PE: Knights, Dragons, and Ball Skills!
Maple Class showed off their brilliant agility and control during PE this week as we tackled essential dribbling and bouncing skills through a high-energy game called Dragons, Knights, and Castles!
How to Play
- The Knights: Armed with a ball, the knights had to dribble and bounce their way…
Big Dreams Start Here!
Our classroom door has had an inspirational makeover! Inspired by the fantastic Little People, BIG DREAMS book series, Maple Class have been thinking carefully about the future and what they hope to achieve.
We spent time talking about our goals for this school year—like making new friends,…
Year 6 leavers
What an incredible way to celebrate our year 6 children. In our beautiful church surrounded by our friends and family we shared our memories and poems to send our year 6 friends off in style.
There may have been quite a few tears mixed in with the laughter 🤭.
Stone Age Boy
In English Willow class, to link with our topic on the Stone Age, have been reading Stone Age Boy.
We then wrote our own stories based on this story.
Traditional Tales Science Experiment – The Princess and the Pea
As part of our learning around traditional tales, the children carried out a science investigation inspired by the story of The Princess and the Pea.
We wanted to find out how many layers it would take before we could no longer feel the “pea” hidden underneath!
Our Reception children became…
Conkers trip
What an incredible time we all had at Conkers!
To support our topic on The Stone Age we worked with Ranger Jack to take part in many enjoyable activities.
We did, cave paintings using sticks and feathers to create a story.
Played different tunes on a drum using stones or sticks.
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Art Inspired by Clarice Cliff
This week in Art, the children explored the work of famous artist and designer Clarice Cliff, looking closely at the bold colours, patterns and designs she used on her pottery.
Using her artwork as inspiration, the children created their own colourful tree paintings using a fun paint blowing…
Science Investigation: Is the Gingerbread Man Waterproof?
This week in science, we investigated a question inspired by The Gingerbread Man story…
Would the Gingerbread Man have been safer swimming across the river or climbing onto the fox?
The children worked in groups to order the method before carrying out the investigation independently. They…
Investigating liquids
In Science, Willow class have been investigating the viscosity of liquids and how it affects how they pour.
We carried out our experiments using our plans from the previous lesson and recorded the results.
Science Investigation: Who Was Quicker – The Tortoise or the Hare?
This week in science, we explored a question inspired by a traditional tale…
Who was quicker – the tortoise or the hare?
To begin, the children recapped their learning about the five animal groups and discussed the characteristics of animals in each one. We then compared the tortoise and the…
EYFS Literacy: We’re Going on a Bear Hunt
This week in EYFS literacy, the children brought our focus story We’re Going on a Bear Hunt to life through an exciting outdoor learning activity… in the rain!
The children worked together to re-enact the story outside, becoming fantastic creative problem solvers as they thought carefully about…
Visit from our school chaplain.
Oak class had a visit from our school chaplain, Kevin. He worked with the team on discussing friendships and what are friendship makers and friendship breakers. This was good preparation for our year 6 who can use the lessons learnt in the next chapter of their lives when they move to high…
