What an array of different books, interesting characters and amazing costumes! It was great to hear about the children’s favourite books today and why they enjoyed reading them so much. We made a shortlist of authors and then all voted for our favourite – Roald Dahl came out top! Then we voted for our favourite … Read more
With a varied range of characters from The Girl Savage to Billionaire Boy, Willow Class showed what a well read bunch they are! The classes outfits were fantastic with lots of home-made effort and thought (thank you grown-ups!). Today was dedicated to World Book Day. We read, we listened, we watched, we wrote, we used … Read more
Beech class have been getting very creative lately. They finished their penguin jazz dance in PE and learnt how to play samba for their drumming performance, but they have also worked on dramatising the stories from a wide range of books. On World Book Day, the class enjoyed dressing up as their favourite characters and sharing the … Read more
Beech class have been getting very creative lately. They finished their penguin jazz dance in PE and learnt how to play samba for their drumming performance, but they have also worked on dramatising the stories from a wide range of books. On World Book Day, the class enjoyed dressing up as their favourite characters and sharing the … Read more
We started this half term in D&T by making our stick puppets, following our designs and adapting them where necessary. Continuing on the puppet theme, in computing, we used Puppet Pals on the iPads to create stories by recording voices to go with different characters. In art, we are continuing our pattern and colour work … Read more
We started the week with retelling holiday news and from what the children wrote, it appears that everyone had an exciting break. Well done to everyone who returned the holiday homework picture of their house ready for our clay work. In literacy this week our story this week has been The Three Pigs and the … Read more
Willow Class (along with the rest of KS2) were treated to a masterclass in performing arts when a West End performer taught them a dance to represent the classic Morpurgo book's storyline. Firstly the class, in groups, devised a freeze frame based on a key event in the story. One group looked at the storm … Read more
Zumba certainly released those 'feel good' hormones for our Year 6 children. They absolutely loved it and really put in 100% effort.
This term in DT Maple class have been discussing what makes a healthy sandwich. The children tried out different types of bread in order to choose their favourites. We then discussed what ingredients we could include in our sandwich to make it healthy. This lead us to looking at healthy and unhealthy foods and how … Read more
This year's STEM K'Nex challenge saw our Year 5s designing and building a futuristic flying machine. On Wedsnesday afternoon, the children came down to the hall where they found tables with boxes of K'Nex ready and waiting for them. After our STEM Ambassador explained this year's challenge, the children spent a short while jotting down their design … Read more
