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This week, in Class 3, we have started a new book in English called Cinnamon because we are focusing on writing a story from another culture. We have been writing diaries and letters to emphasise with the character whilst using a range of conjunctions such as because, but, if and when. In Maths,…

It has been a fun filled week!

The children listened to the traditional tale of Hansel and Gretel. They have re-enacted the story through role play and made Gingerbread cottages made from the gingerbread biscuits that they baked.

In Monster Phonics the reception children learnt the…

A busy week back in Care Club, the children have created lots of spring art for the display window as well as painting daffodils and tulips. They have all enjoyed challenging each other to games of table football and pool and memory card games. The younger children have played together very well,…

This week, we had the best time on our residential trip to Whitemoor Lakes. We took part in lots of fun and adventurous activities such as climbing, buggy building, archery, gladiator, campfire, traverse, problem solving, circus skills and team games. We worked brilliantly in teams encouraging one…

It has been a wonderful start to the second half of the acdsemic year.  We have fully embraced our new topic 'The Vikings' by immersing ourselves with Viking related texts such as 'Viking Boy' and 'Beowulf'. While exploring Beowulf, we have developed our desriptive writing and use of prepositional…

This week we have started our new English unit focussing upon Vlad and the Great Fire of London. We have been using prediction skills to make decisions about what could happen in the story. In Science we have used junk modelling to make our very own plants and flowers. We looked at the different…

I hope you enjoy looking at our pictures of yesterday’s forest day.

We have been enjoying lots of traditional tales this week and have re-enacted Goldilocks and the Three Bears.

We have used this story to explore length in maths and music.

In art the children made green to paint…

Another busy week having fun in Care Club, the children have enjoyed creating some lovely lanterns and dragons to celebrate Chinese New Year, challenged each other to games of table football, painted some great artwork on canvasses with acrylics and lots of free choice play including the Peppa pig…

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…

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…

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.…

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…