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

• Year One - All about our senses

  Tue 28 Jan 2025 Mrs Ireland

  This week, we have been learning about the five senses. We have been figuring out what was in the feelly bag using our sense of touch and smelled various food items. We put our sense of taste to the test by identifying whether a food was salty, sweet, bitter or sour.

  We played noise bingo and drew pictures of our eyes!!

  Gosh, its been a busy week!

  

• Year 2 Poetry Workshop

  Tue 28 Jan 2025

  This week, Year 2 have had some special visitors working with them to create some wonderful poetry. The children's poems were inspired by where they live and what they love about Weymouth and their home. They had a chance to write a longer poem with a repeating line, and then they created cinquain poems with very strict rules on the number of syllables in each line. The children thoroughly enjoyed the morning and their poems were extremely impressive.

  

• Reception - Capacity and Weight

  Tue 28 Jan 2025

  We have been investigating if things are heavier or lighter in maths this week using balance scales and have even had a go at being a pair of balance scales ourselves.

   

  We have also been exploring capacity and seeing how much of something can fit in a container. We used cubes, water, rice and blocks to see how many would fill containers.

  

• Year 3 - Rehearsals, Writing and Division.

  Fri 24 Jan 2025 Mr Taylor

  This week, we have been busy continuing our Panto Pandemonium rehearsals, with the children showing fantastic enthusiasm and teamwork as they bring their roles to life.

  In maths, we’ve been learning how to divide 2-digit numbers by 1-digit numbers, using different strategies to build confidence and understanding.

  In English, the children have been working on writing non-chronological reports about their chosen animals. They’ve enjoyed researching interesting facts and presenting their information clearly and creatively.

• Hockey tournament

  Fri 24 Jan 2025

  A group of Year 5 & 6 children took part in an inter-school hockey tournament this week at Redlands - for some children this was their first proper match experience, while others had played before, but all the children joined in brilliantly and played with great enthusiasm! They showed great sporting behaviour and super team spirit. Well done to everyone :-) 

  

• Year Two Nature Reserve

  Fri 24 Jan 2025 Mrs Mutch

  In the nature reserve this week, we learnt how to tie a shoe lace knot. We found our favourite trees and gave it a hug, then had to work as a team to tie a bow on our tree using the knot we had learnt. We then worked as a year group and played hide and seek. 

   

  

• Year 6 - Art

  Thu 23 Jan 2025

  This half term, Year 6 have begun researching the artist Chuck Close, and have created fantastic work from it. 

   

   

  

• Year One - The Bank of Dreams of Nightmares - Poetry

  Thu 23 Jan 2025 Mrs Ireland

  During the week, we had some visitors from 'The Bank of Dreams and Nightmares'. They inspired the children to write poetry about their home and where they live.The children thoroughly enjoyed working with the adults and produced some amazing poems that will eventually be published into a real poetry book.

  

• Year 5 - Biome in a Bag

  Tue 21 Jan 2025

  As part of our geography topic on biomes, the children in Year 5 have made their own ‘biome in a bag’.

  Using soil, gravel, water, cress seeds and a plastic bag, the children have explored the essentials for plant life to thrive, as well as revising the water cycle.

  We are looking forward to watching the seeds grow.

  

• Year 4 - Have you heard the news? Is Radipole really suggesting shorter play times and a shorter school day?

  Tue 21 Jan 2025

  OF COURSE NOT!

  However, in English this week, this was the theme for our persuasive letter writing. 

  First of all, the children came up with some brilliant reasons why we should or should not have shorter play times. They then had to back up those reasons with evidence and use a rhetorical question to help persuade Mrs McCann. 

  What are your thoughts on the idea? Why not have a detailed conversation with your friends about it?

  We have continued to work hard in all lessons and clubs - we have enjoyed more badminton and cricket coaching this week. We love school. I wonder if we should make the school day even longer? ;0)