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This term in DT we are looking at structures at the park. We will be designing and making a mini structure. Today we enjoyed using a range of construction materials to make slides, sea-saws, swings, zip wires and roundabouts. `We enjoyed working together and sharing our ideas. Next week we will be looking at different ways to join different materials.

This term Year 3 are investigating whether the UK is the same everywhere. In today’s lesson we set up a map from memory exercise to help us observe physical features of the UK. Each group had to send one person at a time to look at the large map of the UK to find out where the key physical features …

As well as learning to play the violin, we are also learning to rap and sing using sign language. Take a look at our Happy Llama, Sad Llama.  

Last Thursday was National Poetry Day and we celebrated by listening to, reading, writing and sharing some of our favourites!   

Enjoying a bit of role play to help us prepare for our writing. Do you know the Old Testament story about Ruth? We do now!

Reception Class had lots of fun in their ICT lesson this week. Mr Graham took a group outside and set the children some challenges to carry out with their digital cameras. Who could take a photograph of something made of plastic, wood etc. Inside the children worked with the Bee Bots. They had to make them move forwards, backwards and …

Our first readers of the week in Year 2! Well done girls. We are very proud of you.  

After reading the story ‘The Colour Monster,’ Year 2 enjoyed making a feelings wheel. We have all been really keen to use our wheels each morning and afternoon to say how we are feeling. Sometimes we feel happy, sometimes we feel sad and sometimes we just feel all mixed up like the Colour Monster does. Mrs Wilkinson is teaching us …

We are now into week 4 and Monday violin lessons are going really well. Children are so keen to learn how to play, they even want to do solo parts. Mrs Sellers is so impressed with how they are progressing. Keep it up Year 3. For our art lesson today, we went outside to do some sketches using charcoal. We …

Reception Class enjoyed their run today. They showed us how fit they were by running around the yard and field lots of times. Reception Class should sleep well tonight! Well done.      

This week our Reception Class have been in school everyday full time. They have been introduced to a different letter sound each day. The activities for that day have been linked to the sound of the day. On “m” day we had a marshmallow challenge where the children had to use a catapult to fire marshmallows onto a spot they …

Last week our theme for our weekly “what’s in the news?” was homelessness. Year 6, led by our Rights Respecting Ambassadors saw this as an important theme as it links to article 27 – “every child has the right to a standard of living that meets their physical, social and mental needs. The Government must support families who struggle to …

This week’s article is article 38. This article is about how Governments must not allow children under the age of 15 to take part in war or join the armed forces. It is their job to ensure they protect and care for children affected by war. We have learnt through our house group sessions about refugees and their struggles. This …

Year 4 have spent time familiarizing themselves with Google Classroom and all of the online apps Google has to offer. Lucky for us, we are a ‘Google for Education’ school and have these amazing chromebooks to use everyday.  Year 4 can: Login to their own Google (school) account. Load Google Classroom to access work set by Mrs Fitzpatrick, Mrs Eadsforth …

*SAFETY UPDATE* Thank you to all visitors to school over the past 3 weeks for your positive response to the new measures we have in place at drop off and pick up times. Collection time in particular has been tricky with lots of queues but you have all been very patient and understanding. As we move into tighter restrictions across …

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Our first full week back has been a huge success. I am so proud of how the children are working so hard. They really are a credit to the school. This week in maths we have been doing lots of work based on 1,000’s, 1,00’s, 10’s and 1’s. The children have really enjoyed the practical work this week and have …