Today was party day in Year 5! The children arrived at school dressed in a lovely range of party clothes, and there was definitely a buzz in the air! Both classes enjoyed time in the hall with the disco lights, Christmas songs and a range of classic party games. During the festivities of the day, ea
Tuesday 15th December 2020 Dear parent/carer, RE: End of Autumn Term 2020 Moving towards the end of term is always a good time to reflect on how things have been, but this is probably even more the case in our current pandemic context. Evaluating what we have achieved as a school community whilst
Thank you to everyone who supported us with the Kindness at Christmas campaign – Let’s fight loneliness together. Yet again, we are blown away by your generosity. As a school, we have donated over 200 gifts which are sure to go a long way in making Christmas a little brighter for some of the eld
During their PSHE sessions Year 3 have been learning about friendships and how the art of co-operation and negotiation can make communication more positive. Understanding compromise can be a tricky concept to grasp, so practical sessions that link to this kind of theme are really important so we can
We now know it is definitely the Christmas season as today was our first official event – Christmas Dinner. The children arrived at school this morning with smiles on their faces and wearing their festive attire, which was lovely to see; you could feel the anticipation and excitement in the air. T
Taking our love of adjectives out into the woodland made for an exciting afternoon. Working in pairs, the children were given a collecting bag, a pencil and a sheet of adjectives. Their challenge match the descriptive words to plants or objects. If they found any additional objects that they could d
Year 5 were given a piece of descriptive writing that was based on an Indian folk tale, however, Miss Rowe converted the story to reflect our North-Eastern weather. The original tale inspired the Chipko Movement, whose members embrace trees to prevent the destruction of forests. The word Chipko mean
Year 2 went exploring for colours and textures in our Forest School. Working in pairs, the children were given a collecting bag, a pencil and a sheet of adjectives. Their challenge was to collect as many examples of objects, that matched the descriptive words, as they could. If they found any additi
The school has been alive with the sound of words today as the children have been enjoying adjective day. It was lovely to see the effort the children (and parents) had made preparing children in costumes to celebrate the power of words. There were lots of lazy, active and cosy children throughout a
The nursery children all arrived on adjective day dressed up and ready to head out into our Forest School. They were split into teams; Sneaky Spiders, Wiggly Worms and Lovely Ladybirds, each team had an adult who had a collecting bag and a list of adjectives. The adults gave the children an adjectiv
