News About Our School
World Book Day
Today the children and staff celebrated World Book Day by coming to school dressed as their favourite book character. The day started with a parade in the playground, looking at the different costumes and characters. The children then took part in different activities...
Year Two SATs Club
The children in Year Two enjoyed their first SATs club session looking at 2d and 3d shapes and grammar. The children enjoyed playing games using their subject knowledge and working together.
Maths Day
On Wednesday the children and staff celebrated World Maths Day. The children had lots of fun using their mathematical knowledge to problem solve and investigate. Kingfisher Class had lots of Maths challenges which involved counting, patterns and shapes. Woodpeckers...
Road Safety Check
The JRSO's carried out a road safety check. They wanted to see if children and parents were travelling to school safely. They looked for parents parking correctly, children walking and crossing the road correctly, children riding their scooters or bicycles safely and...
Spencer Bear’s Birthday
This week Kingfisher Class have been very busy. On Monday they received a letter from Spencer Bear's Mum asking them to organise a birthday party for Spencer Bear. The children created invitations, sorted items for party bags, wrote their own recipes for a birthday...
JRSO’s Speed Check
The JRSO's joined the Community Speed Awareness Team for a speed check outside the Black Horse Public House. The JRSO's watched how the camera was used and were told what information was needed like the car registration number and make of car. The JRSO's watched the...
Tractor at Stratford
We were very lucky to have James Harris visit our school. He brought along his tractor which seemed very big on our playground. James explained the type of work his does with his tractor and what crops are planted and harvested; the children also had the opportunity...
ABC Pre School Visit
Mrs Simmons brought the children from Abc Pre School to visit Kingfisher Class. These children will be starting school in September 2016. These sessions give the children the opportunity to become familiar with the school environment and get to meet their teacher....
Safer Internet Day
Yesterday the children took part in many activities associated with Safer Internet Day. Learning new songs, creating posters and discussing ways they can stay safe on line. We consider www.thinkuknow.co.uk website to be a good source if you wanted to discuss this...
Perfect Pancakes
The children in Kingfisher class enjoyed making pancakes. They all helped to weigh and measure the ingredients, sieved the flour, cracked the eggs and mixed the ingredients together with the whisk. The children then watched Mrs Jones cook the pancakes. Mrs Jones was...
Scaling the Heights!
Over the past half term, Owls Class have been taking part in some very interesting gymnastics lessons. They have used different pieces of apparatus and worked in small groups to produce some routines. They have shown they understand the safety rules associated with...
Happy New Year!
Today we said Gung Hay Fat Choy (Happy New Year in Chinese). After an assembly which told the story of the 12 different animals in the Chinese Calendar, we learnt that 2016 is the Year of the Monkey. All classes spent the day taking part in different activities. These...
Story-Telling Week
Last week was National Story-Telling Week. Throughout the week, the children heard lots of favourite stories and on Wednesday afternoon, joined their fellow house members to share books. Lots of the older children read to the younger ones and some even got the chance...
Windy Forest Schools
Children in Kingfisher Class got to go on their second session of Forest Schools but this time it was very windy but not cold. The children remembered the Forest Schools rules and followed them. The children worked in groups to make dens and even had their snack in...
Sunny Smiles from Kingfishers
Today, Kingfishers class shared their work with the school and parents. This included some beautiful weather related paintings, some weather diaries, non-fiction writing and some amazing maths. As a finale, they performed a lovely rendition of 'There's a Tiny...
Woodpeckers Class Assembly
Last week was the turn of the Woodpeckers to share their learning from this term with the rest of the school and parents. Every child chose to show something they were proud of. This included showing seasons collages, handwriting before and after shots, spellings...
Woodpeckers Measure The Weather!
This term Woodpeckers have been learning about the weather. The Woodpeckers took part in an experiment to make a rain cloud in a glass to help them understand what clouds are made of; how it rains and why. They worked in groups to follow instructions on how to make a...
Woodpeckers Build Houses For Different Climates!
Last week in DT, Woodpeckers had the challenge of designing and building houses to suit different climates around the world. First we took advantage of our schools' den building area and built a shelter from the wind using sticks, bendy wooden canes and material....
Christingle Kindness
Following on from our Christingle Service in December, some of our children collected money for 'The Children's Society'. One of the girls sold some of her own toys to raise money - well done and thank you for your generosity.
Volcano Magic
It was the turn of the Owls to share their work with the Parents at Friday's assembly. They showed some photos and explained what they had been doing in gymnastics, shared some amazing writing and showed some work which they were particularly proud of. However, the...
School Council Presents….
The School Council presented to the 'Parent Forum' meeting the new ideas for dealing with behaviour in the school. They had already gathered ideas from all the classes on what behaviour charts the children would like to be seen in school, together with a clear rewards...
Our Weather Diaries
The children in Kingfisher Class have been recording the weather in their weather diaries this week. They have seen lots of different types of weather including rain, ice, frost, wind and clouds. The children have had the opportunity to observe the weather and record...
Did We Visit The Panto?
Oh yes we did!! On Thursday we visited the New Wolsey theatre to watch a performance of the 'Sword in the Stone' pantomime. This Rock n Roll show was a big hit with the adults and children. Mr Bassett was called onto the stage to help the Pantomime Dame - he did a...
Amazing Art
Children from Key Stage Two have been enjoying the Art club being offered by Miss Jones and Mrs Kite. The children have developed their drawing techniques using wax crayons. They have created wax resist fish and water scenes using tissue paper. [gallery...