Radipole Primary School
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Year 2 - Moving Vehicles
Fri 08 May 2026This week in Year Two, we have been busy making our own moving vehicles. We started by looking carefully at our designs and thinking about how our vehicles would move.
The children made an important choice about their wheels. Some decided to use a fixed wheel, while others chose a fixed axle. We talked about how each one works and tested them to see how they moved.
Once our vehicles were built, it was time for the best part — painting and decorating! The classroom was full of colour and creativity as everyone worked hard on their designs.
We had great fun making our vehicles and were very proud to see them move. The children showed excellent teamwork, creativity and perseverance throughout the activity. Well done, Year Two! 🌟
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Year 3 flower experiments
Thu 07 May 2026As part of our science topic on ‘plants’, both year 3 classes have been involved in experiments with flowers. Our favourite experiment so far, is to add two different food colourings to the water in the pots of two white flowers. We predicted, that the xylems in the flowers would suck up the coloured water and distribute it to the flowers’ white petals, changing their colour. As you can see- we were right!
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Year 4 - The fabulous outdoors
Thu 07 May 2026Year 4 have had a fabulous week having had their first swimming lesson and an exciting Nature Reserve lesson.
The pool was looking perfect (thanks to Mr Hathaway's careful attention and cleaning). The water was perfect, as the children got themselves reacquainted with the rules and expectations of pool safety.
In the Nature Reserve, the children explored the new resources (thanks to Mrs Hunter for her Forest School input), had a go at a team-building problem-solving activity and also built their own dens (big and small)!
The children have now designed their pencils cases, so that they can then start making them over the next two weeks!
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Year 6 Art David Hockney
Wed 06 May 2026Year 6 have been busy this week creating beautiful artist studies on David Hockney.
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Years 3 & 4 Multi-Sports Festival
Tue 05 May 2026On Friday 1st May selected children from Years 3 and 4 were fortunate to join in a Multi-Sports Festival at Radipole Park Drive. They were introduced to Petanque, Pickleball and Quik Cricket. They also managed to sneak in a fabulous playtime and lunch too! It was a day full of fun, collaboration and exploring!
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Year 3 scientists and reporters!
Fri 01 May 2026Year 3 have been busy exploring their science topic of plants - we have investigated what plants need to live, the best thing to feed them, and to investigate xylem and capillary action through a flower and celery test with coloured water. Well done to all the children for their great enthusiasm and super questions.
In English, we have been writing a newspaper report about the dragon spotted flying over the school, as soon on the news! Did you see it?
Our maths this week has been investigating unit and non-unit fractions of amounts. We have realised how important our times tables knowledge is, and the related division facts! These make life so much easier, so keep working hard on them :-)
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Incredible Girls Year 4 football team!
Fri 01 May 2026The Year 4 girls football team played in a tournament at St George's School on Portland this week. They played superbly, with lots of great teamwork and positive spirit! Having won our group stage, we won the play-off for third place on a thrilling penalty shoot-out! Well done to all the girls for their great attitude and hard work :-)
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Year Two - Investigating plants and vehicles
Thu 30 Apr 2026This week in Year 2 we have been very busy with our learning and have had lots of fun along the way!
In English, we have been writing letters to Mr Hathaway inspired by the story The Day the Crayons Quit. We imagined that different classroom objects had something important to say! The children wrote from the point of view of items like pencils, glue sticks and rubbers, explaining how they feel and what the children could do to look after them better. We loved sharing our letters and thinking about how small changes can make a big difference in our classroom.
In Design and Technology, we have begun exploring wheels and axles. The children investigated how they work and why they are so important for moving objects. We then used this knowledge to design our own moving vehicles, carefully thinking about what they will look like and how they will move. We are very excited to start making our vehicles next week!
In Science, we have been learning all about seeds, bulbs and tubers. The children really enjoyed cutting them up and looking inside to find the different parts. We compared how each one stores food and talked about how this helps a new plant to grow. It was fascinating to see how different they are, even though they all do the same job.
Well done Year 2 for another fantastic week of learning! 🌟
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Year 6 - Reasoning Trail
Thu 30 Apr 2026Year 6 have been enjoying getting out in the sunshine this week to do some exploring of reasoning questions in a fun, active and engaging way.
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Year 5- Poetry Performance
Fri 24 Apr 2026This week, the children were lucky enough to have the opportunity to visit the Pavilion, where they took part in a truly memorable experience. They were absolutely brilliant throughout the visit and performed The Highwayman confidently as a team. The children used clear, loud voices, worked extremely well together, and supported one another throughout the performance.
In addition to performing, the children also had the opportunity to become part of the audience, showing excellent behaviour, respect, and enthusiasm as they watched others perform.
We are exceptionally proud of the children, as they represented Radipole wonderfully both on and off the stage. It was a joy to see their confidence, teamwork, and commitment shine through. Well done to all of Year 5!
