Curriculum

This week, the children in Year 5 have completed their second Reading Week of Oranges in No Man’s Land. Today, the children read Chapters 14 and 15, where Ayesha is taken back across No Man’s Land in a UN ambulance after bravely retrieving Granny’s medicine. The children were given quotes from the c

In Reception this week, we enjoyed reading the story ‘Somebody Swallowed Stanley’. This is about a sea creature who swallowed a plastic bag. We talked about ways we can help protect the sea and the environment by reducing, reusing, and recycling. The children explored different materials and pra

In Science, we have been learning about the features and properties of plants.  From the roots, stems, leaves and flowers, each part plays a key role in helping the plant survive and produce more plants. This week we started an experiment looking at the key elements plants need to survive, includin

Amongst the preparation for SATs this week, Year 6 enjoyed a science lesson classifying animals in Science. Over the last couple of weeks, the children have been learning about the classification of living things. Initially, they thought about the seven characteristics of living things – using the m

This week, year 4 have been revisiting analogue and digital time, and they have enjoyed lots of practical activities. They reviewed what they already knew about the difference between analogue and digital clocks, before practicing reading and showing times on individual clocks. Then, they used flipc

Year 6 documented their own Forest School session this week. As the year progresses so the children get more autonomy within their sessions. Some of them decided to link into their Second World War topic and build air-raid shelters. These were very impressive, robust, with good knot-work and well ca

In Forest School Reception children have been learning about different flowers and natural objects. This week they worked together in small teams to collect some of their favourite things. They each had their own museum board to place them on and could organise them in a way they felt was most appro

The children in Year 2 have enjoyed finding out about the world they live in.  They began by learning the names of the seven continents of the world and labelling these on a map.  Next, they looked in an atlas to find the location of the five oceans of the world, which they again plotted on a map.

This term our topic in Year One is “We’re all going on a summer holiday.”  The children have enjoyed talking about their trips to the seaside and how they like building sandcastles on the beach and eating fish and chips. The pupils have also had the opportunity to learn about seaside holidays

This week in Year 6, we have been developing our understanding of position and direction in maths. We began by revisiting co-ordinates, where we practised plotting and reading points accurately on a grid. The class showed great focus when identifying positions and using the correct vocabulary. We th