News About Our School
Bean Planting
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....
Games Club
We had lots of fun at games club! The children worked as a team developing their communication skills, turn taking skills and listening skills. Great teamwork everyone!
Balance Bikes
The children have been having lots of fun using the new balance bikes. The children wore a cycle helmet while using the balance bikes so they can promote safe cycling.
Year 6 Photographers
The Swans have busy working alongside a photographer and art practitioner. The aim of the workshop was to encourage children to connect with their environment in a practical and creative way and to question and examine their surroundings. This type of learning aids...
We’re Going on a Dinosaur Hunt
This half term the Year One children have been creating their own book - We’re Going On A Dinosaur Hunt. The children created story maps and photographed their own scenes to help them recall their ideas. The children have written their own stories. The Reception...
Fabulous French
In Owls, our French topic is 'Chez Moi', which means My Home. We have been working on our pronunciation and our listening. In the last lesson, we did a paired activity. One person would read a description while the other person had to work out which set of pictures...
Children’s Games
In Art, we studied the picture 'Children's Games' by Pieter Bruegel. We decided to create our own photo collage version of the picture including the modern games that we play. The children came up with all the ideas, created the scenes and took the photos too. Here...
Dinosaur Workshop Letter
The children were all very excited as they received a letter! Miss Jones opened it and read the letter to the children. It was a letter from Sue and Graham - the people who came and presented the dinosaur workshop!
Dinosaur Land Art
The children became ‘artists’ and thought about the question - Can we create natural 3D landscape pictures of dinosaurs, using found objects? The children found out about the artist Andy Goldsworthy and focused on his working methods and approaches and created a...
Pablo Picasso Inspired Art
In art we have been painting using different tones. We have used Pablo Picasso’s painting ‘Guernica’ as as inspiration for our work. He used lots of symbolism as opposed to realism. We tried to link our work to our topic on The Transatlantic slave trade and created...
Learning to Listen
In PSHE, we have been working on our listening skills and learning to listen better to others. To practise, we did an activity where we each secretly drew a picture. We sat back to back with a partner and had to describe our pictures for our partners to draw. We had...
Play Dough Dinosaurs
The children became ‘artists’ and thought about the question - Can we explore playdough and its properties to create a dinosaur? The children listened to instructions and explored the play dough. The children were asked to create their own dinosaur sculpture. The...
Steam Power in Action!
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...
Thomas Clarkson Campaign
The Swans have been learning about Thomas Clarkson and his campaign to abolish the Transatlantic Slave trade. They used their history skills and discussed why his chest was an important part of the campaign. They then created a role play based on the meetings Clarkson...
Young Voices Choir at the O2
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...
Palaeontologists in Kingfishers
The children became Palaeontologists. The children thought about what they would need to help them - hammer, brush, bag and spade. The children got their bags ready and got busy trying to find the fossils. The children were very careful and said it was going to take a...
U9 Futsal Festival
On Tuesday 17th January, some children from the Owls class took part in an Under 9 Futsal competition. They played extremely well and showed great sportsmanship and team work. Thank you to the adults who accompanied the group!
Swans Graffiti Art
The Swans have been learning about graffiti street art and enjoyed creating their own tag!
A visit from a Palaeontologist and Mary Anning
The children in Woodpeckers and Kingfishers were very excited to take part in a dinosaur workshop. The children listened carefully to Graham and Sue and were able to explore (hands on) and look at the dinosaurs. Graham explained he is a Palaeontologist and told the...
Dinosaur Eggs ‘Left’ in School
The children were very surprised when they found the window open, some dinosaur footprints on the table and a nest full of eggs. They were very excited about this discovery and became 'explorers' thinking about, and discussing the evidence they found. They came to the...
Thank you!
Thank you for your generosity towards the recent poppy appeal collection. This collection raised over £186.00
Enquiry Question
The children were introduced to their enquiry question for this half term - How is our school and local area affected by the seasons? The Year One children were asked to think about the question and Mrs Clark recorded their answers. The Reception children were asked...
Petal Mandala Sun Catchers
In Art the Reception children designed and made a mandala which can be used as a sun catcher. They used flower petals and leaves to create a circular pattern which they tried to make symmetrical. Amazing art work.
Remembrance Day
Mrs Gage talked to the children about Remembrance Day. Mrs Gage then read the children a story called ‘Where the Poppies Now Grow’. Mrs Gage showed the children a tin and told the children there was words in the tin from the story. The children tool it in turns to...