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Oak class had great fun learning how to drive our Greenpower car ready for our race day in June.

Oak created a Viking museum using their knowledge they have gained throughout our history topic. The rest of the school came to visit and were amazed by the Viking artefacts on display.

Using our  circuit building knowledge we designed and created a working torch. You can tell by these pictures how pleased we are with the results.

Year 1 have been busy mathematicians this week as we explored finding quarters of a quantity!

We started by reminding ourselves that a quarter means 4 equal parts. To help us understand this practically, we used 4 paper plates to represent the 4 parts and carefully shared counting animals…

Over the past few weeks, Maple Class have been busy becoming designers and engineers during our D&T project! The children were challenged to design and create a sturdy, imaginative pencil pot that was both appealing and fit for purpose.

First, the children carefully explored different ideas and…

This week, we were very lucky to have some special visitors from the NHS come into school to teach us all about looking after our teeth!

The children learned lots of important facts about how to keep their teeth clean and healthy, including how often we should brush them and which foods and…

Reception have been busy exploring weight this week through lots of practical, hands-on maths activities!

We started the week outdoors by becoming weight detectives. The children searched the outdoor area for different objects and worked together to sort them into two groups: heavy and light.…

Some of the children in Willow class sat in our outdoor reflection area for our morning worship today.

What an incredible day we had at Rosliston Forestry Centre!

The children were full of excitement as we became real-life nature detectives, exploring a range of different habitats around the centre in search of minibeasts. Armed with nets, brushes and magnifiers, we carefully searched high and…

Our theme for Art week centred round marine preservation, particularly the dangers of plastic in the ocean.

We discussed how art can have a purpose and is often quite poignant.

In our sketch book we planned our piece of art and began collecting plastic recycling to add to the art.

We…

 Willow Class tested different circuits to see if it would light their bulbs.

Willow class have thoroughly enjoyed designing and creating book covers. We thought carefully about the appropriate fastenings and how we will add the details.

Sewing has become one of our favourite things.

Once we had completed our covers we evaluated the finished pieces against our…