Maple Class had a fantastic Art Day learning how to draw in the style of 'Banksy'. In assembly, 'Banksy' introduced himself and told us a little about the inspiration behind his artwork. Next KS2 had a master class in sketching in the style of Banksy with some amazing outcomes! In the afternoon, we … Read more
Chestnut Class had a fantastic day this week when Banksy came to visit. The day started with an assembly where 'Banksy' told us all about what inspired him and showed us lots of his pieces of art work. Then, Keystage 2 were given demonstrations of drawing figures and objects. We learnt a lot about how … Read more
Children from Beech class performed freeze frames from the Spiderwick Chronicles. Acting as either Mallory, Jared or Simon they posed in character as they spotted the naughty bogart. Can you guess who is acting as Mallory, the fencing-obsessed sister? Or Simon, the scientist and Jared who desperately wants to spot the faerie. The children really … Read more
In science, Beech class are learning about electricity and in particular electrical circuits. This week the class made a circuit and then tested lots of different materials to see if they are electrical conductors or insulators. Materials included paper clips, staples, lollypop sticks, cotton wool, foil, plastic spoons, tiddlywinks, rubbers and pencils. The class discovered … Read more
We have been very busy in Ash class these last couple of weeks! Take a look at what we've been up to… First of all I would like to apologise for our lack of photos in previous weeks. We have been having problems with cameras but we now have a working class camera and will … Read more
In art, we have been looking closely at Banyan Trees. Banyan Trees have long roots and branches and a single tree can spread over a large area. We have even seen a picture of a restaurant built amongst the branches of a Banyan Tree! After looking at lots of pictures of Banyan Trees, we then … Read more
Maple class feel the beat in a Samba workshop! Maple class had great fun in their Samba workshop. We warmed up with some rhythm games before learning about the different instruments that are played in a samba band. Next the class were given instruments to play and a rhythm to practise. We sounded fantastic when … Read more
Welcome back and a very happy and healthy New Year wish to you all. It was lovely to see everyone back last week and the children all seemed genuinely pleased to see their friends again. We had our 'Values' assembly last Thursday and Mrs Driver introduced us to the value for January which is ’Compassion’. On Monday … Read more
For the first time this year Neptune have won the House Cup! The final scores were: Saturn 464 Mars 474 Jupiter 510 Neptune 525 Well done to everyone who earned house points this term!
On Monday 19th December, Cherry and Chestnut Class took part in a Poetry Slam. The children organised themselves into groups or chose to work as individuals. They had written their own performance poems the previous week on a topic of their choice. We had a huge range of topics and poems called: Siblings, Families, Santa Claus, Christmas … Read more
