Free play sessions are integral to our Forest School ethos, ensuring the children have a confidence and ownership of their environment. Different activities are introduced in these lessons that children can chose to engage in or interpret themselves, alternatively they can use the space and resource
This week, Year 4 have begun to read a new book in English about the life and achievements of Usain Bolt. To launch the book, the children watched a clip of Usain finishing the 100m in 9.68seconds. Following this, the classes went onto the field and had the opportunity to see how far they could ru
We have had so much fun today. In our personal and social education lesson we discussed the value of sharing. The children took part in a treasure hunt. They each had to find some treasure. At the end of the hunt some children had more than one piece of treasure and others had none. We tal
Over the last two weeks, Reverend Mark, as part of his role in Christians Against Poverty, has visited Year Six to talk about how to budget. The children worked in groups to plan a holiday with a £500 budget and enjoyed choosing activities to spend their money on. Article 27 – We all have th
This week we have been looking at angles and the properties of shapes. We have been looking for acute, obtuse and right angles, along with describing shapes by the angles that they have. Next we will be looking at the sides – discussing parallel, converging, diverging and whether they are equal
Continuing our topic on the ‘Great Outdoors’, this week, we found out all about ladybirds. We listened to the story, ‘What the Ladybird Heard’ by Julia Donaldson and discussed how the animals managed to trick the robbers and save the prize cow. We looked at the map of the farm that the robbers had
In Nursery this week we have explored the season ‘summer’. The children have loved looking for signs of summer outside and discussing their favourite activities to do when it is sunny. The most popular ideas have been: visits to the beach, park and playing in the paddling pool. The children know the
In Geography this half term, Year 5 are learning all about the world! We started off this series of lessons by discussing how we find something on the earth, and what we would do if the internet wasn’t working when we needed to use Google maps! The idea of longitude and latitude were introduced as a
Year 6 have been enjoying some ‘Rob’s Kitchen’ music during assembly times. A particular favourite, are the ‘Cup’ challenges which focus on rhythm and following a beat. Click on the video links below to see the children enjoying themselves trying to keep up – especially in Challenge 2! Challenge 1
It is a statutory requirement for all primary schools to have a Relationships & Health Education Policy detailing the supportive provision within each year group. The process of implementation has been interrupted by the pandemic over the last year and a half, but we have a finalised our polic
