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

• Year One - Computing

  Fri 24 Feb 2023 Mrs I

  We have been working on Purple Mash and learning how to simply program a character or animal to walk around the screen. We have used directional arrows and learnt how to check our programs by

  de-bugging the program.

  

• Year 3 & 4 bedtime story evening!

  Fri 24 Feb 2023

  Year 3 & 4 came back to school one evening this week in a wonderful array of colourful pyjamas, onesies and dressing gowns for a super bedtime story evening! We enjoyed some classic Greek legends from Chris Connaughton the story teller, with hot chocolate and a biscuit as well.

   

  The children thoroughly enjoyed the excitement and the stories 🤩 

  

• Year 6- Safer Schools Community Team Visit

  Wed 22 Feb 2023

  This week, Year 6 have been joined by Stuart from The Safer Schools Community Team. Our discussion centred around on-line safety. Here is a summary of what we discussed: 

  1. On-line chats should be positive.
  2. Think before sending a message.
  3. Everyone in Year 6 is above the age of criminal responsibility.
  4. Digital footprint are left by everything we do on-line.
  5. On-line bullying involves a range of behaviours: leaving someone out; being unkind; threatening; deliberately embarrassing someone; and using inappropriate language. 
  6. Age limits are established by the creators of content. 
  7. If it doesn't feel right, it isn't. 
  8. The Nan Test: if you wouldn't share it with your nan, it isn't suitable. 

  Did you know 35% of the children said they wouldn't show their parents everything on their phones!

  

• Reception - Longer and Shorter

  Fri 10 Feb 2023

  This week we have been learning all about length. 

  We can use the words compare, longer, longest, shorter, shortest, long and short. 

  We can measure using string, cubes and other small objects to compare length.

  we found sticks in the Nature Reserve to practice using our new knowledge. 

  

• Year 1 and 2 - Story Telling Evening

  Fri 10 Feb 2023 Mrs I

  Lots of excited children joined us for our story telling evening. The children came in their pyjamas and listened to different stories read by members of staff. They loved drinking hot chocolate and munched on biscuits halfway through the session. 

  Hopefully they they slept well after listening to our relaxing stories and were ready for bed!

  It was lovely to see so many parents at our parent talk and we hope you have a better understanding of how we teach reading and phonics in KS1.

  

• Year 5 - Pizzas

  Thu 09 Feb 2023

  Year 5 pupils have been getting creative in the kitchen this week, 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 6 - Children's Mental Health Week

  Thu 09 Feb 2023

  This week is Children's Mental Health Week. The theme this year is all about Let's Connect. After a discussion about connections, the children created a jigsaw piece about their connections. Have a look at some of them...

  

• Year 3 - Play sneak peek

  Tue 07 Feb 2023

  We are very excited to say that out first live performance to Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 was a massive hit. This is a little reminder that we will be performing to families and carers on Thursday 9th at 2:30 🎉

  

• Year 4 - Newspaper reports

  Fri 03 Feb 2023

  This week in our maths lessons, we learnt to convert between mm, cm, m and km. In our English lessons, we pretended to be journalists, and we started looking at evidence and making notes about a news story concerning flying frogs over Weymouth. Once we had finished, we began to write our newspaper articles about this strange event.

  

• Year 2 - Learning from those around us

  Thu 02 Feb 2023 FProbert

  This week, the children have been learning a lot as usual, but not just in our regular classroom lessons.

   

  On Monday, children in 2H had an assembly form a visiting headteacher, who spoke to the children about books and creating interesting titles. Class 2P had an extra special assembly from Mrs McCann who shared many fascinating facts about books. Did you know the most purchased book in the world is the Bible? The Bible is one many different sacred religious books. In Judaism, the sacred book is The Torah.

   

  This half term, Year 2 children have been learning about Judaism and about the Passover feast, a celebratory event in the Jewish calendar. Daniel’s mum came in to talk to the children about her faith, and about Passover. At the Passover feast, the food is specifically chosen to symbolise the story of the Exodus story, and is carefully laid out on the Seder plate. It helps them to retell this historical story. Mrs Greenfield brought in some Matzo bread for the children to try. They also tried parsley and horseradish (truthfully tartare sauce bought by accident instead of horseradish!), which is used to symbolise the bitter times they endured before being freed. 

   

  In the Nature Reserve, we learned how to use a proper compass to help locate NSEW. The children also had fun making clay wombat and creating a home for it deep in the Reserve.

   

  In our weekly singing lesson, the children are learning the new Radipole song. This song was written and composed by Mr Hargreaves (with a little extra help from his friends). Watch out for our performance sometime in the near future!

   

  Don’t forget to look at the birds in your garden or park this weekend. The Eco Team sent out a letter about it. Hopefully, you will all be able to take part in this important event.