At our first Nature Club of the year I asked what foods for our local wildlife, mammals, birds and insects, we could find in the school grounds. The children had a great deal of excellent prior learning to share before we went out to look. There were lots of different resources for our local wildlife, from bees to deer, but our largest identified source was the late flowering ivy which was buzzing with insects busily feding and forming their own section of the food chain. Mr Hopegood :)

 Year 4 is well underway and producing some great finished pieces that we can display across our classrooms to celebrate our work and remind us what we are capable of. Our finished newspaper reports about the 2011 Christchurch earthquake. The features of a mountain. The Year 4 Team :)

 It has been fabulous to welcome the children each day with a good morning and a smile this week Our focus in Maths this week has been repeating patterns. We have been using natural resources as well as the children themselves (PE day was great for colour pattern). The children have begun to learn some sounds in Phonics and by Friday, we were having a go at blending! Fantastic effort from all. Remember, library books have been changed and are expected back on Thursday, read as often as you wish. We have introduced rhyme time to our daily timetable, it has been a great success. The children have enjoyed singing Miss Polly has a Dolly, making actions to accompany the words and role playing too. RW performed the rhyme to 1H today to which they were very impressed. The story focus has been A squash and a squeeze this week. The children have been discussing the characters in the story, the setting and explaining their thoughts as to if they enjoyed it or not. They all had such excellent...

Year 6 Homework - Due 24/09/26 Reading The aim in year 6 is to strengthen fluency, increase vocabulary, and build confidence through regular practice. Reading at home as well at school helps progress and encourages consistent reading habits. Your support at home is greatly appreciated. Spellings Each week Year 6 will have a new set of 10 spellings that will be posted on the blog. Please support your child with learning these over the week. Thank you! Here are some different ways you can practise the spellings -  Maths Each week there will be Maths homework handed to the pupils on a Thursday. This homework will be based on areas of focus, pre-teaching for following lessons and recapping core subject areas. Please support them in completing this. Thank you. Have a lovely week! Mrs Campbell and Miss Rushen 😊

Year 6's Wonderful Week! What a fantastic week Year 6 have had! We have enjoyed getting active, being creative and developing lots of new skills. For outdoor PE, we were lucky enough to take part in a hockey session led by F.I.T.C . The children worked hard to develop their hockey skills, including passing, controlling the ball and working as part of a team. It was brilliant to see everyone getting involved and supporting each other. Our indoor PE lessons have been just as exciting as we began learning how to juggle! It certainly took patience and perseverance, but the children were determined to improve and many managed to keep the balls moving for longer and longer. In Art, we have been exploring geometric and organic lines. We looked at the differences between these types of lines and experimented with creating our own patterns and designs. Another brilliant week of learning, teamwork and creativity for Year 6! PE Indoor Year 6 had lots of fun in indoor PE this week as we began...

 It has been a busy end to the week. In English, we have been busy writing and then publishing our earthquake newspaper reports. In science, we have been busy learning all about the organs of the digestive system. 

 Well, it certainly has been a busy day in Year 3.  In maths today, the children were representing numbers to a 1000.  To shows this, they were using dienes sticks and place value counters.  In science, the children conducted an experiment. They tested how different liquids affect the size of a gummy bear. We discussed what a fair test is and they made predictions about what they thought would happen.