On Wednesday afternoon, the children in Class 5/6W made mince pies with the help of Mrs Mills and Mrs Halliwell. The first stage of the process was to roll out the pastry. The children then had to cut 12 discs – 6 small and 6 large. They then placed the larger of the two discs … Read more
In geography, Class 3/4 has been working on their mapping skills by looking at aerial views of towns and villages and their mapped equivalent. To hone their skills the class went on a field trip to Highbury Road and mapped the complex road layout – with great results! The success criteria for each small group … Read more
The whole school learnt all about the digestive system today from Class 3/4. As they found out, it's gorey, yukky, but so much fun! Watch the video of our assembly and find our how important it is to keep healthy.
On what has turned out to be one of the chilliest Tuesday mornings of the term so far, Class 4/5 braved a visit to Waterbeach Waste Management Site in Cambridgeshire to find out exactly what happens to our rubbish. The first activity of the day was to sort some rubbish in to five different piles; … Read more
With it being Road Safety Week we invited the Road Safety Team in to talk to the children. Unfortunately the man who was due to come in was ill on Monday and was then unable to come in on Friday as rearranged. Our lessons were planned to follow on from the professional road safety input … Read more
On Friday 14th November, the School Council organised a cake sale and raffle to raise money for Children in Need. The cake sale was a great success due to the large quantity of cakes. Thank you to anyone who donated! In the afternoon we were also joined in our special assembly by a very special … Read more
An exciting week as the children explored the dark by sitting in the unlit ‘dark den’. We talked about sources of light, learnt about nocturnal animals and about fears of the dark as we heard the story of 'The owl who was afraid of the dark' by Jill Tomlinson and Tom’s Afraid of the Dark … Read more
Yesterday Class 4/5 presented their assembly on Hinduism to the rest of the school. They all spoke loudly and clearly and made Miss Eldridge very proud.
In History, Class 3 have been learning about Stonehenge and how archaeologists have had to use clues left behind by the builders of Stonehenge to try to understand how it might have once looked. They also considered the different theories about why prehistoric people might have built such a huge monument. The next step was … Read more
Another busy week as the children learnt some new skills and practised the old. The week started with retelling our half term holiday news which made exciting reading! Firework night led us to look at the life of Guy Fawkes and think about fireworks. The children tried to think of words that described the sound … Read more
