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

• Year 3 and 4 Girls' Football Tournament

  Fri 23 May 2025

  This week, a group of Year 3 and 4 girls went to St George's to compete in the first event of this kind. The whole team rose to the challenge and played with 100% effort in all 6 games. Many of the team played their debut football match during the event. Each player should be incredibly proud of how they played and more importantly the way in which they represented Radipole throughout the time there. Well done everyone involved.  

  

• Year 6 - End of SATs

  Thu 22 May 2025

  We are so proud of the children for completing their SATs and giving it their absolute best! Ice lollies and Year 6 jumpers are the way forward! 

  

• Year One - The Isle Of Coll

  Thu 22 May 2025 Mrs Ireland

  We’ve been learning about the stories of Katie Morag. We found out that the Isle of Struay, where she lives, is based on a real place—Coll, a small island in Scotland’s Inner Hebrides.

  Coll is quiet and peaceful, with beautiful beaches, clear blue sea, and hardly any cars. Only about 170 people live there! The main village is called Arinagour, and the island is great for spotting wildlife like puffins, seals, and even dolphins.

  We compared Coll to Weymouth. Both have beaches, but Weymouth is much bigger and busier, with more people, shops, and buildings. Coll is a smaller, quieter, and more natural place.

  

• Year Two - Family Phonics: Fun, Games, and Learning Together!

  Wed 21 May 2025 Mrs Ireland

  Over the past few weeks, our Tuesday afternoons have been filled with laughter and learning as parents, grandparents, and children joined Mrs. Ireland and Mrs. Mutch for our lively Family Phonics Club.

  Together, we explored key phonemes through a variety of fun games. From exciting treasure word hunts to classic bingo and creative matching activities, every session was packed with energy and enthusiasm.

  It’s been a wonderful opportunity for families to learn together, strengthen phonics skills, and most importantly—have fun!

  

• Year Two - Making Vehicles

  Fri 16 May 2025 Mrs Mutch

  We have had a lovely time this week making our vehicles. All of the children had a go at using a saw to cut the dowel for their vehicle. They had to decide if they wanted moving wheels or fixed wheels and had explored ways to make this happen. 

   

  The children used their designs to paint their vehicle and then had to evaluate how successful it had been. It was a busy but exciting day. Well done Year Two.

  

• Year 3- Newspapers, Video games and Fire-Lighting!

  Fri 16 May 2025

  This week, in our English lessons, we finished writing our newspaper reports on the mysterious flying creature Mr Hargreaves saw several weeks ago. We were very pleased with the results. In addition we looked at the features of a non-chronological report/ video games review. Over the next week , we will play some computer games from the CBeebies website and choose our favourite to write a review of. Finally, we returned to the nature reserve, and continued working on our fire-lighting skills.

  

• Year 1 - Swimming Adventures!

  Fri 16 May 2025 Mrs Ireland

  This week, our Year 1 children enjoyed their second swimming session under perfect weather conditions. The warm water and sunny skies made for an ideal day. Some children used arm bands, while others confidently swam strokes. It was wonderful to see their excitement and growing confidence in the water. We look forward to more fun and skill-building in future sessions!

  

• Year 4 - You read this weekly blog,right?

  Fri 16 May 2025

  You read this blog, right? In English, we have been looking at persuasive writing. One of the features of persuasive writing is rhetorical questions. These are questions that do not necessarily need an answer but make you think or take a pause to consider. We have already looked at writing that tries to persuade other, for example: Should homework be banned in schools? Next week the children will be writing their own persuasive speeches on a topic of their choice. 

  In English and Maths every starts with a Flashback. A flashback is used to help the children recall previous learning so that the knowledge is embedded. Have a look at an example of each one. Do you know the answers?

  We have had such a great start to our swimming lessons, and the children are already making progress. Fabulous!

  

• Reception - Swimming

  Fri 16 May 2025

  Wow! What a super start Reception have had to swimming. They have really impressed up with how brave they have all been with getting in to the swimming pool, putting their faces under and giving everything a really good go! 

   

  Well done Reception. Keep up the super swimming!

  

• Year 6 - Sunshine!

  Tue 13 May 2025

  We're still finding time to enjoy the sun and have a good run around to let off some SATs steam this week! We're so proud of the children and the effort they are putting in to this tricky week! Keep it up and enjoy the sunshine superstars.