This afternoon, the children had a fun time creating and performing their own shadow puppet shows. This was inspired by our Science learning about light and how shadows are created. We used opaque materials to create our shadow puppets alongside a dose of imagination! The children designed characters, developed stories, and brought them to life through light and shadow. This activity encouraged creativity, communication, and teamwork as the children worked together to plan and present their performances.  It was fantastic to see their confidence grow as they shared their unique stories and entertained their audience with their shadow puppet creations.

Today, the children celebrated World Ocean Day by learning about the importance of keeping our oceans clean and protecting marine life. We discussed how litter and plastic waste can pollute the ocean and affect the animals that live there. To explore this topic creatively, the children used recycled materials that are often found as waste and can end up polluting our oceans. They transformed the bases of plastic bottles into turtles and used cardboard tubes to create a variety of sea creatures. We were very impressed with their imaginative artwork and their enthusiasm for helping to protect our oceans. Thank you to anyone who donated recyclable materials for this activity and with other materials that were used by other year groups.  Have a look at some photos of the children's sea-themed masterpieces.

 In the spirit of ' Break the Rules Day'   organised by our PTFA, the children choose to "break" selected school rules, such as wearing odd socks, bringing a teddy, having crazy hair, or wearing nail varnish, in exchange for a small donation. All money raised will go towards supporting our school and enhancing opportunities for the children. Thank you for your support with this school event, the children looked fantastic- take a look!

Carrying on with our theme of cricket skills, this week we focussed on fielding as a team, passing the ball between team player quickly and accurately and a little bit of batting. The adults were very impressed with Year 5's good sportsmanship, team support and inclusive attitude. Mr Hopegood

  In DT this week, Year 3 designed and created their own Trojan Horses after learning about the Trojan War in History.  The children enjoyed linking their historical knowledge to a practical project and showed great creativity throughout. During the project, they developed important design and technology skills including measuring, sawing, cutting, shaping and glueing, while learning how to work safely and carefully with different materials. They also practised planning and designing their ideas, improving the strength and stability of structures, following step-by-step instructions and evaluating their finished products to think about what worked well and what they could improve next time.  Please see the pictures of the process so far. We will post pictures of the finished product next week! Stay tuned!