Brick by Brick (Lego club)

In Lego Club, the children have been using their imagination and creativity to design and build a variety of exciting structures. Over the past few weeks, they’ve enjoyed making everything from gardens and parks to prisons, flowers, and more—each creation showcasing their unique ideas and teamwork. This week, our focus was on building animals. The […]

What do plants need to grow (Y2)

In Science this half term, Year 2 have been learning all about plants and what they need to grow and stay healthy. This links to our National Curriculum objective: “observe and describe how seeds and bulbs grow into mature plants” and “find out and describe how plants need water, light and a suitable temperature to […]

Y2 at horniman!

Year 2 had an exciting adventure at the Horniman Museum! We took part in a fantastic workshop all about Kenya, where we explored real objects from African life. We touched colourful fabrics, played traditional instruments, and even handled toys children might play with in Kenya today. The highlight was examining real animal skulls – including […]

CLay adventures (Y2)

Year 2 have been getting creative with clay this half term! We began by exploring how to shape clay using just our hands, experimenting with rolling, pinching and squeezing it into different forms. This helped us understand how the material moves and feels. Next, we learned how to make our own pinch pots. We carefully […]

Arctic Fox Poems (Y1)

To support our writing based on the story Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers, we spent a lesson creating spine poems about an Arctic fox. Working together, we built a word bank filled with adjectives, nouns, and verbs. We then used these words to craft our own descriptive poems. Here are some examples:Fluffy ears listening.White […]

Showcasing our creative stitches

Year 3 were so excited to finally share their finished cushions with parents and carers during our DT showcase. The children proudly demonstrated their skills, including running stitch, cross-stitch and appliqué. Our visitors also enjoyed looking through the children’s art and DT books, which display the detailed planning and design work that goes into creating […]

Pond Life! (Nursery)

This term, the children have been exploring the Pond Habitat! The school pond is a brilliant outdoor classroom. It offers endless opportunities for hands-on learning – from spotting tadpoles, water beetles and pond snails, to observing how plants like duckweed and reeds grow and change. Nursery will be returning to the pond regularly to see […]

A royal start to the summer term!

We kicked off the summer term with an exciting experience for a group of our Year 5 and Year 6 pupils, who were invited to take part in a very special event hosted by Mentivity – with none other than the Prince of Wales in attendance! Mentivity is a wornderful organisation run by inspiring individuals […]

Samba swowcase! (Y6)

Our Year 6 children wowed everyone with their Samba showcase in the playground! After weeks of practice, they delivered an energetic performance filled with lively drumming and carnival spirit. From the booming surdo drums to the sharp tamborims, every student played their part brilliantly, impressing both parents and teachers. It was a fantastic display of […]

Forest school Club

We said, ‘Hello to Spring!’ on Weds 19th March when the children visited Pembroke House – a short walk away in Tatum street. With the help of Capucine from Pembroke House, Catherine, Sara and some parent volunteers, the children planted sunflowers, sweet peas, broad beans, runner beans and marigolds. Capucine will kindly look after them in the green […]