Our Reception children are just beginning their Forest School adventures. Todays challenge was to create a shelter for our furry friend, the squirrel. If you were a squirrel that lived in the woods, what would you want to make it cosy and comfortable? The children had plenty of ideas. They were enco
This half-term, the children in Year 6 have begun using Tinkercad to produce 3D models. They have learnt how to resize, move, rotate and group objects to produce models of different 3D products. This week, they designed a house, producing some fantastic results. With some children moving on to their
This week in Year 5, we moved onto our next topic, and for the next two weeks we are going to be learning all about rivers. To start off our new topic, the children used atlases to identify and locate the most famous rivers in the word. They were given a blank map with rivers from each continent. In
In Geography, Year Two have been learning all about map symbols. They discussed what a map is and what it is used for. Did you know map symbols make reading a map easier? The boys and girls learned that maps are too small to include lots of writing, so symbols are used instead. They went on a hunt a
In Year 3, we have been learning about the ancient Egyptians. The children have been fascinated about this period of history and have enjoyed investigating artefacts from this time . As part of our work, the children have identified the importance of the Nile River to this civilisation and all of th
The summer holidays were a brilliant opportunity to read some new books and to just be able to sit back and read for pleasure. There have been some brilliant books released recently, from new authors and from some old favourites. The two recommendations this week are from familiar authors – Julia Do
Welcome back to Reading Stars – ready for 2022-2023. The children have been back three weeks now and have all completed initial assessments on Reading Plus and Accelerated Reader. This gives them a starting level to read from. They have then started to access the programmes by reading different shor
Everyone in Year One enjoyed our history lessons this week. The children are learning about Mary Anning, the first person in England to excavate dinosaur fossils. They firstly listened to the story ‘Dinosaur Lady’. Then they had a go at being a palaeontologist just like Mary Anning. Carefully, they
After the sad loss of The Queen, it was lovely for the children and residents to celebrate her life and love of the outdoors in The Platinum Parterre garden, we created together, to mark her Jubilee. The new greenhouse is going up and the planting has taken root, the foliage is flourishing and the p
Year 6 wasted no time getting back out into the Forest School this week. Miss Rowe asked them to investigate any changes across the site and then they worked together to set up some new areas and make any necessary repairs. During the holidays our tree surgeons removed a large lime tree from the gro
