Teamwork makes the dream work (y4)

Year 4 have been exploring what it means to work well as a team. The pupils have been learning about the key skills that make teamwork effective such as listening to others, sharing ideas, encouraging one another and taking turns. They worked together and used their discussions and ideas to create posters showing what good […]

diwali fun in nursery

The nursery children have been learning all about Diwali, the festival of lights! Diwali is celebrated by many people around the world and is a time for sharing joy, light and love. Families decorate their homes with colourful rangoli patterns, light diyas (lamps), and enjoy fireworks and delicious food together. The children enjoyed reading ‘The […]

Paws-itively Busy

Middi has thoroughly enjoyed the start of the new academic year! As usual, he’s been out and about all around the school, saying hello to his Faraday friends, showing off his tricks and getting plenty of strokes and cuddles.This half term, Middi has been practising being calm in the classroom and has loved joining in […]

a busy and brilliant half term in reception

It has been a wonderfully busy few weeks in Reception, filled with fun and exciting learning! In Maths, we have been exploring matching pairs using Numicon and sorting objects by colour and type. We have also been matching numerals to quantities by counting out objects on ten frames and writing the matching numbers. The children have enjoyed […]

Cooking up creativity (Y4)

Year 4 Kate’s Class were really lucky to have a cooking workshop with the kitchen team today! Tracey first apologised that due to a problem with the fridges we weren’t able to make the pizzas as planned, but she thought on her feet and invented a savoury rock cake for us to make! The children were offered […]

Cracking the code (Y2)

This half term, Year 2 have been learning about the role of computers. We used a drawing programme to produce a diagram of the different parts of a computer. We talked about inputs and outputs and designed our own robots, deciding what their inputs and outputs might be. Next, we analysed a computer programme and […]

printing in art (Y2)

Year 2 have been exploring printing techniques as part of our Art learning. Linking to the National Curriculum objective to develop a wide range of art and design techniques using colour, pattern, texture, line, shape, form and space, the children took a small section of their previously drawn maps and transformed it into a design […]

Exploring nature in autumn

Children from Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 have been making the most of our rich and beautiful natural spaces this autumn. They have been exploring seasonal changes first-hand – discovering autumn leaves in shades of gold and crimson and all kinds of interesting grasses and seed heads. Of course, no outdoor learning would be […]

Nurturing strong minds

On Monday and Tuesday, we had the pleasure of hosting The Nest team, specialists in wellbeing from Southwark, who worked closely with both parents and our children from Year 1 to Year 6. They shared insightful strategies to help our community foster confidence and resilience—values we hold dear at our school.Parents gained practical advice on […]

Y6 take parliamant by storm!

Last week, year 6 took a trip to The Houses of Parliament. We were lucky enough to have a tour which included The House of Lords, the throne room and a room which was a thousand years old. We also saw the procession of the speaker. After our tour, we had a workshop to learn […]