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We have had a busy week in school this week. On Wednesday we had our SIAMS inspection and showed the inspector how amazing we are in school. In D and T, we have looked at different types of kites and even got to have a go at making our own carp kites. We were hoping to have a go at flying them but…

Another busy week in Care Club, the children have enjoyed some more time outside, climbing the traversing wall and playing football as well as blowing bubbles. Activities indoors this week included Alphabet matching cards, card games, table football, cars and track and dressing up costumes. The…

This week has flown by! It started with Class 4 writing diary entries based on their experiences at Green Power last week. By using idioms, slang and contracted words, they managed to show the appropriate formality for the text type. In Science, we developed a greater understanding of renewable…

This week, in Class 3, we have been researching facts about prehistoric animals which will help us to write a set of instructions. These instructions will instruct the reader how to wash a range of prehistoric animals such as a smilodon, ground sloth or cave lion. In Maths, Year 3 have moved onto…

Our week started with a lovely trip to Twycross Zoo. We had a lot of fun and a surprise encounter with a gorilla!

We managed to stay dry and enjoyed our picnic.

Back at school, Pre-school had a fun day, which included looking at road safety with Mrs Partington.
On Tuesday the…

We were very excited to come back to school on Monday and tell all of our friends about the exciting things we got up to over half term. This week, we have started a Design and Technology focus in the afternoons. We have learnt a little bit about the history of kites and investigated some…

It has been wonderful welcoming Class 4 back after a well-deserved break. We have enjoyed finishing our explanation texts in English. These have been linked to a topic of interest and involved subject specific vocabulary and factual adjective choices. In RE, we began our new unit of expressing…

Welcome back, we have had a lovely week in Care Club, everyone was very pleased to be back with their friends and enjoying challenging each other in various games. Some have been very busy colouring their teddy bear houses and favourite character pictures, some artistic painters have been helping…

Welcome back Class 3! Well done for coming back to school with a positive attitude ready for learning.

This week, in English, we have started a new topic which is writing instructions. Our focus book is ‘How to Wash a Woolly Mammoth’ and we are really enjoying it! We have been learning ways to…

This week we began our topic ‘On Safari’ which the children are very enthusiastic about! They have enjoyed making a safari jeep and travelling to Kenya to see the wildlife. We have seen what animals live there. The children have enjoyed learning about the chimpanzee in detail. Our enhanced…

With hard work and full commitment, it has certainly been a final week of Summer 1 to remember. Both Year 5 and 6 have been completing assessments across the core subjects. Year 6 were incredibly impressive in their SATs and showed brilliant dedication and pride throughout. A special treat of…

This week, in Maths Year 2 have been learning how to tell the time. They were very good at o’ clock and half past times but have found it more challenging when we have been trying to work out the time to and past the hour to the nearest five minutes. We have had lots of practical experience, using…