Whatever the weather!
We have had a fabulous start to 2018 in Reception Class. The children were very excited to be back at school and have enjoyed getting back in to the swing of things.
Our new topic this half-term is The Weather. We kick-started our new topic with the story of Noah's Ark this week.
Looking…
Force and Magnets!
Today in Willow Class, the children started their new science topic; Forces and Magnets. Children investigated how things move on different surfaces and learned about the forces; pull, push and friction.
Bird feeders in Year 5
As the weather has become colder, Year 5 have made bird feeders to help our feathered friends.
They mixed the ingredients together then placed them around the school grounds. We look forward to seeing the different birds that might visits for a feast!
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A great start to 2018.
What a great start we have had to 2018 in year 4.
This week the children have been up to lots of exciting things to start the new year off.
This week we have had a book focus on 'Intergalactic Ed and the Space Pirates'. The children have completed some non-fiction work on this and also art…
Creating DNA models
Today we have started our new science topic of evolution and inheritance. We started the topic by learning about DNA. The children were very interested in this and came up with lots of facts. We then learnt about scientific studies of DNA and created our own helix models using midget gems. And the…
Cheerleading
Today Mrs Smith started our new PE unit on cheerleading...with real pom poms! We created a dance in unison keeping in time to beats of 8. We then made up a canon sequence with groups doing their own routines one after another.
It was great fun! Next week we are going to add some cheerleading…
Trash
Class novel: Trash
After finishing this class novel, we have awarded Trash by Andy Mulligan 5 stars!
Discussing the story as a class, we decided the main themes are:
Courage and friendship
Here are some of the comments from Year 6 pupils:
"It was great. It was one of the…
Happy New Year!
I hope you all had a great Christmas and I wish you all the very best for 2018.
I will see you all again on Monday 8th January.
Christmas Cards
Phew! Now that the Christmas cards have gone home, I can share the photographs with you showing all the hard work that the children put into making the Christmas cards.
One of our DT objectives is to use a 'slider' mechanism and what better way to do it than to have the children sledging down…
Merry Christmas
I hope you all have a relaxing and enjoyable Christmas and a very Happy New Year!
I will see you all in 2018.
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Born in a Barn
the children put on a fantastic performnace of 'Born in a Barn' this Christmas and we are all extremely proud of them. Here are some photographs from the performances.
Christmas Dinner
What a wonderful time we all had tucking in to our Christmas dinner!
Merry Christmas from Year 1!