Yeaar 3 had a great day out at Think Tank science museum in Birmingham. Lots of hands-on exhibitions to explore, a Lego coding workshop followed by outdoor exploration in the science garden.

We made a colour snake using two primary colours. It was so much fun! Can you make a colour snake?

This year’s theme is ‘Make A Noise About Bullying’. In assembly, we discussed the difference between banter and bullying.

Children wore their odd socks to celebrate what makes us all unique. Pupils were also reminded of the trusted adults in school and Mental Health Ambassadors they can talk too.

We discussed what bullying is and what we can do to stop it and who we can trust to talk too if we have a problem – we’re making a noise for anti-bullying week!

The week started with children wearing odd socks to symbolize that it’s okay to be different and to celebrate individuality. We then had an assembly where the children learnt about bullying and how it affects our mental health and emotional wellbeing and why it is so important to make a noise about it to stop it! The children took part in activities in their classes to reinforce the importance of not bullying and to promote positive relationships.

Today we made Divas and learnt about Diwali, which is the festival of light. Happy Diwali to everyone who celebrates it. 🎆

Children across school took time to reflect for Remembrance Day. Through poetry, art and reading of varied texts, they remembered those who have showed immense courage and died in all wars.

Our Year 6 Community Rangers read Flanders Field in our Remembrance Assembly, before our minutes silence and listening to the Last Post.

What an amazing afternoon in forest schools – we had the best time pretending to be Percy the park keeper. We made dens, jewellery, firework conkers, tree swings, toasted marshmallows to make smores and so much more! It was the best day ever!

This week Early Years have been learning about Bonfire Night, Diwali and Remembrance Day. We did lots of creative work including colour mixing, cutting and sticking and using rice to make rangoli patterns.

Today our Community Rangers and Green Team members supported the Day of Action Litter pick.  With the help of Councillor Pavlos Kotsonis and other community members, we cleaned the local park and streets. Our pupils showed great perseverance and were proud to make oor neighbourhood look great!

We have loved learning about mixing colours today. We mixed the primary colours to make secondary colours! It was lots of fun! 🌈

This afternoon, Year 6 children started their geography learning about the Alps. In today’s lesson, children practised their map skills by using an atlas to locate the Alps and the eight countries it is part of.

Pupils in Years 1 and 2 enjoyed a visit from Nottingham University.  They had the opportunity to explore how toys have evolved by material, shape, design and subject. Children enjoyed playing with a variety of games and toys – from Victorian board games to rubik cube!

This evening, Year 6 SATs Club started. After a quick snack and a drink, children practised completing long multiplication calculations before moving onto reasoning with ‘Always, Sometimes, Never’ statements. Children had to provide evidence when choosing their answer.

During assembly we asked the question: How important is it to understand money?

The children generated a great discussion. They talked about the need to save money, needing money to buy essential items and paying bills.  Some children also discussed the cost of living affected and how it impacts families. Our children gave examples of when they received money and what they did with it.

Children had an opportunity to recall the traditional celebration held at the time of a harvest. Thank you to the generous donations from our families to support our local food bank.

What a great end to the Autumn half term! Thank you so much to our parents who took part in our reading session. The children were so excited all day and really enjoyed sharing a story with their family member.  They can’t wait to do it again!

Pupils worked in groups to investigate which type of biscuit would take the shortest time to fall apart.  Pupils observed the biscuit, recorded the seconds using an iPad and presented their data in a class bar chart.  They concluded that Biscuit B took the shortest time because it was thinner and the water easier to absorb.  What amazing Scientists we have in Class 1!

Our local PSCOs and Education Project Support Officer visited our Mini Police Cadets. They were awarded with Vicky McClure’s children’s Book “Castle Rock Mystery Tour” for completing the programme. We are very proud of their achievements. Well done!

In Design & Technology children designed a buggy suitable to travel across a rough terrain.  They used their knowledge of axles and wheels to design, build and evaluate their own buggy.  We have some very creative designers and engineers in Class 1!

Author Bemma Akyeampong visited pupils to celebrate Black History Month and the theme of ‘Saluting our Sisters’.  In recognition of Lauren James sporting achievements, Bemma incorporated traditional African dance moves with football skills. Our pupils enjoyed learning new dance moves and displayed great talent!

Crossteach visited our school this week.  The theme of the assembly was to discuss creations and discuss ‘Why God’s Words are Powerful?’ Our pupils showed respect for other beliefs and asked thoughtful questions.

In today’s session, the children went on a mini beast hunt and explored the grounds looking for and identifying trees. They displayed great teamwork and observations skills.

What a brilliant Tudor day we’ve had in Year 5 and Year 6. We have been visited by Henry VIII and his court jester, Will Sommers. Throughout the day, they helped us learn about Tudor dancing, writing, games as well as crime and punishments!

We are extremely pleased and proud to announce that our school has just been awarded ‘GOLD’ Artsmark Award!!!! In order to achieve our Artsmark Award, we have worked hard to develop our arts and culture provision to embed a broad and balanced curriculum.  Find out more how we have achieved this by reading our Statement Of Impact.

Arts Council England is the national development body for arts and culture across England, working to enrich people’s lives.  The Artsmark Award is the only creative quality standard for schools and education settings. It can help unlock young people’s potential, building their confidence, character and resilience.  This is something we are very proud to offer all children and the wider community at our school.

For World Mental Health Day our Wellbeing Ambassadors worked with Mrs Stone to create an activity for our children to complete. The Ambassadors decided that they would like pupils to make a poster that they could use whenever they may need to do an activity to help boost their mental health and emotional wellbeing. First the children watched a short film introduced by the Duchess of Cambridge, in which children talked about mental health. The children then discussed and shared with each other the things that help them to feel good and have good mental health and then they set to work in creating their posters.

As part of National Poetry Day and Black History Month, we celebrated by listening to the Wonderful Jamaican poet, Valerie Bloom. She read her poems about her memories of Jamaica in a mixture of English and Patois.

Year 5 pupils had great fun in their Design and Technology project. They have been cutting the wood and dowel to set lengths and preparing cardboard pieces. Having planned their designs further and interweave their  own creative ideas, pupils started constructing the frames for their mechanical toys. Pupils had to follow the diagram and use a glue gun carefully.

This afternoon, Year 6 started their Design & Technology learning on mechanisms. As a class, we looked at tool safety before preparing the wood and cardboard for our toy automata.

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