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

• Year 6 - Day 1 Residential

  Mon 10 Jun 2024

  What a busy day it has been!
   

  We had a great time seeing all the animals at Longleat. The giraffes were a real highlight. The boat trip was great too and some of us even got to feed the sea lions.

   

  All settled in to our accommodation and enjoyed a guided evening walk which we did with a pirate. Arrrr!

   

  All very tired and having a super sleep ready for another busy day tomorrow.

  

• The Snail and the Whale in Reception.

  Thu 06 Jun 2024 H Mullins

  This week the favourite story, ‘The Snail and The Whale’ was used as our focus for the week. The children created lots of crafts relating to the story. They changed the main characters and the setting to make new stories. Reception are very imaginative. 

  

• Year 6 - Oral Hygiene Session

  Thu 06 Jun 2024

  This week we were fortunate to be the first school to receive a session from a team at TePe to teach us how to look after our teeth. We used disclosing tablets to see where the plaque was. If the patches were pink they were recent deposits, and if they were purple, they were long standing deposits. We then learnt how to brush our teeth properly and look after our gums. To top it off, we were all given a goody bag. 

  

• Year 5 - Solar System

  Thu 06 Jun 2024

  Year 5 pupils have been investigating the solar system this week.

  The excellent experimenters took to the school field, with groups representing the Sun and the eight planets – Pluto no longer counts.

   

  To demonstrate the relative distances of the planets from the Sun and in relation to each other, children spread themselves around the field, with Mercury just a single step from the Sun and Neptune a distant 76 steps away.

  

• year 1 - Looking for Wild Flowers!

  Tue 04 Jun 2024 Mrs Ireland

  In science this week, we have talked about wild flowers and what the difference is between these and garden flowers. We had a go at spotting wild flowers around the school grounds. We spotted dog roses, nettles, clover and buttercups, just to name a few. 

  The children were so excited to count so many and we talked about how important wild flowers were for bees and insects.

   

  

• Year 4 - Leeson House Day 2

  Mon 27 May 2024

  After a good night's sleep we were up and eager to get going on our second day at Leeson House.

   

  Day 2 was almost as sunny as day 1 until later on in the day the heavens opened up. Luckily, we had most of our outdoor activities done by the time the rain poured down.

   

  We found some great wildlife pond dipping. Some of us were a bit unsure of the creatures we found, but we all gave it a good go. 

   

  We also did some map work. We were shown how to orientate the map, and we used compasses to locate north, south, east and west. We do love a bit of Geography!

   

  The team games we played were great fun. Some of us were better then others, but we all had a laugh giving them a good go. 

   

  And...the exciting bit...we got to visit the Leeson shop! I'm sure all the parents will enjoy seeing the things we chose to buy when we get home. 

   

  Breakfast, lunch and dinner has all been great, and we are certainly being well fed. 

   

  All very tired but happy (including the teachers).

  

• Year 3 - 3D shapes

  Fri 24 May 2024

  Over the past 2 weeks we have been looking at shape in Year 3. To explore 3D shapes and their properties we created our own using blue tac and straws. While we made our shapes we had lots of conversation about how many vertices, edges and faces our shapes had. Great work Year 3!

• Year 2 - Inside our Bodies and Evaluating our Vehicles

  Fri 24 May 2024 Mrs Mutch

  This week we have been working hard on our George and The Dragon stories. The children tried to make their sentences longer using and, but and because and by using adjectives.  

   

  In PSHE we have been talking about inside our bodies and played a game to help learn the name and function of different body organs.

   

  In science we had lots of fun making sycamore seeds. We then used these to investigate how we could make them fly further.

  

• Year 6 - Nash Cup

  Thu 23 May 2024

  Year 6 had to privilege of competing in the highly-anticipated Nash Cup annual event. They worked well as a team to create some amazing pattern of play. Our group was full of tough competition, but the team defended well and advanced to the knockout stages and were beaten by a well-drilled opposition. Radipole finished third on the day for the large schools competition, and each player should be proud for the role they played and how well they played in their respective positions.

  

• Year 5 - Nature Reserve visit and visitor

  Thu 23 May 2024

  This week we were lucky enough to have a specialist visit us in the Nature Reserve to lead a session on the water cycle! We made water filtration systems with mostly natural objects to filter the water, then we boiled it on a fire! 

   

  Thanks again to our visitor. The children thoroughly enjoyed it and were amazing at using these survival skills!