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

• Year 2 Clay Creatures

  Wed 27 Sep 2023

  Year 2 have been busy creating clay creatures in the nature reserve. They have then used their knowledge of habitats from science to find a perfect place for their creature to live. 

  

• Stick Fun !

  Fri 22 Sep 2023 Mrs Satherley

   Last week we collected sticks from the nature reserve and this week we used pipe cleaners and wobbly eyes to create our own Stick Man characters.

  This week we have been learning about capital letters and we know they are used when writing names of people and places.  We also use capital letters at the start of our sentences. In the nature reserve this week we used sticks and other natural objects to make capital letters. Go on a hunt for capital letters. Can you spot capital letters when you are out and about ?

  

• Funky Fingers in Reception

  Thu 21 Sep 2023 H Mullins

  This week we have been using our fingers to design and create. It is party week so we’ve made things that are party related. Paper chains, play dough cakes, sand cakes. We have also started our Funky Fingers sessions where we do finger strengthening activities to music! We didn’t forget our gross motor skills by running, hopping and skipping in the hall for PE. Phew, now we need a rest.

  

• Year 4 - Mama Mia musicians!

  Thu 21 Sep 2023

  In music, Year 4 have enjoyed learning a classic Abba song, Mama Mia, and playing along with glockenspiels using different notes, timing and rests. 

   

  In history, we have looked at the causes of the Anglo Saxon invasion and debated what we thought was the most important.

   

  In English, we have been writing a fight scene between Beowulf and Grendel using powerful and exciting verbs. We have been practising our handwriting and forming letter shapes, sizes and joins beautifully.

   

  Well done to the children for their hard work.

   

   

  

• Year 6 - Artist Study

  Thu 21 Sep 2023

  As part of our art topic this term, we have been learning about art notes. We have listened to a range of music and discussed what colours, shapes and patterns we can see. This week, we created our own music notes. Have a look...

  

• Year 5 - Nature Reserve

  Thu 21 Sep 2023

  Year 5 pupils had a terrific time in the nature reserve and thoroughly enjoyed the fresh air and early autumn sunshine - especially after so much wind and rain recently! After another successful week of learning, the children were ready to spend some well-earned time outside, playing imaginative games, building dens and exploring the woods.

   

  Congratulations to all the children who won the den building competition!

  

• Year 5 & 6 nature club!

  Wed 20 Sep 2023

  The Year 5 & 6 nature club has started, with children keen to learn facts from our resident expert Dr Nige and help with the conservation of our local area.

   

  In the first session, we learned more about local wild flowers and enjoyed a sunny blackberry picking session with pots of fruit to take home.

   

  In the second session, we learned more about migratory birds and helped the wild flower area at the front of the school by weeding unwanted plants to help with next year's growth. 

   

  Well done to the children for their interest and enthusiasm 🌼 🌻 🌸 🌹 

   

   

   

  

• Year 4 - Bigger, faster, brighter!

  Fri 15 Sep 2023

  Bigger ... year 4 have been working with bigger numbers in Maths this week. We have started to look at identifying and representing numbers up to 10,000, and how they might look on a variety of number lines.

  Bigger ... in our Reading and English lessons, we have continued with our work on Beowulf. We have met the evil Grendel who is the biggest monster, and the hero Beowulf who is the strongest. The children have written some fantastic character descriptions of this mighty hero using their expanded noun phrases.

  Faster... in hockey, the children have become much more confident with holding the stick and being able to dribble the ball with greater speed and accuracy.

  Brighter ... in Science the children have been making their own circuits exploring different outputs and different objects that will keep the electricity travelling around the circuit. They worked out that more batteries can make the lights brighter!

  Lots of investigative fun!

   

  

• Year 6 World War Two

  Fri 15 Sep 2023

  As part of out history topic on Weymouth's part in World War Two, we jumped at the opportunity to see a Spitfire fly past for Battle of Britain day. Actually, the Spitfire turned out to be a Hurricane. Although the Spitfire is probably the most well known, it was actually the Hurricane that took down more German planes! 

  

• Year One - Beebots

  Fri 15 Sep 2023 Mrs Ireland

  In ICT, we have been learning how to program Beebots. We made the robot travel to a partner and we learnt how it needed to do a half turn to come back to us. Some of the children had a go at programming their Beebot to move in a square. We all learnt how it was really important to clear the previous instructions.

  We did really well and loved sharing our programming knowledge with our freinds.