Seeing gratitude (Y2)

Our RE topic this half term is, Why do we need to give thanks? So far we’ve thought of things we ourselves are thankful for. We’ve learned about the festival of Harvest around the world and discovered some of the ways in which Christians celebrate Harvest. This week, we listened to a Hindu story about […]

upstanders unite! (y4)

Year 4’s RHE (Relationships and Health Education) topic this half term has been, “Celebrating Difference”. In our lessons we have talked about the importance of checking where our beliefs and opinions about others come from, showing curiosity and kindness to those who are different, and of course – never, ever putting up with bullying. In […]

We’ve had a beautiful winter performance – last week for EYFS and KS1 and this week for KS2. The theme of colour was a wonderful way to bring warmth and joy to our winter celebrations, reminding us how even in the coldest season, life is full of vibrancy and light. A huge thank you to […]

celebrations! (Reception)

What an exciting and busy half term it has been in Reception! Our topic has been Celebrations, and the children have enjoyed a wide range of creative learning experiences both indoors and outdoors. We began our topic by exploring different types of celebrations. In the garden, the children worked with Barbara to create beautiful bonfire […]

Maths Magic (Reception)

This half term, our maths learning has been full of hands-on exploration and joyful discovery. Shapes – Squares and Rectangles: We investigated the properties of squares and rectangles, looking closely at their sides and corners. The children experimented with rotating the shapes, combining them to create new shapes, and building with multilink cubes and Geomagnet […]

planting with purpose!

School Council helped all children in EYFS and Key Stage 1 to plant a hyacinth bulb. Councilors went to classes, collected children and then supported them to add soil, the bulb and water. Some classes are keeping their bulbs in school; they will tend to them and watch them grow as part of their science […]

Super Structures (Y2)

Year 2 have been learning about structures in our DT lessons this half term. First, we explored the stability of different 3D shapes – cylinders, spheres and cubes. We made these shapes out of playdough then tested to see how high we had to lift the cardboard or our whiteboard before the shape toppled. Next, […]

buzzing excitment in y4

This week in Science, Year 4 had a fantastic time learning all about electrical circuits. The pupils worked in small groups to create their very own buzz wire games. Using components such as wires, batteries, buzzers, and paper clips, they built a simple circuit designed to buzz whenever the paper clip touched the wire.The children […]

a special visit for y6

Last Friday, our Year 6 pupils enjoyed a very special visit from our local MP following their recent trip to the Houses of Parliament. The children have been busy working on their designs for this year’s Christmas cards and Miatta had the very tricky job of choosing some of the fantastic pictures to send to […]

PERFECT PASTRY MAKERS (Y2)

Year 2 had an exciting first cooking session with Tracy and the kitchen team this week! The children got to make their own pastries, choosing from jam, apple, peach, or colourful sugar. They shaped their dough into creative designs before the pastries were taken to the kitchen to bake. Later that day, warm, golden pastries […]