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We have had a very active and interesting fortnight exploring the outdoors and learning a great deal along the way.

The children have enjoyed a variety of different hunting activities. First we hunted for minibeasts, then we hunted for bears and yesterday we hunted for numbers!

The class…

We had a fantastic time when Junior Lego STEM visited us.  We each made Lego spinners using our own algorithms.

Please read the comments below received from John Kirk, the storyteller who visited school last week.

I am very proud of all the staff and children.

I visited Gillibrand Primary School on Wednesday 20th September 2017 to present a retelling of Roald Dahl's "The Twits" to the whole…

Year Two had an amazing time on Monday learning how to programme with Lego Robotics. We made Lego models and then programmed them using computer software. Our models could rotate, light up and some of them even sounded like helicopters!

All our children have enjoyed the STEM days and I am so impressed with their knowledge.

I have really enjoyed listening to the children tell me about what they have done and what they have learned.

Nick, from Junior STEM, said how well behaved all our children were and how impressed he was…

Today we have had lots of fun in our Lego Robotics workshop. Nick, from Junior STEM, showed us the Lego we would be using to construct a model and then we applied our knowledge of algorithms and programming to programme, monitor and control our crocodiles. We all learnt a lot and managed to debug…

Sycamore Class have had a great morning with the Junior Stem Robotics workshop.  Initally they built a basic structure and had to program it to move using a simple algorithm.  Once the children had become accustomed to the equipment, they were set a challenge to create a moving monster.  The…

Today year four enjoyed a workshop carried out by Junior STEM Primary Robotics. 

The skills they had to cover were:

• identify lego pieces
• use engineering skills to build a Merry-Go-Round out of Lego.
• use programming skills to write an algorithm to control the Merry-Go-Round
• use…

Today year three enjoyed a workshop carried out by Junior STEM Primary Robotics. At first they were introduced to the STEM robotic kits and asked to build a basic structure. The pupils were then asked to program a simple algorithm to make it move (clockwise and anti- clockwise), change colour, add…

On Wednesday Year 6 children took part in a Multisports Competition.

The team worked really well together and worked hard to earn a bronze place finish!  

Well done to our team; Thea, Eddie, Samira, Curtis, James, Archie, Ruby, Ebony and Will.  

On Wednesday, we had our first music lesson with our glockenspiels.  We enjoyed learning the notes and played the note 'E' along to the music.

As part of our DT curriculum, we looked at, designed and began to make our dream catchers.  We will complete our dream catchers next week.