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

• Year 3&4 bedtime stories!

  Fri 09 Feb 2024

  Years 3&4 had a lovely bedtime story evening this week, complete with hot chocolate and a biscuit and we enjoyed some tales from a visiting story teller. Keep enjoying those lovely bedtime stories in the evenings, they are such a great way to relax and unwind before going to sleep. Have a lovely half term everyone :-) 

  

• Year 6 - Writing

  Fri 09 Feb 2024

  Year 6 have been really busy with their writing this term. They have produce a Greek myth based on Theseus and the Minotaur and a biography on the life of Charles Darwin. Working exceptionally hard, they have used a range of Year 6 writing features, parenthesis, colons to introduce a list, semi colons to separate two main clauses, elipses as well as making purposeful language choices. Have a look at their wonderful work... 

  

• Year 5 - Pizzas

  Thu 08 Feb 2024

  Year 5 pupils have been getting creative in the kitchen, preparing and cooking some yummy-looking pizzas as part of this term’s DT topic. 

    

  Over the last few weeks, the children have been learning about what constitutes a healthy, balanced meal, using information from the NHS Eatwell Guide. They have learnt about the different food groups, the nutrients they provide and the proportions these groups should be eaten in. 

    

  The children designed their pizzas with all this information in mind, and they were able to bring their creations to life this week. 

    

  Thank you to all the parents and carers who sent in toppings this week – we really appreciate it. 

   

   

   

   

  

• Year 1 Dance

  Wed 07 Feb 2024 Mrs A

  We have really enjoyed having Carly, a dance teacher in for the last 3 weeks. The dance lessons have been linked to our History topic on Florence Nightingale. The children have been rowing boats through stormy seas, putting bandages on each other as well as scrubbing the hospital floors and windows all through the medium of dance!!! 

  The children have worked independently as well as with a partner using their imaginations. These sessions have been so much fun, thank you Carly! 

  

• Year 4 - Read all about it!

  Fri 02 Feb 2024

   

  This week the children have started to plan and write their own newspaper reports about an unexpected invasion of…frogs!

  The children have already looked at all the evidence, and now are able to report their findings. Look out for their final pieces next week.

  In indoor PE, the children worked superbly using all of the gym equipment. Some children also took the opportunity to demonstrate their unique talents.

  The children have also finished their maths topic on length and perimeter this week. Why don’t you ask the children about perimeters, polygons and rectilinear shapes? They will certainly impress you with their mathematical knowledge.

   

  We ended the week on a high, with our final tag rugby session. What  fabulously determined, competitive and caring sportspeople we have!

   

  

• Year 6 - ART

  Fri 02 Feb 2024

  In art this term, Year 6 have been exploring the work of Chuck Close and experimenting with collage techniques. To end the unit of learning, everyone created their own collaged face. Take a look at their wonderful creations... 

  

• Maths Parent Information Evening

  Mon 29 Jan 2024

  Parents and children were invited in to explore our maths methods during an information evening recently.

   

  They found out about the manipulatives (equipment) and written methods we use from Reception to Year 6 in addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and journaling. 

   

  Well done to all the adults and children who joined in the games, activities and examples so enthusiastically - we hope it was useful to find out more about how we teach maths so parents are better able to support children at home. 

  

• Year 4 Fabulous & Marvellous!

  Fri 26 Jan 2024

  Friday's are always 'Fabulous!' in year 4, for we have our outdoor PE sessions and French with Mrs Smith. We have been learning the names of our family members, for example, my mother is ma mère!

   

  We have also been rather 'Marvellous' during our Mindfulness lessons. On Wednesday, the MHST (Mental Health Schools Team) came to visit. This week, we talked about what makes a friendship work and concocted a Friendship Soup!

  We shall certainly try to follow their advice: 

  'The only way to have a friend is to be a friend.'

  'Treat others the way you want them to treat you.'

   

  Funnily enough, those two adjectives - marvellous and fabulous have the same ending as our spelling rule this week! We have been looking at adding the -ous suffix to our root words. 

   

  What a joyous week!

  

• Year Two - Art and Visitor

  Fri 26 Jan 2024 Mrs Mutch

  We have had a busy week this week, which finished with an exciting afternoon. We enjoyed making our collage in the style of Henri Matisse. We looked at examples of his work and then had a go at cutting and tearing paper to create our own masterpieces. 

   

  After that we had a visitor during our RE lesson, who came and talked about the Seder plate and what this means to Jewish people. We were able to talk about what we had already learnt and asked some interesting questions.

   

   

  

• Cave baby inspired Art work

  Thu 25 Jan 2024 Mullins

  This week we have been enjoying the book Cave Baby by Julia Donaldson. We have been inspired by the art work in the story. So, we decided to paint with mud in the Nature Reserve with sticks and brushes. We even used our hands so we got very muddy- and loved it! 

  Art in Nature is great fun.