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Remembrance day
Everyone has been working really hard this week to make some lovely poppies to add to our field. The children really enjoyed making them and learning all about the importance of Remembrance Day.
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Fireworks
This week in Reception, we have been learning about different celebrations. When we were researching Diwali and Bonfire night we realised that they both set off fireworks as part of their celebrations. So we then decided to make our own fireworks in the outdoor area! We started off by throwing Read more…
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Sukkot
This half-term in R.E, we have been looking at the topic of Harvest. We learnt all about how and why Christians celebrate Harvest and then looked how it is celebrated in other faiths. We looked in paticular at the Jewish festival of Sukkot and built our own Sukkahs.
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Iron Age Hill Forts
We made Iron Age Hill Forts for our Innovate part of our topic. We used our knowledge about the Iron Age to create our Iron Age Hill Fort. We then compared the Hill Fort to a Stone Age camp to see what the similarities and differences were. We used recycled materials to Read more…
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French school trip
What a fantastic week Miss Brown & I have had in France. Such a fantastic experience in the beautiful city of Carcassonne. We have been to French school to learn French, explored Carcassonne and went to Toulouse to a French school to spend the day with the children. In France Read more…
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Alice in Wonderland art work
We completed some fantastic artwork using different materials to create Alice in Wonderland picture.
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Bird Feeders
Gardening Club have made some brilliant bird feeders. We will be hanging them up around school. I wonder if you can make a bird feeder for your garden at home? All you need is: a plastic bottle scissors a lolly stick string bird seed
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A fantastic start to Year 3 Birch
Year 3 have had a fantastic start to the school year. We have worked hard in English and Maths and been archaeoligists and cave men in topic.
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Boat Building at it’s finest.
Today, children experimented with different objects to see if they floated. We found out that the objects that were filled with air floated on the water and the objects that were solid with no air in them sank to the bottom. See our boats below! Don’t forget to comment Read more…
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Arts Week
This week, we have been learning about England. We have looked at the different landmarks in England and discussed where we have been. Every class has been looking at a different artist and our artist was Andy Goldsworthy. He creates big pieces of art in the outdoor area using natural Read more…