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Class 1 had some special visitors today in their forest school session. They thoroughly enjoyed showing their grown ups how they use the forest school and exploring pumpkin related activities inspired by our English story ‘Pumpkin soup’!

Thank you to Mrs Carter and Mrs Blakeman for setting up…

In English this term our focus text is Around the World in 80 days. This morning we attempted the same journey as Mr Fogg. We boarded our train in London and visited several countries across Europe taking in the sites, sounds and smells from our train window. Next stop, India.

This week in science we have furthered our understanding of states of matter through some exciting investigations. 
Why don’t you try one at home, pop some raisins in a glass of lemonade and see what happens.

November started with a bang as we were kindly invited to be involved in an incredible
community event run by our friends at Sheepwash Farm. We were so grateful to have the
opportunity to join the Whittington Community Bonfire and Fireworks Event and went full
throttle into planning our part in…

We have had lots of fun this afternoon in our music lesson. The children really got ‘into the groove’ by finding the pulse in different pieces of music. They stomped, clapped and swayed in time to some Latin music. They then used the musical instruments to play in time to the pulse. We listened to…

Halloween Sale

It’s been a terrific start to the autumn term, which came to a spook-tacular end. The PTFA has been
in full-swing planning events and special initiatives for all to enjoy throughout the term, and what
better way to celebrate the last day before half term than with a Halloween…

Over the holidays the children were given an optional task of creating shadow puppets based on their learning from their science unit on light. This week we have watched all of the shadow puppet plays, it was fantastic to see all of the hard work that went into these. Well done! What a creative…

Year 3 and 4 have been investigating materials and using their comparison skills to determine whether they were solids, liquids or gasses. They then grouped the materials into vent diagrams looking at whether some materials could be categorised as both.

Year 1 and 2 children have been learning about animals and their habitats. One of our children very kindly brought in his hedgehog! This really helped bring our learning to life as we spoke about where a hedgehog would usually be found, why alit lived there, how it would be adapted to live there…

Reception have had lots of fun exploring the natural world around them. This week they looked at spiders and their webs. They then had a great time creating a spider web and trying to catch as many insects as possible. Super job everyone!

Class 3 have been taking part in some hands on science recently. Firstly, in our materials topic, we wanted to find out if we could inflate a balloon without blowing into it.  With the help of bicarbonate soda and vinegar we found we could. When the two substances were mixed we found that carbon…

We had a fabulous day, learning all about why we celebrate Bonfire Night. We completed lots of fun activities in our forest school area, the outdoor classroom and in our classroom environment. Our favourite activities included making breadstick sparklers, they tasted delicious! We loved making…