Mrs Bilner
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 mental well-being allowing them as photographers to refocus their mind literally as […]
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 symbols to represent the horrors of this atrocity.
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 would have attended to present the contents of his chest. […]
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 […]
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!
The Swans have been learning about graffiti street art and enjoyed creating their own tag!
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 children he uses a hammer and brush to find fossils. […]
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 conclusion a dinosaur had been in the classroom!! The children […]
Thank you for your generosity towards the recent poppy appeal collection. This collection raised over £186.00
This term a number of our Key Stage 2 children have taken part in a number of sporting events. These have included : Quadkids; U11 Mixed Football; U11 Girls Football and 3 children attending a Cross Country event following their success earlier in the year. Altogether, over 25 children have been involved in, at least […]
Over the course of last year, the Eco Council together with Mrs Martin worked extremely hard on a number of Eco projects. These included one about litter and another about waste. They submitted a portfolio of evidence and were very pleased to hear they had been awarded Green Flag status with distinction. Well done to […]
On Friday 30th September, we welcomed parents and friends of the school to our Harvest Assembly. The children shared poems, songs and information about Harvest Around the World. Thank you for all the generous donations which will be forwarded on to a local Food Bank.