In order to celebrate Pudsey Bear and raise some money, we have all came into school dressed in our Pudsey Bear or spotty attire or accessories. Whilst in the classroom, the children have made their own Pudsey Bear headbands, decorated Pudsey Bear bandanas and completed a bear experiment. This consi
Children have been completing new Star Reader tests in Accelerated Reader, which gives them a new level and can give access to new books. It has been excellent to see the care with which the children have approached these online quizzes and the excellent progress that many of the children have made.
In Geography this half term, we reviewed some of our previous learning about compass points and continents then looked at the 5 key lines of latitude that spread out from the Equator. Narrowing our view of the world down, we focused on Europe, looking at the countries within the continent of Europ
Year 6 have had great fun over the last two weeks in their Geography block. They have been introduced to a number of new skills – linked to their Peace Keepers topic. They started off with some cartography (looking at maps) to locate the position of cities, towns and counties in the UK. After this t
A wet and woolly day for Year 1. They are enjoying learning about construction in nature, how animals keep themselves safe, what materials they might need, what shapes we might see. Thinking about animals and birds that nest, they searched in the woodland for twigs and leaves to create nests of thei
The focus for the past two weeks has been on light and dark and day and night. We have listened to ‘Can’t you sleep, little bear?, ‘Sleep tight, little bear’ and ‘Night Monkey, Day Monkey’. This has resulted in the children discussing whether it is light or dark in our bear cave and how
Today we were lucky enough to have visitors from Costain who came in to talk to the children about the ongoing improvements being made to the A1 and how it has impacted on wildlife. Our visitors were called Mark and Emma and first of all they talked about the importance of roads and what we use them
In their Forest School session Reception children were learning about the way that different animals behave as the seasons change. Squirrels hiding their nuts to ensure food through the winter and which animals might hibernate. What would you want if you were spending the winter asleep? Shelter from
We got anti-bullying week 2022 off to a great start today with hundreds of odd socks around school! Anti-bullying Week 2022 is coordinated in England and Wales by the Anti-Bullying Alliance. It takes place between Monday 14th and Friday 18th November and this years theme is Reach Out. On Monday 14th
Today the children enjoyed coming into school wearing their wackiest odd socks to celebrate what makes us all unique. The children also designed some odd socks and enjoyed discussing what they like about their friends. The children also recapped which adults are always there if they need someone to
