Olympic Athlete Visits School
Chris Bennet, Olympic hammer thrower, visited school today to tell us all about his experiences and carry out a fitness circuit with each class. We were all inspired by his determination and dedication to his sport. We had lots of fun taking part in the fitness activities and enjoyed learning…
Active Travel Week Spring Term 2023
We have all been trying to walk, cycle or scoot to school this week as part of Active Travel Week. As well as helping us get fitter, this cuts down on pollution and car congestion outside our school. Year 5 also had a turn at wearing the step trackers this week. The children tried to improve on…
Y1 Amazing Art
In our Textiles lessons we have been learning to attach materials in different ways and add colour, pattern and texture.
Marvellous Measuring in Year 1
Today we have been learning about measuring length. We have been using non-standard measures like cubes, paper clips, rubbers and hands. We have measured objects around our classroom using cubes. We had lots of fun counting the cubes to find out the length and we even measured a row of tables!
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Y1 Forest School Fun
Into the woods for more fantastic learning experiences with Mia our Forest School Leader. We enjoyed creating our own necklaces. We used tools to create the hole for the string to go through. We explored climbing trees and had great fun playing group games. This week we saw lots of progress with…
Y1 Wonder in the Wonder Dome
Year 1 enjoyed a fascinating and fun interactive Planetarium Show in the Wonder Dome. It showed Year 1 how wonderful and intriguing the universe is. The Wonder Dome created a magical learning environment to learn all about the wonders of space with a 360 degree immersive experience. We learnt…
Science Sounds Fun in Year 1
As part of British Science Week Year 1 had a scientific enquiry based on this year’s theme of ‘Connections’. We learnt how sound travels in ‘sound waves’. We created cup and string telephones. We investigated if sound could travel along the string to send a message. We started with measuring…
World Maths Day in Year 1
As part of our number day fun today we made our own ‘Number Museum’. We worked in pairs and chose a number. Then we made our number in different ways. We practised writing it, drawing it and making it using cubes, ten frames, base 10 and Numicon. Next we displayed all the ways we made our…
Y6 celebrate World Maths Day with Y1
To celebrate World Maths Day, Y6 spent the afternoon with Y1 helping them to play Maths games and develop their counting and adding skills.
African Drumming with Zozo
Today we welcomed back Zozo to continue our learning playing African Drums. We learnt about the syllables in our names and used the Djembe (drums) to create the beats. We learnt how to hold an open hand position on the Djembe. Zozo taught a new song about a chicken and we loved putting actions to…
Y1 World Book Day
Year 1 loved celebrating World Book Day. We enjoyed dressing up as our favourite characters. In class we made our own poems and shared our work together. It was fun sharing our favourite stories and listening to new ones.
Forest School Fun for Year 1
Year 1 enjoyed their first Forest School session today at Longlands Lake. We enjoyed exploring the woodland, jumping in muddy puddles and being outside. It was so much fun to relax in hammocks. Walking to the Forest School we enjoyed spotting all the different wildlife around. We can’t wait for…