Rowan and Willow Class had a wonderful time last week with a visit from Retune. Retune is a charity which inspires young people to improve their mental wellbeing through creative outlets such as music and the arts. What did the children learn? “That I love music even more than I used to” “I learned SCALES … Read more
This week the children have had lots of opportunities to learn about China and Lunar New Year. In Topic time we have learnt how Lunar New Year is celebrated, the story of the Great Race and the animals that represent different years. In PE, in yoga class, we made movements and shapes to a Chinese … Read more
The children in Reception had a wonderful morning at Hitchin Library today. They were all very excited for their ride on the coach and behaved impeccably throughout. Deb gave us a very warm welcome and read us several stories, which we all thought were fantastic. We explored the whole library, upstairs and down, and learnt … Read more
Year 5’s new science unit this term is all about materials. The class have decided that they are already enjoying this unit as it involves lots of experiments! We have looked at what properties we know materials have and have planned and taken part in some initial experiments to test these theories. We are gearing … Read more
The school council continue to meet every week and discuss issues of concern to pupils. School dinners are a recurring theme. We are lucky to have such tasty school dinners but it is difficult to please all of the people all of the time! Some pupils would like more vegetarian options so this will be … Read more
The children have had lots of opportunity to extend their learning and explore their curiosities this week in Discover & Do. Below is a selection of photos. We continued our learning on Paul Horton. Children had the opportunity to explore shades and tints and draw neat black outlines around the houses they painted last week. … Read more
Puppets are our topic in Design and Technology this term. We have looked at various types of puppets and had fun exploring and playing with them. This week we had a go at making our own finger puppets. The children were given a template to colour and cut out. They then had to join the … Read more
The children have settled back into school brilliantly and we’ve got straight into some super learning in the first week of Spring term. The themes and topics running through this week and next week are The Three Little Pigs, different building and houses, the artist Paul Horton and watercolour painting and recyclying. The children have … Read more
Oak and Ash left Reception today for a short walk in the local area to look at different types of houses. They had a fantastic time whilst out and all behaved impeccably. We saw so many different types of houses and features, from eco houses with solar panels on their roofs to centuries old terraced … Read more
Mars were the Cup winners in December for Autumn second half term, followed by Jupiter and Neptune in joint second place. Special congratulations to Mars, and well done to all children who earned house points over the half term.
