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This week, Class One were joined by the wonderful children from Class Three to create their beautiful Christingles in preparation for our upcoming church service. Working together, the older children helped the younger ones with each step, from assembling the orange the symbolic ribbon, dried…

As part of our shape topic in Class One, EYFS have been exploring the exciting world of 3D shapes! The children have been busy sorting a variety of 3D shapes such as cubes, pyramids, cones, cylinders and spheres. Through hands-on activities, they’ve not only been learning the names of these shapes…

In our recent art lessons, the children in Class One became cartographers, creating beautiful maps of our local village, Clifton Campville! Using a satellite image, the children carefully drew the layout of their village, including houses, roads, fields, trees and the school, all from an aerial…

In our latest computing lesson, Class One had a blast using iPads to take photos and edit them like pros! Linking to their geography topic, the children snapped aerial photographs of objects in the classroom. They explored how to adjust the brightness, change the size, and play with the colour and…

We finished our busy assessment week with a relaxing yoga session. Well done everyone you have shown such perseverance! 

This week, Class One took a meaningful journey into the season of Advent. We explored the tradition of the Advent wreath and learned about the special significance of its four candles. Each candle holds a unique meaning - hope, peace, joy and love - reminding Christians of the journey leading to…

In preparation for designing their own recipes, the children tested different sauces, looking at texture, flavour and the look of them.

The school enjoyed a service led by Rev John Grace celebrating the life and achievements of St Andrew.

Today we celebrated St Andrews Day in church.

In music today we told the story of Little Red Riding Hood using tuned and untuned percussion instruments. We used tempo, timbre and dynamics to create our characters, show how they were feeling and what actions were taking place.

To kick off our new maths topic, shape, Class One embarked on a thrilling shape hunt to discover circles and triangles in their environment. From the round wheels of a tricycle to triangular leaves and bug houses, the children were amazed by how shapes are part of everyday life. The activity…

In Art this week we have been learning about the technique of Frottage. This is where you take rubbings from textured surfaces to form a picture. It was a technique created by the artist Max Ernst.