The teachers
What a long way Year 2 have come in their Forest School journey. This morning they were totally immersed in the woodland. Building dens, creating games, planning and building bug houses, sharing skills, building new relationships, becoming leaders, the list goes on. More than all these things though
Although there are concerns about a rise in cases of Covid-19, the national guidance for the public and for schools is that we are now in the stage of ‘living with Covid’. The last two years have been a long and exhausting period which has been unprecedented in many ways. Over this time, we have b
With the Government moving to their ‘Living with Covid’ strategy, it is important that we provide families with the latest information regarding managing children’s absence. There is now an assumption that testing will not occur as PCR tests are not routinely available and LFD tests are no longer fr
In Art, Year Two have been learning all about tie-dye. First, they learned about Yokisho Wada, a Japanese artist. She uses a dyeing technique called Shibori, which is very similar to tie-dye. The children said whether they liked her artwork or not and described how it made them feel. The children th
Year 2’s flash challenge this week was to lay a fire in the woodland using only materials they could find themselves. In class we looked at some different styles of fire, what they could be used for and what shapes the children could see. Then we went outside so they could build their own. First job
It has been lovely over the last few weeks to be able to go around school and talk to the children about some of the books that they have been reading at home. Reading is one of the most important life-skills that a child will ever learn, but more so, it can bring such pleasure and enjoyment. This w
