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Year 4 have taken part in some mindful activities and circle time as part of their PSHE lessons focused on their hopes and dreams for the future. This led onto discussions about being resilient, staying positive and having determination to succeed.

As part of their Design and Technology topic about structures, Year 6 experimented with spaghetti to test the strength of structures. By trial and error they found ways to make a sturdy structure that could withstand the weight of objects.  

As well as learning how to keep our body healthy, Reception have also been learning how to keep their mind healthy. We talked about how it was good to have a couple of minutes of peace with some relaxing music on and to think of your favourite things in your mind. It was the quietest the class has…

Year 3 really enjoyed playing football today. The rain did not stop them. They were dribbling trough obstacles in teams. Practicing their ball control and using their skills. 
 

Year 2 used what they learnt about variables in their previous computing lesson to program variables in a coding app. The children had to input algorithms to make a monster move as well as inputting variables to change the score each time the monster collected a gem. How proud they all were when…

Y5 had a fantastic afternoon at Forest School this week in the frosty weather. They made a fire then melted marshmallows to make s’mores which they all thought were delicious. After playing games in the forest they all enjoyed chilling out in the hammocks.

Year 3 are in the process of investigating which surface creates the least friction on a toy car and which surface creates the greatest friction. 
They enjoyed sending a toy car down a ramp to measure how far the toy car would travel on different types of surface. Which surface creates the…

Year 5 Reading Champions visited the Book Bus today to choose a selection of books for our class. They enjoyed choosing fiction and non- fiction books. They brought them back to class where we all enjoyed having a look at them. 
 

Year 2 had a wonderful time browsing through all the books on offer on the library and today. They choose a good selection of fiction, non- fiction and poetry. They couldn’t wait to take them back to class and read them.

In Design Technology Year 2 have been learning about the difference between processed and unprocessed foods. They found out that fruit and vegetables are unprocessed and give use nutrients to help us stay healthy. The children enjoyed learning how to use the claw and bridge grip to cut vegetables…

This week our younger children have loved reading the story ‘I want to be …a Doctor’ and using the role play equipment pretending to be a doctor. Our older children loved joining in and helping them too.

Today Year 1 welcomed Mrs O’Neil into class. Mrs O’Neil is a cleaner in our school and is also an aunt of one of the children in the class.  In R.E. we are learning about who is in our parish family and the roles people play. Mrs O’Neil explained the difference between doing a paid job and job…