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We were extremely lucky to take part in a workshop with professional artist and animator Leo Wright. Leo has worked with some of the countries biggest names in animation including Aardman who created Wallace and Gromitt.  During the workshop we watched some short films that Leo had created as well…

The children have been very busy in Forest this week. They have worked hard in the poly tunnel laying the cardboard and bark for the floor, watering our lovely new willow arch, and tending the beds. They have been making seed bombs and taken part in various craft activities with natural materials.…

What a wonderful morning we have had for our Mother’s Day High Tea. The children had worked so hard to prepare the scones and the Year 6 children were fabulous hosts. We hope you all enjoyed spending the morning with us, we certainly did.

Wow! What an incredible afternoon. We were so lucky to have a visit from Leo Wright Studios, an animator and creator. It was incredible to build an understanding of how animations are made and look at puppet making and movement. The children then had a character masterclass where they were able to…

We had a fantastic morning working together to bake scones ready for our Mother’s Day High Tea. We can’t wait for you to try them

Our Greenpower cars are nearing completion for race day which is taking place at Curborough race track on Monday 16th June.  This week was an important week for year 6 who were putting the finishing touches to the electrics.  This involved fitting break cables as well as the safety roll bar.  Year…

This week in science we have been exploring how to keep our teeth healthy. We used eggs as a replacement for our teeth and have placed them in different drinks, we are going to check in on them next week.

We then explored the history of toothpaste and even made our own.

Year 1 have worked hard this week exploring length and height. They have used mathematical vocabulary when exploring this concept such as longer, shorter, taller, smaller and centimetres. They have compared lengths, measured using objects and measured using centimetres. Great work…

Thank you so much to our wonderful PTA and parent volunteers for all of their hard work over the last two weeks. Class 1 have a fantastic willow teepee in their outdoor area and the whole school have a beautiful willow arch on the field. We are so excited to explore these new outdoor…

The children have been very busy in Forest School this term. We have celebrated Valentine’s Day, Chinese New Year and World Book Day amongst many other things. They particularly enjoyed the team building game where they had to cross the field in their team without touching the grass. We have been…

Class 1 and 2 have had the best day celebrating World Book Day.

We started the day sharing our favourite stories, the children talked about why they had chosen them and who they would recommend the book to. 

After that it was time for some baking. The children worked in mixed teams to follow…

Today we were lucky enough to have a one week old lamb visit us. The children fed the lamb her milk, stroked her curly woolly coat and asked great questions. Thank you so much to Mrs Britland for arranging to bring her in. What a Friday afternoon treat!