After reading The Stone Age Boy, Year 3 have been putting themselves in the character’s shoes and imagining what it would be like in the stone age camp. Today, the boys and girls used their senses to describe what they could see, hear, feel and smell. They generated their own adventurous vocabulary
The nursery children went into our Forest School today to learn about how to care for the school hens. Before heading outside we talked about what are the important jobs we need to do to keep our pets safe. Just like us, clean water, food and a safe place to sleep hopefully means our hens are happy
Year One have been learning all about Christmas traditions. The children have listened to the Christmas story and also learnt about the symbolism of Christingles. They learnt about what each part of the Christingle represents and found out that they are used in churches at Christmas time. The childr
The children had a great time at this year’s Christmas party. We danced to lots of big pop chart songs, festive tunes and even Baby Shark. Everyone looked great in their Christmas party clothes. The traditional games were out in force with musical statues, pass the parcel, corners – and of cours
Wow! What an amazing success Mission Christmas has been! The Rights Respect officers had a huge job counting all of the donated gifts before helping to load the Mission Christmas van. It was fun but tiring work! As a school, we collected over 300 gifts which will brighten up the Christmas of many ch
On Friday, our wonderful superstars in Years 1 and 2 performed Prickly Hay to two fantastic audiences. During the play, the boys and girls sang, danced and acted out the story of the birth of Jesus and reminded us why we celebrate Christmas. All of the children who took part in the play did so with
In DT, year 5 have been learning about different types of bridges ( linked to our topic ‘The River of Life’). The children were tasked with researching , drawing and identifying key facts about bridges before designing their own bridge. Children then used a variety of materials and joining techn
Year 6 have been learning about Judaism and the Sukkot Festival where Jews celebrate being the years they were in the desert before being led into the Promised Land. As part of this celebration, they build Sukkahs, which are temporary huts where they spend the week eating, praying and sleeping. The
Today was Reception’s time to shine as they performed the Wriggly Nativity. The children performed in the morning for grandparents and in the afternoon for parents day carers with both shows being fantastic. During the show, the boys and girls sang, danced and recited lines to present the story of t
In Year 2, the children have been studying collage. They have enjoyed looking at some of his different work as well as finding out some facts about him and his background. These pictures show a lesson where the pupils studied one of his famous pieces called ‘The Snail’. They made their own repre
