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18 September 2026

Greener, fairer, wiser future

Class 2 and 3 children have had a wonderful trip to Winterbourne House and garden to be guests at their ‘Seeds of change’ gathering. Here the brilliant team at ‘The Great Imagining’ led marquees for the children to explore and learn about steps they could take towards a greener, fairer and wiser…

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18 September 2026

Greener, fairer, wiser future

Class 2 and 3 children have had a wonderful trip to Winterbourne House and garden to be guests at their ‘Seeds of change’ gathering. Here the brilliant team at ‘The Great Imagining’ led marquees for the children to explore and learn about steps they could take towards a greener, fairer and wiser…

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17 September 2026

Fewer than , more than and equal to

Year 1 are continuing to work hard on their place value knowledge. In today’s lesson they looked at using the language fewer than , more than and equal to (the same as). We then worked as a group to tackle a tricky reasoning problem. Well done superstars!

 

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15 September 2026

Do all materials have the same properties?

This week in science we explored whether all materials had the same properties and therefore reacted in the same way. The children made predictions and labelled their objects. They then conducted investigations and used scientific vocabulary to record their observations, correcting misconceptions…

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14 September 2026

What can our special items tell us about our history?

Class 2 have had a wonderful afternoon sharing their special memories. They have listened to each others stories and then presented what they heard to their peers. They then plotted their favourite memory on their own timeline. Super history learning everyone!

 

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11 September 2026

Place value power!

Year 1 have worked very hard mastering place value within 10 this week. They have played quick counting games against partners, represented numbers, investigated number lines and looked at 1 more than. Great work year 1.

 

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11 September 2026

Phonics fun!

Class 2 have had a great week getting back into phonics! Lots of practical learning and fun. 
Well done children!

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11 September 2026

Little Red Riding Hood

Class 2 have begun their first English unit studying traditional tales. To start with they passed clues around the circle making predictions about which story it could be and explaining their reasons. After working out that it was Little Red Riding Hood, the children have read the story and…

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11 September 2026

Welcome Back Class 4

After a wonderful summer it was back to business for class 4 as they started a number of new topics this week.  


English - suspense stories

Maths - place value

Science - materials and their properties

Geography - populations

PE - Handball

ICT - internet safety

We have been…

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11 September 2026

Rapping visitors

Yesterday we had a visit from Asian Reeves, an actress and singer who works closely with The Great Imagining! Together we thought about climate change and the effects of global warming. Together we created a rap and a beat made from our combined ideas! 

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11 September 2026

Excellent English

Today we have been hot seating. We put ourselves in the position of Rhodopis, the character from our class text and answers questions as her. We thought about how she may be feeling and the different things she has been experiencing. 

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11 September 2026

Excellent English

Today we have been hot seating. We put ourselves in the position of Rhodopis, the character from our class text and answers questions as her. We thought about how she may be feeling and the different things she has been experiencing. 

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