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In Nursery we have lots of opportunities for our children to dress up as characters, role play Nursery rhymes and stories. 
 

Nursery have enjoyed completing jigsaws this week. They have included animals and our favourite stories. Lots of fine motor and matching fun. 
 

As part of our topic of growth in Reception today, we have been planting sunflower seeds. First, we put soil into our pots. Then, we carefully buried our seeds before watering them. We are excited to watch them grow!

Year 3 have been looking at artists Faith Ringgold and Alma Thomas. They studied their work and replicated their style in textiles, ink and collage. Mandala originated in India and is used as symbolism in Buddhist and Hindu faiths. They enjoyed creating their own mandalas and textiles.

Year 3 and 4 representatives had a great time at the School Games Quicksticks hockey tournament, competing against other schools. They won some games and lost others, but all of the children showed excellent sportsmanship throughout.

For the past few weeks, Year 2 have been learning about wheels and axles (fixed and rotating) and have explored how they work. They used what they had found out to design then make their own vehicle. They thoroughly enjoyed measuring and cutting dowel for axles then assembling them on their boxes…

This week, the children have enjoyed using an exciting rehearsal room technique to enhance their writing of reporting clauses. By acting out and freeze framing the dialogue they had planned, they were able to explore how characters would speak, move and respond in different situations. This helped…

In Nursery we had one of our tuff trays set up with police costumes and props. Nursery enjoyed dressing up as the police, saving people and arresting the baddies. Lots of role play and language was used and they kept Nursery safe. 
 

Nursery were kindly donated a trampoline from Mrs Madden and have enjoyed hours of bouncing. Whether this was on their own or jumping with their friends. A great way to enhance their gross motor skills and regulation. 
 

Today, KS2 had a visit from the search and rescue team, who spoke to us about the important work they do. We learned that they are all volunteers who give up their time to train and help find people who go missing.

They explained some of the ways they search for missing people, including using…

Today, our Year 5 girls took part in a rugby festival and had a really enjoyable day. They spent time practising key skills like passing, tagging, defending, and moving into space.

They then played a few games with other schools, where they worked hard and showed good effort in every match. It…

• Year 3 enjoyed learning about the valuable life saving work carried out by Search and Rescue volunteers. Seeing their equipment, hearing about their job and asking questions was really interesting.