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Craft and Design: Woven Wonders

by | 4 Apr 2023 | Art & Design, News, Visitors

The Year One children started a new unit of work called Craft and Design: Woven Wonders. The children thought about the question – Can art be made in different ways? The children were asked to look at some pictures of people doing different activities. They were asked what the similarities and differences were in the […]

Coronation Cards for the King

by | 4 Apr 2023 | Art & Design, Kingfishers, News

Miss Jones spoke to the children about the King. They found out that the King is going to be celebrating his coronation next month. Miss Jones told the children she thought it would be a lovely idea if the children could design and create a special card for the King. The children discussed what they […]

Speed Watch

by | 4 Apr 2023 | JRSO, News

The JRSOs joined the Community Speed Check Team. The JRSOs were given the opportunity to hold the speed camera and were able to see how fast the vehicles were travelling. The JRSOs learnt that the aim of the speed checks were to encourage drivers to do the correct speed through the village and not to […]

Inherited Characteristics

by | 4 Apr 2023 | News, Science, Swans

The Swans have been learning about inherited characteristics. They thought about what the children of different Mr Men and Little Miss characters would look like if they were to produce offspring. They had so much fun!

Disco Fun

by | 4 Apr 2023 | News, PTA

On Friday 25th March the PTA kindly arranged a disco for the school children. Lots of fun was had by all and there were some great dance moves performed! Thank you to all those who helped organise and supervise the event and made it such a success.

Sustrans Big Walk and Wheel 2023

by | 4 Apr 2023 | Community, JRSO, News

The children were asked to take part in the Sustrans Big Walk and Wheel 2023 the UK’s largest inter-school cycling, walking, wheeling and scooting challenge. The challenge ran from 20-31 March. The children were encouraged to walk, use a wheelchair, scoot or cycle to school on as many days as possible during the event. The […]

Woodpecker Class Assembly

by | 3 Mar 2023 | News

On Tuesday 14th March, it was the turn of the Woodpeckers to share their learning with the rest of the school and parents, The children sang about the basic needs of animals including humans (water, air, shelter and food) to show off their Science learning. Next, they showcased their newspaper reports which were based on […]

Snail Patterns

by | 3 Mar 2023 | Art & Design, News

The Year One children became ‘artists’ and thought about the question – Can we create a pattern from clay? The children watched a presentation about insects, spiders and snails. The children discussed how many legs each creature had. They discussed the snail had one large flat foot and discussed that the snail had a shell. […]

Bean Planting

by | 3 Mar 2023 | News, Science

This half term, the children in Kingfishers Class will be focusing on Plants in Science – Do all plants look the same? The children thought about the question – Can we find out what a plant is? The children thought about how they could answer their enquiry question. The children were asked to plant a […]

Steam Power in Action!

by | 1 Jan 2023 | News, Science, Woodpeckers

As part of their Scientist study on George Stevenson, the children in Woodpeckers class have been learning about steam power.  We learned about how steam is different to smoke because smoke is from something burning, and steam is from liquid boiling. The children were able to demonstrate knowledge of the difference between steam and smoke […]

Young Voices Choir at the O2

by | 1 Jan 2023 | News

On Friday 20th January, we took a coach load of children and parents to London. Miss Rivers, Mrs Marshall and Mrs Bilner accompanied 22 children (sadly 2 couldn’t come because of illness) into the O2 arena  – so they could rehearse their practised songs with 8000 other school children before performing to a  packed audience […]

Thank you!

by | 11 Nov 2022 | News

Thank you for your generosity towards the recent poppy appeal collection. This collection raised over £186.00