This week all classes took part in the NSPCC PANTS lesson. During these discussions we teach our pupils the following important safety skills without giving explicit information or telling scary stories. We use the ‘PANTS’ acrostic, which is like a green cross code for staying safe from sexual abuse. PANTS stands Read more…
This week we have been learning about Pocahontas in our computing lesson. In computing our unit is called ‘Effective searching’ so we have been using the internet to search for facts about Pocahontas. We worked really well together to complete the quiz questions about Pocahontas’ life.
Year 6 were very lucky today to have a visit today from a Humanist, Kevin. Focusing on our topic in RE at the moment is, ‘What matters most to Christians and Humanists?’ Kevin explained what a Humanist is and what they believe in. Humanists are people who want to take Read more…
This half term, in RE, we are learning about sacred places, this week we were looking at places that are sacred to Christians and so we visited St Lukes church. It was lovely to be able to identify objects we have been learning about in the church. We had lots Read more…
This afternoon Year 5 worked well in teams to create some fantastic shelters. We talked about what would make a good shelter and how important team work is. We also talked about what we could do to resolve a problem. We were very impressed with how they worked cooperatively. The Read more…
Children loved gardening club today and enjoyed researching which plants are able to grow in winter conditions. We then went up to the garden and tidied the garden.
It was a very wet Forest School session, but the children still had lots of fun! We started our session in the wild forest, where we talked about our senses and reflected on what it might feel like to lose one of those senses. We then closed our eyes and Read more…
Last week, year 6 looked and discussed the term ‘trust’. We looked at the story of Jesus walking on water and this meant he trusted God and how his disciples trusted him. We then discussed who we trust and why or what we trust and why. Then, we drew around our Read more…
We have been having lots of fun in forest school this week. We talked about our senses and went into the wild forest. We closed our eyes and thought about what we could hear in the forest. We then discussed trust and we put our trust in our partners to Read more…
This half term’s Christian value is trust. We looked at how the disciples trusted Jesus when he walked on water. We looked at who he trust the most in our lives and why. We drew around our hands and listed the 5 people we trusted the most.
