Radipole Primary School
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This week in Year 2!
Fri 26 Sep 2025This week in Year 2, we have had a great time being creative! We painted sections of Henri Rousseau's famous art work by mixing colours to match the real piece and carefully copied the details. In English, we wrote our own stories based on the book 'Laura's Star'. We spent time planning how our story could be different and came up with some exciting pieces of writing! The children used their imagination to come up with some amusing and enchanting ideas of how the star fell and how it could be fixed again.
We are looking forward to another great week!
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Year 5- 5R at WOEC
Fri 26 Sep 2025What an incredible day 5R had at WOEC! From the moment we arrived, the children threw themselves into every challenge with enthusiasm, courage and a fantastic team spirit.
Whether it was the focus and steady hand needed in archery, the coordination and communication during giant paddle boarding, or the bravery shown climbing high and tunneling — every activity was met with determination. In bushcraft, the children learned key survival skills and even mastered the art of fire lighting, showing resilience and patience along the way.
Throughout the day, 5R demonstrated excellent teamwork and a "never give up" attitude. It was wonderful to see everyone supporting and encouraging one another.
You should all be incredibly proud of yourselves — we certainly are. Well done, 5R! 🌟🔥🏹🧗♂️
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Year 4 - Writers, investigators and fighters!
Fri 26 Sep 2025This week, we had a very exciting visit from The Bank of Dreams and Nightmares. We did a workshop looking at speech writing and persuading people that our animal would be the most suitable to defend against Grendel (the monster in our focus story, Beowulf). We also created our own campaign badges for this. In English we had a fight! We used powerful verbs to create a fight scene. Furthermore, we explored and investigated making circuits whilst testing different materials to determine if they were conductors or insulators. We also explored and discussed different punishments found in Anglo-Saxon times. Some were quite brutal! We are really looking forward to our Anglo-Saxon day on Monday.
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Year 1 - Capital Letters in the Nature Reserve
Wed 24 Sep 2025On Wednesday, we had a wonderful time at the nature reserve. The sun was shining, and we made the most of the beautiful weather! Our task for the day was to create capital letters using natural materials. We gathered sticks, grasses, and leaves to shape each letter — it was so much fun.
As we explored, we noticed the first signs of autumn all around us. The ground was covered in colourful leaves, and we loved trudging through them.
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Year 5 - 5T at WOEC
Fri 19 Sep 2025On September 18th, 5T visited Weymouth Outdoor Education Centre (WOEC) for a fun-filled day of rock hopping, climbing, tunnelling, archery and bushcraft. The intrepid adventurers sported super smiles all day, and they all worked together sensibly and collaboratively.
The children impressed everyone with their positive attitude and sense of adventure; they were a credit to themselves and the school.
Radipole is very proud of them.
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Year 2 - A Global Guest and Woodland Wonders 🌍🌳
Fri 19 Sep 2025What an exciting week it’s been in Year Two!
We were excited to welcome a special visitor—a Year Two child from Sunbury, Australia! She shared stories about her school, and we loved hearing how her school day is both similar and different to ours. It was fascinating to compare and discover how children learn across the world. She joined us for our art lesson, where we learnt about the artwork Surprise! by Henri Rousseau.
In Geography, we’ve been exploring the continents of the world. Using a compass, we practised describing where each continent is located—north, south, east, and west. It was a great way to build our map skills and understand more about our planet.
During Nature Time, we ventured into the woodland to investigate what belongs in a woodland habitat—and what doesn’t. We searched for items that should not be in a woodland, like lego and other man-made objects. It was a fun and thoughtful activity that helped us appreciate the importance of caring for our environment.
We’ve learned so much this week—from geography to local nature—and we’re already looking forward to what next week will bring!
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Year 4 - Fabulous Learning
Fri 19 Sep 2025This week, Year 4 have been busy continuing learning of the new topics including character descriptions in English, electrical circuits in Science, and Anglo-Saxons in History. We are really looking forward to our Anglo-Saxon Day on the 29th September. In addition, we visited the Nature Reserve for the first time this year. We reminded each other about how the Nature Reserve works by having discussions and playing games. Furthermore, we have continued with hockey and gymnastics in our PE lessons, progressing our skills.
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Year 3- place value, instruction writing and a scavenger hunt!
Thu 18 Sep 2025This week, in our maths lessons, we worked hard on our understanding of place value. We learnt to partition 3 digit numbers in different ways and how to count on and back in ones, tens and hundreds. In our English lessons, we have started to look at the features of an instructional text, and over the next week, we will write our own instructions on ‘How to wash a Woolly Mammoth’. During PE, we continued to develop our hockey skills with some dribbling and passing games. Finally, we enjoyed our first session in the nature reserve with a scavenger hunt, where we had to find various natural and human-made objects. We followed this up with some games and den building!
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Year 6 - 1st Piece of Extended Writing
Thu 18 Sep 2025Year 6 have worked super hard these past few weeks on their first piece of writing on World War Two, which we're learning about in History, this half term. The children wrote their writing up neatly then read it to some children from the other Year 6 class. Some children even asked to stand up and read theirs in front of the class! It's great to see children work hard and be proud of something they've improved over the weeks.
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Welcome to Year 2
Fri 12 Sep 2025We’ve had a fantastic start to the new school year in Year 2! The children have settled in beautifully and it’s been lovely to see them playing with friends and enjoying their time together.
In Science, we’ve been exploring the fascinating world of animal homes. During our first week, the children took part in “Let’s Explore” activities, naming animal homes and thinking about what animal homes look like. This week, we took our learning outdoors to discover things that are alive, dead, or have never been alive—a brilliant way to spark curiosity and observation skills.
In English, we’ve been diving into stories set in the home. One of our favourites has been The Gorilla by Anthony Browne. The children have written some lovely sentences inspired by the story.
In Art, we’ve been experimenting with colour mixing and exploring tones by adding white to paint. The children created fantastic colour strips and used their paints with care and creativity. It’s been wonderful to see their confidence grow as they explore artistic techniques.
We’re so proud of how well the children have started the year and can’t wait to see all the amazing learning and growth ahead!
