This week, the boys and girls enjoyed launching our new English topic. This began with a challenge – to create a floating sail boat. The children were very creative and extremely keen to test their boats in water. The results proved rather successful as the photographs show. Since then the stimulus
Year 3 have been excited about their introduction to French and have quickly they have learnt new words. They particularly enjoyed learning names for colours, and how to ask their partner how they are feeling. Great work Year 3 Article 29 – We all have the right to develop our personalities, t
As the nights get darker and colder, it is often lovely to curl up and read a book. Throughout the day, we talk to the children regularly about the importance of reading for pleasure and how it can help to develop vocabulary and develop an understanding of the world around them. This week’s books ar
This week in Maths, Year Six started a new unit on Fractions. On Monday and Tuesday, the children realised that they needed to use their knowledge of multiples and factors in order to find equivalent fractions and simplify fractions. They enjoyed playing equivalent fraction Bingo and were very compe
This week, Year 6 children took part in a Tag Rugby festival at Winlaton Rugby Club. The children braved the cold weather to put in an excellent performance with both of the teams winning matches in their groups. For many, it was their first experience of rugby and their understanding improved as th
Now is the time of year that we need to prepare our Forest School for the seasons to come. Showing the children how we can make our site sustainable and realising their own environmental impact is an important aspect of our Forest School. We spent the afternoon collecting leaves for mulching, repair
In Science this week, we have been looking at electricity. We have learnt what electricity is and also looked at two different types of electricity; current and static. Over the next few weeks, we will also be looking at different ways to generate energy including renewables such as wind and solar.
This week we have been very busy at Nursery celebrating the festival of Halloween. We discussed what Halloween was and looked at different ways we can celebrate the festival, such as dressing up, Trick o Treating and carving pumpkins. Our story of the week has been ‘What’s in the Witches Kitchen’. T
The teachers have been amazed at year one’s creative writing this week. Over the term the children have been taught to write different sentences about dinosaurs. They have learnt how to use a capital letter and how to include powerful adjectives in their writing. This week year one had to put all of
In PSHE, Year Two have been learning about the importance of community. They learned that a community is a group with something in common. The children recognised they were a part of lots of communities – football teams, dancing classes and the area where they live. This week, the children discussed
