Class 3 have enjoyed getting ‘hooked’ into our Stone Age project for the spring term. We have used chalk to make handprints, painted animals onto rocks like cave paintings, made spears and made ourselves as Stone Age people. We also had some amazing Stone Henge models made for Christmas homework.
In IT, Year 1 are learning about data collection and how to group different objects to make it easier to find things. Great job Year 1!
To launch our Victorian history learning, Year 5 and Year 6 children were visited by two time-travellers called Miss Fox and Mr Cook. Children questioned them to understand the similarities and differences between now and then.
Congratulations for attending school for the last 12 days of term. Our winner has also attended school every day since the start of the academic year.
Enjoy watching a film of your choice with your family.
Congratulations to our Year 6 pupil for winning the ‘Best in School’ Christmas card entry. She thoroughly enjoyed reading the letter sent by Lillian Greenwood MP.
Several pupils were also awarded certificates. Our pupils are truly creative, talented and display a range of artistic skills.
You should be very proud of your achievements – we are!
Congratulation to our Maid Marion, who are the House team winners this term.
They won the most points for displaying our core values, school rules and going and above and beyond.
Well done Maid Marion!
Congratulations to our pupils who were recognised for their achievement, behaviour or kindness this term.
They reflected our school rules and core values in abundance. We are very proud of their achievements. Well done!
A group of pupils in Year 6 welcomed our gardening partners back for a little light winter preparation. They planted the boat ready for Spring colour and the allotment has had a fresh covering of bark. The children are really enjoying the improvements that they have helped make to our site. 😁 We also discovered some fabulous fungi, and wonderful worms, a sure sign our soil is healthy and fertile. Looking forward to planting the raised beds in Spring and enjoying another harvest.
Children in Years 1-6 visited St Peter’s Church to meet Rev Nameem. The children enjoyed watching and listening to the Nativity Story. They learnt about the meaning of Christingle and every child helped to create a Lego Christingle!
As always our pupils made us incredibly proud with their beautiful singing.
We really enjoyed celebrating the work of the children this half term with their parents as part of the KS1 Project Exhibition! The children got to demonstrate what they’ve learnt about maps in geography, schools in the past in history and sketching techniques in art. Thank you to all the parents that attended.
In Year 2, we had great fun using chalk to map out maps of our playground as part of our Geography learning.
Thank you to all the parents who visited our Autumn Term Project Exhibition. Children and parents completed a craft activity linked to our geography and art learning this term. After that, children spoke about their learning across the curriculum.
Well done everyone!
Reception children did a great job of using Fred talk to complete their writing in phonics!
This afternoon Year 6 had their Christmas Experience with CrossTeach. Children visited the three different zones to develop their understanding about the story of Jesus’ birth. Throughout the session, children collaborated to complete tasks to support their learning.
Year 5 and 6 went on a local walk as part of our fieldwork for Geography. We collected data on the flora, fauna and litter at a lake. Year 5 were lucky enough to see a heron! Both classes recorded their observations well and will now analyse the data. Well done!
In Art in Year 2, we have had a lovely time drawing observational drawings of trees and then using sketching techniques to produce detailed drawings in our sketchbooks.
Reception enjoyed being outside exploring the ice. They talked about how the snow had turned to ice and it felt so hard. They then decided to try and break the ice. They found that was quite tricky to do so tried using cones and tools to help them.
Look at our amazing sketching and shading techniques! Class 6 are very creative and artistic, well done.
Today Year 6 had a visit from a maths specialist, who has given us some extra fluency ideas. We had a go at a fun and effective ‘factor bug’ game. Mrs Gill left us with a challenge for homework and we’d love to see as many children as possible having a go. There will be Dojos awarded. But remember, no Googling!
Can you make a factor bug with the most legs (find a number up to 100 with the most factors)? See the attached example for a reminder and some fantastic whiteboard work, well done!
Reception enjoyed their Beat Feet session this morning. They learnt a new dance and followed instructions so well.
Our Community Rangers planned a variety of activities to raise money to support other children and families in need. They wore bright and fun outfits, took part in a fun run, completed Children in Need maths and art-based activities. Our generous parents kindly donated cakes for our Community Rangers to sell to all classes.
Thank you so much to all of our families for your support.
Children in Reception, Class 1 and 2 took part in a Beat Feet dance workshop. They listened to an African story and then learnt a series of actions in time to the music. They retold the story using expression, rhythm, actions and movement to music.
Reception are learning about circles and triangles. We looked at some art work by Kandinsky who used circles and triangles in his work. We then made our own pictures using circles and triangles. Some of us cut out shapes for the picture and some used paint or crayons.
In PE we have been learning about dance. Today we have learnt about how to dance and move like an animal. Well done Year 1!
During Anti-Bullying assembly, Mrs Stone discussed the theme ‘Choose Respect’ with us. Our pupils shared examples of what respect looks like in our school and community.
It was lovely to see so many pupils wearing odd socks. This represents that we all are different and the importance of showing respect to everyone.
The Green Team are currently leading us in helping to reduce our carbon footprint this month by being part of the ‘Cut Your Carbon’ campaign. All children have taken home a sheet to complete six activities to reduce carbon over the month of November. We are also leading the school in ‘Switch off Fortnight’. Every week over the next month the Green Team will be working with our site manager to take meter readings of energy used in school and see if everyone across school is remembering to switch off lights and electronic devices when not in use. At the end of the month we will hopefully see a reduction in the energy our school has used, and smaller energy bills….watch this space!!!
In maths we have begun our addition and subtraction unit. The children used part whole models and counters to show their working out. We did really well!
This afternoon children completed our first science lesson by creating different electrical circuits. After they created working circuits, children had to accurately draw the circuits using the correct symbols. Fantastic perseverance and collaboration on display!
During Remembrance Assembly we recalled the events of D-Day, the stories of men and women who took part in D-Day and we remembered those who serve to keep us safe. Our assembly concluded with the poem ‘Flanders Fields’ read by some or our Year 6 pupils.
At 11am our pupils showed their respect during the two minutes silence.