Reading at the village hall with Dementia Caring Charity
We had a fantastic session at the village hall with Dementia Caring charity. We shared some of our favourite poems and spent time with the people who attend sharing what we’ve been up to at school.
Science enrichment and fun!
Class 2 were invited to Drayton Manor to trial their science enrichment on Forces and electricity. We had lots of fun learning about motors and magnets and then seeing them in action in the theme park. We were even treated to a few goes on the rides! What a fabulous day we had.
ICT Vector Drawing
Class 3 have started their latest ICT topic and already they have produced some interesting designs. The initial task was to produce a house just using shapes. When they had mastered this their task was to design an individual clothing brand logo. Which one do you think is the most eye catching?
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Reception find 9 and 10
We have had lots of fun this morning searching for numbers in our outdoor environment. The children found lots of examples of 9 and 10. Great work Reception!
April Forest School
The children have had a lovely start to Forest School this week. We have started with team building activities and games and have used the classroom learning as a stimulus for some of our activities. Class 1 have created a trap for the evil pea, built a castle for the dragon and made magic wands…
Drayton manor zoo
Key stage 1 were invited to try out the new education offering from Drayton Manor which enhanced the children’s science learning.
We had a fabulous day exploring the zoo, finding out facts about the animals and learning about the five types of animals: fish, birds, reptiles, amphibians and…
Wake Up Shake Up
We’ve had our first wake up shake up work out at lunch today. The children chose the song and created the routine. We enjoyed warming up our bodies and having lots of fun.
Mass and measures in maths
Lots of problem solving in maths today. We used the balance scales to help us visualise our mastery problem and balance the scales to calculate missing mass.
What fantastic maths!
School Council opens their polling station
School council are excited to have held their first poll.
Every child across the school has had the chance to vote on this week’s question.
After coming up with the idea, designing and making the tubes and holding their votes, school council are super excited to see the impact this could…
Constructing a Playground
In DT this half term the children have been learning about playgrounds, the materials that they are made of and why certain materials are used. As part of our topic the children have had to create a model playground using materials from our classroom. They did a fantastic job. Well done…
Easter Service and Bonnet Parade
Wow! What a fantastic Easter service - thank you Class 2. You read beautifully, sharing the story of Easter and how it is celebrated. Class 1 your singing and dancing was energetic and joyful to watch and Class 3 your watercolour crosses were incredible.
Well done to all who took part in…
Developing our sketching skills
The children have been working very hard on developing their sketching skills over the past half term. Today they picked a view of our beautiful school to sketch. They worked very hard to include sketching techniques whilst focusing on proportion. Our next lesson will be their showcase piece of…