Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Year One - Making Chairs

  Wed 30 Nov 2022 Mrs Ireland

  This week, we have been practicing the skills that we will used when we make a chair for baby bear next week. We have learnt how to join a tube to a flat piece of paper and learnt how to make a tube strong.

  We have talked about the qualities that are needed to make a good chair and have also created chairs from a range of construction materials.  

   

  We can't wait to design and make it next week !!

   

  Watch this space!

  

• Year 6 AFC Bournemouth Reading Workshop

  Tue 29 Nov 2022

  Today, Year 6 have had the opportunity to spend the afternoon with AFC Bournemouth. To begin, the children recapped the importance of reading and when it might be needed, specific skills they need as well as completing a reading comprehension task using many VIPERS skills. Then, the children we outside to develop their spatial awareness as well as their ball skills. To conclude, the children played a series of  games to bring together everything they had learnt. 

  

• Year 2 - Busy, busy, busy!

  Fri 25 Nov 2022 FProbert

   

  Busy…busy…busy!

  The Year 2 children have been very busy this week. In RE, we have been looking at the Christmas Story.  We learned that Christians believe that Jesus came to earth to teach us to love one another so that the world would be a better place.

  The children have been busy learning their words and songs for their forthcoming Christmas production.

  In English, we have been looking at how letters are written, and we have read a super story called ‘Dear Greenpeace’ that was written entirely of letters!

  The children’s finger have been busy too with developing their sewing skills. This week, they looked at how to sew on buttons, and how to use the running stitch they learned last week, to sew two pieces of felt together.

  There were many busy bouncing bodies in our Multi-skills lesson too. Bouncing over hurdles, off the gym box and through ladders! A super shout out to those children who went to Budmouth this week to take part in similar activities, that were led by the GCSE students. 

  With three weeks to go until the end of term, the children look like they are going to be as busy as the elves in the North Pole! The children can show where the North Pole is on a map!

   

  

• Year One - The Christmas Story

  Fri 25 Nov 2022 Mrs Ireland

  This week in R.E., we have been learning the Christmas story. We have told the story to our friends and had fun making puppets. We talked about the characters and turned the classroom into lots of puppet theatres. We had practised telling the story and giving the characters voices too. 

  

• year 4- geography in the nature reserve and a trip to church

  Fri 25 Nov 2022

  This week, as part of our geography work on mountains, year 4 went into the nature reserve to measure the gradients of different slopes using a clinometer. On Thursday afternoon, we all went on a trip to St Aldhelm’s Church to further our knowledge of signs and symbols within Christianity. We took part in a treasure hunt around the church to find hidden symbols. It was great fun!

  

• Reception talk- Progression in Reading, Writing and Maths.

  Thu 24 Nov 2022

  Reception talk on’Progression in Reading, Writing and Maths’.

  Our talk was well attended with over 30 parents joining us. Here are the slides that we used.....there will be more talks soon, just watch this space. 

  

• Year 5 - Visit from Reverend Nick and Laura

  Thu 24 Nov 2022

  Year 5 pupils had a lovely visit on Tuesday from the Reverend Nick and Laura from St. Aldhelm’s Church. They told the Christmas story with a fun game of pass the parcel, reminding us all of the true meaning of the festive season. The children took part and listened beautifully, and they were rewarded with a tub of chocolates to share! We are all looking forward to visiting the church in the week before Christmas.

  

• Year 6 DT

  Thu 24 Nov 2022

  This term in Year 6, we started our DT topic by exploring the work of programming pioneers before designing, making and evaluating a product with an embedded computer system that controls it. Have a look at some of our amazing creations... 

  

• Year 3 - practical maths

  Mon 21 Nov 2022

  Year 3 were great Collabadons this week, using lots of manipulatives in maths to begin to investigate the 3 times table. They used numicon, counters, cubes, number lines and iPads to remember the pattern in 3s and start to master their times tables. Well done 

  

• Year 4 - Lacrosse

  Fri 18 Nov 2022

  This week, year 4 had their third lacrosse session. Have a look at the photographs. We’re really improving with our skills and are almost ready for a game.