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9 February 2024

Spring Term 1 - Week 5

It has been a half term that makes me especially proud to teach Class 4. Their enthusiasm for learning is infectious. We have enjoyed learning about a great variety of math topics such as multiplication, division, ration and algebra. Our English lessons relating to the book The Explorer by…

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9 February 2024

Spring Term 1- Week 5- Class 2

We have done lots of exciting activities this week. In our Art lessons, we came to the end of our unit. The classroom was totally rearranged so that we could sit in a circle to complete our observational drawings. We used all of the tips and ideas that we had been taught in order to create the…

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9 February 2024

Spring Term 1 - Week 5

This week, in English, we have written non-chronological reports about the Anglo-Saxons. We focused our writing on using features such as subtitles, captions, past tense and formal writing. In Maths, Year 4 have been finding the perimeter of rectilinear shapes as well as finding missing lengths.…

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8 February 2024

Spring 1 week 5

We have had a very crafty week this week in Class 1. We have made Chinese lanterns, Chinese dragons and Valentine’s Day cards.  The children have learnt how to say hello in Chinese, tasted some Chinese food and learnt  some facts about China. In phonics, reception children have been learning the…

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2 February 2024

Spring Term 1 - Week 4

It has truly been a week full of enrichment with most of the class representing the school in sport events against other schools. On Tuesday, a group of 9 went to Shobnall Leisure Complex to play football against schools in the Dove Valley Sporting Group. Notably, everyone showed great…

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2 February 2024

Spring Term 1 - Week 4

The children have created lovely lanterns and dragons to celebrate the Chinese New Year, they have also enjoyed lots of colouring, drawing and writing their names using chalk. Various activities have also been played this week including pool, table football, toy cars, dinosaurs and supermarket…

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2 February 2024

Spring Term 1- Week 4 - Class 2

We have finally reached the end of Katie in London! We have been very excited to find out all the places that were visited in London and how the story ended. Today we had a go at retelling the story as a class. It was funny how we all remembered different parts. We have started our new topic in…

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1 February 2024

Spring Term 1 - Week 4

This week, in Class 3, we have explored the features of a non-chronological report. We have practised writing sentences with apostrophes, fronted adverbials and subordinate clauses. In Maths, Year 4 have been finding equivalent lengths in km and m as well as finding the perimeter of rectangles on…

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1 February 2024

Spring term 1. Week 4

Class 1 have enjoyed learning about space and planets this week. They have painted the Earth, made star biscuits, created rockets from junk and decorated planets.  Wow.  Reception have been learning the ow sound, cow, how, frown while pre-school have been learning how many syllables are in their…

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29 January 2024

Spring Term 1 - Week 3

Another great week in Care Club, the children are getting along with each other really well, they have been playing with dinosaurs, cars, Peppa Pig small world and supermarket shopping role play. The older children have been enjoying the table football and pool and some fun on the laptops.…

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26 January 2024

Spring Term 1 - Week 3

Another week seems to have just flown by - full of special moments and unforgettable moments. None more so than our KS2 trip to Young Voices at the Resort Arena in Birmingham. Our children from KS2 across the TTSMAT joined together with over 5,000 others to perform at a concert with famous guest…

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26 January 2024

Class 2- Spring Term 1- Week 3

What a week we have had! In Art, we started off the lesson by drawing with our feet! We tried to draw a pineapple, a banana and a pear. It made us laugh lots as we didn’t think our pictures looked very much like they were supposed to. As part of our Computing lesson, we got the Bee Bots out and…

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