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Cookery Club Week 4

  This week in cookery club, the children have been busy learning how to make simple, healthy sandwiches. The children began by discussing what makes a good sandwich. They explored different types of bread, fillings, and combinations, thinking about taste, texture, and appearance. Making sandwiches might sound simple, but it involves a surprising number of important skills: Spreading Cutting and slicing Assembling Measuring and choosing The children evaluated their sandwiches by tasting them and discussing Read more

By Mrs Jones, ago

Science – Growth

Our enquiry question was: Are children the same height in every year group in the school? We began by thinking about what we already knew about growing and discussing whether we thought children in different year groups might be the same height or different heights. First, we looked at a tape measure and carefully extended it so we could see how long it was. We looked closely at the markings on the tape measure and Read more

By Mrs Graham, ago

The Festival of Holi

This week in Reception we have been learning about the country India and the festival of Holi. The children enjoyed exploring where India is on a map and learning about Indian animals, food, famous landmarks and traditional clothing. As part of our creative activities, the children made Indian flags and decorated colourful Indian elephants. To celebrate Holi, we explored lots of exciting sensory and creative experiences. The children created rangoli patterns, dyed rice, mixed colours Read more

By Mrs Marsh, ago

Over the past few weeks, 14 of our Year 5 and 6 girls have been taking part in our afterschool dance club, where they have been working hard to prepare for an exciting inter-school dance competition. Throughout the club, the girls focused on developing the Skills Builder essential skills of teamwork and creativity, and they demonstrated both brilliantly. They also showed excellent leadership with children taking turns to deliver the warm-ups. The theme of the Read more

By Miss Lomax, ago

Science Challenge at home – Week 2

What a brilliant effort at home this week everyone! Well done, make sure you come to see Mrs Grindrod or Miss Maxwell to have your experiment card hole punched. What amazing scientists we have! This week you have explored and investigated colours by creating a walking rainbow. Because of capillary action, the water flowed or “walked” up and over the paper towels right into the empty cup. Brilliant!

By Mrs Grindrod, ago

Clay in forest school

Year 2 Forest School Art: Exploring Clay During our recent Forest School sessions, Year 2 pupils took their art learning outdoors and explored working with clay in a natural environment. Being surrounded by trees, leaves, and natural textures provided the perfect inspiration for creative work while also supporting pupils’ curiosity and engagement. Exploring Clay In the first lesson, the focus was on introducing clay and practising basic clay-handling skills. Pupils were given time to explore Read more

By Miss Wilde, ago

Careers week

Last week for careers week, Year 3 took part in various activities with a particular focus on engineering. The class used their imaginations to think of where magical secrets could be hidden within school. They then designed robots that would be equipped and built for purpose to uncover and reveal these secrets. The children also built circuits at the end of the week. In English, the focus was developing oracy skills. We had a focus Read more

By Abbie Maguire, ago