Literacy Kicks Sports Journalist Visit

Today, we have the privilege of having Gareth Walker, a sports journalist in for our English lesson. Over the next 5 sessions, he will be guiding the children through writing professional pieces of sports journalism. Today we looked at reporting on England’s Euro 2024 qualifier versus Italy.

Literacy Kicks Sports Journalist Visit

Year 6 had the first of their 6 sessions with sports journalist, Gareth Walker. Each session, he will be guiding the children through writing professional pieces of sports journalism, sharing his skills and expertise, whilst helping us to improve our own writing. Today we looked at reporting on England’s Euro 2024 qualifier versus Italy, and how we can note key details quickly in the moment.

Dojo treat afternoon

This half term Year 5 Juniper have reached their 500 dojo target (we actually doubled this) and so deserved a treat. Today we spent the afternoon in Queens Park having fun and drinking hot chocolate which was kindly donated by Queens Park Cafe. The children had a great time. We finished our afternoon with a Christmas movie and some gingerbread.  

Science – home experiments week 2

This weeks Science experiement is ‘creating your own lava lamp’. The science behind the lava lamp – The oil floats on top of the water because it is less dense or lighter than water. The food coloring has the same density as the water so it sink through the oil and mixes with the water. When you add the tablet it sinks to the bottom then starts to dissolve. As it dissolves it makes gas, Read more

Incarnation – Christmas Story

In RE, Year 6 have been looking at the Christmas Story. We focused on Jesus as The Son, The Father and The Holy Spirit. The children discussed and defined the word Incarnation. We explored that Christians believe that Jesus is God Incarnate, which means God in the flesh. A person who embodies in the flesh a deity, spirit, or quality. We then focused on different Bible Stories, discussing them in great detail and exploring how Read more