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

• Year 2 - Number Bonds and Spelling

  Fri 18 Oct 2024 Mrs Mutch

  This week Year Two have been using their number bonds to ten to solve addition problems. They have explored diffferent apparatus to add two one digit numbers by making ten. They then went on to add three one digit number by adding pairs that make ten first. This was really tricky and we will come back to explore this later in the year.

   

  On Friday the children had fun searching for words with more than one syllable hidden in the classroom. They then clapped the syllables to help with their spelling and wrote the words down.  

   

  In science, the children have been exploring food chains and were able to talk about which creatures ate who and what would happen if one part of the food chain was not available. We are all looking forward to our trip to Lorton Meadows next week to learn more about this.

  

• Year 1 - Our Exhibition of 'Things from the Past'

  Fri 18 Oct 2024 Mrs Ireland

  It was lovely to see so many people at our exhibition of 'Things from the past'. The children have really enjoyed looking at the items and talking about how they have changed.

  A big thank you also to Mr Kemp who brought in an old projector and showed us a very old Disney film.

   

   

  

• Year 4 - exciting experiences

  Thu 17 Oct 2024

  Year 4 have had a few exciting experiences this week!

   

  On Tuesday, we joined an online session with a real author, Ruth Quayle. She explained how she became a writer, how her imagination at school led her to write stories at a a young age, and how she simply loves writing today. She read an extract from one of her books, Marvellous Mabel. The children were fascinated with her presentation. 

   

  The children also experienced a visit to what was once known as the Life Education Van. This time however, it was more of a Life Education tent! The children loved going inside the special tent in our music hut, seeing Harold the giraffe, finding out about the different systems within their body and how to stay healthy, and about how to compromise with friends to get win-win outcomes. 

   

  This week in the nature reserve was all about the creatures! Not real ones though - we used natural materials to make our own creative creatures. Check out their clever art work in the photos. 

   

   

  

• Reception - Sorting Sorting and More Sorting

  Mon 14 Oct 2024

  This week in our Maths sessions in Recpetion we have been busy sorting! We have sorted by shape, by colour, by size, by type...we even sorted Mrs Mullins' socks out!!! Stinky!!

   

  We chatted a lot about when something is the same and when it is different. We then had to design a matching pair of socks.

   

  It is safe to say, we are so good at sorting, we are good enough to sort the socks out at home now.

  

• Year 2 - Looking for Mini Beasts and Visiting The Library

  Fri 11 Oct 2024 Mrs Mutch

  This week Year Two have started work on recounts. The children thought about the events of their day and learnt about writing in the past tense. They have learnt the rules for adding the suffix ed to different words and written some super sentences about events in their day.

   

  The children had an exciting day on Wednesday looking for minibeasts in different microhabitats. They looked under logs, on paths and in bushes. They found lots of woodlouse and spiders! It was very muddy too but they had lots of fun!

   

  On Friday the children visited the library and they got the chance to bring a library book home. We hope you enjoy reading them with them! 

  

• Year 3 - Character Descriptions and Clay Sculptures

  Fri 11 Oct 2024

  This week, in our English sessions, we continued to work on our expanded noun phrases through planning and writing a character description of either Aunt Sponge or Aunt Spiker, from our class book ‘James and the Giant Peach’. In our Art lessons, we experimented with clay and then planned and made our own sculptures in the style of Barbara Hepworth.

  

• Harvest Festival Collection

  Fri 11 Oct 2024

  We have been collecting food for our Harvest Festival collection this week. Thank you to everyone who made a donation, the table was overflowing with lots of wonderful food which was collected by Weymouth Foodbank.

   

   

  

• 5R's trip to WOEC

  Tue 08 Oct 2024

  5R had an absolutely amazing time on their trip to WOEC. Despite the winds and persistent rain, the children showed incredible resilience and enthusiasm. From tackling the climbing wall to crawling through tunnels and engaging in low-level bouldering at Portland Quarry, every moment was a chance to push themselves beyond their comfort zones and of course into multiple puddles!

  Their laughter was a testament to their ability to turn challenges into moments of fun and discovery. Each child, whether on the climbing wall or navigating the quarry, faced their challenges head-on, demonstrating bravery, perseverance, and teamwork.

  Well done 5R!

  

• Year One - Lets Explore Tasks

  Tue 08 Oct 2024 Mrs Ireland

  The children have been enjoying their let's explore tasks. In drawing club this week, we have been looking at 'Alien's Love Underpants' and they have enjoyed drawing their aliens. We are designing our own fun pants and writing labels for various pictures in the book. We have used other materials such as, lolly sticks, pipe-cleaners, card and wiggley eyes to make their own alien. We certainly all know how to use a sellotape dispenser now!!!

  

• Year 6 - History topic

  Tue 08 Oct 2024

  In Year 6, this half term, we have been exploring World War Two as part of our History topic. The children have had a brilliant time learning about this very important part of history.