A final Reading Corner post for 2023. there have been so many great book recommendations throughout this year – from the children and from me. I hope that you have been able to read some of the books. The Christmas holidays are a great time for reading – there is so much free time and it’s so cold t
As the nights get colder and winter sets in, the reading effort from the KS2 children has been fantastic. all of the children have been doing assessments, which have highlighted the progress they have made this year. The use of Reading Plus and Accelerated Reader are essential components for the chi
In Year 3, we have been designing and creating Christmas decorations for our design and technology project. The children carefully designed their stockings and identified the materials they would need to complete their designs. To join the felt to create their stockings, the boys and girls have lear
This week in PSHE, Year Two have been learning about how to work co-operatively. The children thought carefully about what it means to work as a team and they identified that it is important to work together to achieve their goals. They discussed the fact that we can use our own strengths to help
After writing letters to Santa earlier this month, the children in Reception were very pleased to receive their own personal replies in the post today. We are very happy to find out that Santa enjoyed reading our letters and hopes to visit us soon. Take a look at some of our brilliant letter wri
This week Year One have been learning all about the first ever Christmas. The children listened to the Nativity story and then drew a picture. Some even wrote some sentences to accompany their work. Later we learnt about the traditional Christingle services that take part in Christian churches
This week has been SNOW much fun! The children have decorated their Christmas cards and talked about who they would like to give their card to and were very excited to play in the snow. The children have continued to enjoy writing Christmas cards and letters to others and posting them in our post bo
In PSHE this half term we have been looking at self-esteem, persistence and resilience. We have learned about what self-esteem means, why we need it and how it can be affected by things like bullying, social media, our peers and things we see on the TV. We looked at things we have done in life t
All this term we have been reading “Stone Girl, Bone Girl”, a story about the life of Mary Anning. Everyone has enjoyed listening to her heroic tale and has learnt so much about her life and her amazing discovery. We decided to write newspaper reports about her excavation of an Ichthyosaurus. Firstl
Thank you to all parents and carers who supported us by collecting food donations for the charity Feeding Families. Once again, we are blown away by your generosity. Feeding Families were thrilled with the donations and will be making Christmas hampers to support people in our community. Our Righ