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Year 1 have had a super week of learning. 

We are looking at the story Owl Babies as part of our English learning and used masks to retell the story in small groups. We had some super actors and actresses! 

We enjoyed practicing our gymnastic skills on a Monday and got to play some games…

The start of term has been very busy in Reception. We have had to learn all the school rules including how to tidy up as a team. On the carpet we have practised listening, following instructions and waiting for our turn to speak. We have also made lots of new friends.

This week, our topic…

We have had a busy time in Year 4 over the last couple of weeks.  Some of our Sports Leaders went off to Stovell for Sports Leader training, while some children completed their bikeability Level 1.

In Science, we have been looking at digestion and teeth.  The children enjoyed learning about the…

On Monday morning, we wrote our prediction for the end of a variation on a familiar fairy tale alongside this we expressed an overall opinion on the story. In a shorter than usual maths lesson we practised telling digital and analogue times. Due to the incredibly hot weather, lunch time play was…

We have had a busy few weeks in Year 2.

We have been making clay dragons and pots. We particularly enjoyed using the clay tools and painting them.

In English, we have explored a poem called ‘The Magic of the Brain’. We worked with a partner to perform a part of the poem. We wanted to include…

Year 1 have had a busy week of learning (in a very warm classroom!) 

In maths we have been looking at capacity and volume. We worked in table groups to find out which container had the biggest capacity. We counted how many cubes fitted into each container and recorded our results. 

Our…

It’s been a busy week in Reception as usual! We started off with a new topic ‘all about minibeasts’ by going on a minibeast hunt. We found lots of creepy crawlies around including ladybirds, snails, worms, ants, spiders, stag beetles and lots of woodlice!

We have enjoyed creating some…

The highlights of our learning in Y3 this week included the following:

On Monday, we revisited our learning on the Magna Carta with an active quiz. Then after a discussion on democracy, we worked in groups to decide and present 3 rights for a 21^st Century Great Charter. Some excellent and very…

We have had a lovely week in Year 2.

We have started learning about time in Maths. The children have been looking at telling the time to the nearest hour and half hour so far.

In Geography, we have been learning all about China. We found out about school life in China and wrote some letters…

We have had another super week of learning in Year 1 this week. 

In maths we have been partitioning two digit numbers into tens and ones. We used cubes to help us do this. 

We have enjoyed using the computers to create our own animated story. We created pictures and text, working on our…

It’s been another busy week in Reception Class. We have continued learning about Bears! We have learnt about teddy bears and real bears. We have measured our teddies, written descriptions about them and drawn them. We have also labelled a diagram of a bear. At the end of the week, we invited…

Last term, in DT the children investigated how torches worked and then applied this knowledge to create their own torch using a plastic bottle and different components.  They then had to design their own ‘hands-free’ headlamp for someone walking their dog at night.  This term the children made…