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

• Year 4 - Leeson Day 2

  Wed 17 May 2023

  After a pretty good night's sleep, we were all ready for another day; it it has been another busy and sunny day here at Leeson House.

   

  We have spent most of the day exploring the outdoors. We all really enjoyed pond dipping and found lots of great creatures which we learnt lots about. 

   

  We have also been working on our map and compass skills and taken part in orienteering around the site.

   

  Lots of team building and games in the field.

   

  On top of all of this we have found time to ensure our rooms are nice and clean and tidy and also enjoy the Leeson food.

   

  We are all looking forward to tomorrow.

  

• Year 4 - Leeson Day 1

  Tue 16 May 2023

  The first day at Leeson has been busy and exhausting but BRILLIANT!

   

  The children were fantastic on the walk to Dancing Ledge. It was such a beautiful sunny day and the tales of smugglers, local wildlife and geology were all fascinating. 

   

  The children also took part in orienteering around the Leeson House site. Their map-reading skills were great!

   

  Then came the job of bed making! Wow! That was an event in itself. The children were all very keen to get going as many of them had said about working on this at home. There were many children tangled up amongst their bedding at times, but they all got there in the end. What a great skill to have acquired.

   

  They are all looking forward to day 2.

  

• Year 2 - Fun Times

  Fri 12 May 2023 FProbert

  So much fun!

  Last week the Year 2's, along with the rest of the school, enjoyed their afternoon of celebrating the King's coronation. The children enjoyed eating their delicious cakes. Thank you to all the parents for supplying the children with these ( and for supplying extras for other children and staff!)

  The children have also been busy planting their sunflowers and investigating the difference between seeds, bulbs and tubers. There were a lot of runny eyes after Science this week!

  Friday afternoon was full steam ahead, as the children began the making of the vehicles. Watch this space to see their finished products. 

  

• Natural art insects in Reception

  Fri 12 May 2023

  The children have been creating insects using natural materials. 

  They look fabulous. The brilliant thing about natural art it is can happen outdoors! Maybe make a natural piece of art and leave it for someone to find? Have fun. 

  

• Year One - Growing and labelling plants

  Thu 11 May 2023 Mrs ireland

  Over the past few weeks, we have watched our runner bean seeds grow. With sunlight, warmth, water and some soil, most of our seeds have grown into young plants. 

  We have made our own plant pictures and labelled parts of the plants. 

  Quite a few of us got very sticky fingers but we all enjoyed it. 

  Why not have a look at the photos?

  

• Year 5 - Mummification

  Thu 11 May 2023

  As part of our history topic on the ancient Egyptians, Year 5 ‘mummified’ some tomatoes.

  Although the children didn’t actually wrap the tomatoes in bandages or place the fruit into a sarcophagus, they followed similar preparatory steps to those that were practised thousands of years ago. To mimic the removal of a pharaoh’s squishy innards, the children removed the tomato seeds and the surrounding pulp. They then covered the remains of the tomatoes in salt to preserve them, similar to the ancient Egyptian technique of drying and preserving bodies with natron (a mixture of sodium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate).

  We will be checking the fruity pharaohs over the next couple of weeks, and, who knows, we may even get the bandages out!

   

  

• year 6 - Science

  Thu 11 May 2023

  This week in science, Year 6 went to the nature reserve to collect a variety of leaves. Once back in the classroom, they sorted them according to different criteria. Have a look at how they were sorted... 

  

• Year 3 samba and Coronation 🥁

  Tue 09 May 2023

  Year 3 are enjoying some fabulous samba drumming sessions, led by the Dorset Music Service teachers. They have played lots of different Brazilian instruments and are starting to make some great rhythms and patterns.

   

  We had a lovely Coronation celebration with some great outfits. Well done to everyone for getting involved. 👑 🤴 

  

• Year 6 - Music

  Fri 05 May 2023

  As part of our music topic this term, Year 6 are creating their own lyrics to a rap. This week, 6M had a go at performing their songs... 

  

• Year One - Design Technology

  Fri 05 May 2023 Mrs Ireland

  We have had lots of fun learning all about slide, lever and wheel mechanisms.

  We also enjoyed eating our cakes to celebrate King Charles' Coronation on the the playground this afternoon.