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Year 2 Elm- Making our moving vehicles!
Date: 2nd Apr 2026 @ 3:48pm
This week, Year 2 have been busy engineers in the making as they created their very own moving vehicles in Design Technology! 🧰🎨
The children began by exploring different types of wheels and axles, learning how real vehicles move and what helps them travel smoothly. 🛞🔍 They sketched ideas, planned their designs, and thought carefully about which materials would be strongest and most effective. 💡📐
Once their plans were ready, it was time to get building! 🛠️
With cardboard boxes, dowels, bottle tops, tape, and plenty of imagination, the classroom quickly transformed into a buzzing workshop. The children worked brilliantly — measuring, cutting, attaching wheels, and testing how well their vehicles rolled. 🚗💨
There were racing cars, buses, monster trucks, and even a few creative inventionswe’ve never seen before! 🚕🚚🚜
The pride on their faces when their vehicles moved for the first time was priceless. 😄👏
A huge well done to all of Year 2 for their brilliant teamwork, resilience, and creativity throughout this project. 🌟
We are so proud of the skills they are developing as designers and makers! 🧩✨
Keep an eye out — you may see some of our future engineers on the roads one day! 🚗❤️
Date: 2nd Apr 2026 @ 3:48pm
💛 Year 2 PSHE: Learning About Personal Safety & Trusted Adults 🌟
This week in PSHE, Year 2 took part in an important lesson all about keeping ourselves safe and understanding our personal boundaries. 🧡✨
We talked about the difference between appropriate and inappropriate touch in a simple, age‑appropriate way, helping children to understand that their body belongs to them and that everyone has the right to feel safe and comfortable. 😊💛
The children learned that:
- ✅ Some touches are kind, helpful, or part of everyday life
- ❌ Some touches make us feel uncomfortable, confused, or worried
We discussed that if something doesn’t feel right, they have the right to say “no”, move away, and tell someone they trust. 🗣️✋
Together, we also created a list of trusted adults who can help keep us safe — at home and at school. 👨👩👧👦🏫
This included parents, carers, teachers, support staff, and other grown‑ups they feel comfortable talking to. 🌟
The children showed great maturity and thoughtfulness throughout the lesson, joining in with discussions and sharing ideas about keeping themselves and others safe. 💬🤝
We are very proud of how sensibly Year 2 approached this topic. 🌈👏
They are building important life skills that will help them understand their own boundaries and know who to turn to if they ever feel unsure. 💛
Date: 2nd Apr 2026 @ 3:43pm
We wanted to say a huge thank you to all our wonderful parents and families for the fantastic Easter egg entries this year! 🥚🎨🐰
The creativity, colour, and imagination on display were truly amazing — every single entry brought so much joy us. 🌈✨
Your support and enthusiasm make these events so special for the children, and we’re incredibly grateful. 💖
As we wrap up the term, we’d like to wish you all a very Happy Easter and a relaxing, well‑deserved break. 🌷🐇💐
We hope you enjoy some time to rest, recharge, and hopefully enjoy a bit of sunshine too! ☀️🌼
Have a lovely holiday! 🙌💛
From all of us 🐣💕
Year 2 Birch- Making our Moving Vehicles!
Date: 2nd Apr 2026 @ 3:40pm
🚙✨ Year 2 Get Moving with Their Amazing Vehicle Designs! ✨🛠️
This week, Year 2 have been busy engineers in the making as they created their very own moving vehicles in Design Technology! 🧰🎨
The children began by exploring different types of wheels and axles, learning how real vehicles move and what helps them travel smoothly. 🛞🔍 They sketched ideas, planned their designs, and thought carefully about which materials would be strongest and most effective. 💡📐
Once their plans were ready, it was time to get building! 🛠️
With cardboard boxes, dowels, bottle tops, tape, and plenty of imagination, the classroom quickly transformed into a buzzing workshop. The children worked brilliantly — measuring, cutting, attaching wheels, and testing how well their vehicles rolled. 🚗💨
There were racing cars, buses, monster trucks, and even a few creative inventions we’ve never seen before! 🚕🚚🚜
The pride on their faces when their vehicles moved for the first time was priceless. 😄👏
A huge well done to all of Year 2 for their brilliant teamwork, resilience, and creativity throughout this project. 🌟
We are so proud of the skills they are developing as designers and makers! 🧩✨
Keep an eye out — you may see some of our future engineers on the roads one day! 🚗❤️
Date: 2nd Apr 2026 @ 3:36pm
🌼 A Big Easter Thank You! 🐣💛
We wanted to say a huge thank you to all our wonderful parents and families for the fantastic Easter egg entries this year! 🥚🎨🐰
The creativity, colour, and imagination on display were truly amazing — every single entry brought so much joy us. 🌈✨
Your support and enthusiasm make these events so special for the children, and we’re incredibly grateful. 💖
As we wrap up the term, we’d like to wish you all a very Happy Easter and a relaxing, well‑deserved break. 🌷🐇💐
We hope you enjoy some time to rest, recharge, and hopefully enjoy a bit of sunshine too! ☀️🌼
Have a lovely holiday! 🙌💛
From all of us 🐣💕
Date: 2nd Apr 2026 @ 11:53am
Acorns loved our sensory cooking experience this week. We explored making Easter biscuits. We loved creating a dough and then rolling, squishing, making patterns and cutting out shapes. We then had fun choosing different colour icing and sprinkles to decorate some we made earlier. Have a look at our fun.
Date: 2nd Apr 2026 @ 11:41am
🚀🌕 Redwoods Explore the Artemis Mission! 🌕🚀
In Redwoods, we spent some exciting time today watching the Artemis rocket launch to the Moon 🚀🌕. The children were fascinated as they learned all about what it takes to be an astronaut 👩🚀👨🚀, explored what the Artemis spacecraft looks like inside 🛰️, and discovered how long the mission will last 🕒.
Everyone showed lots of curiosity and enthusiasm, asking brilliant questions and enjoying learning about space and exploration ✨⭐. It was a fantastic experience that inspired lots of interest and excitement about the Moon and beyond! 🌌🌟
Well done, Redwoods, for your brilliant learning today! 👏😊
Date: 2nd Apr 2026 @ 11:36am
🐣🌸 Redwoods Easter Fun! 🌸🐣
The Redwoods class has been very busy enjoying lots of fun and creative Easter activities over the past few weeks! 🐰✨
We started our celebrations by making Easter crispy cakes 🍫🥄, and the children absolutely loved getting involved. They carefully measured the ingredients, mixed everything together, and most importantly, enjoyed tasting their delicious creations at the end! 😋 It was a great opportunity to practise independence skills and follow simple instructions.
The children also had fun making Easter cards 🐣💌 to take home. They worked hard choosing colours, patterns, and decorations, showing fantastic creativity and lots of pride in their work. Each card was unique and beautifully made 🎨✨.
Alongside this, we explored a wide range of creative Easter crafts 🖍️✂️, including painting, cutting, sticking, and collage activities. These hands‑on experiences helped develop fine motor skills while encouraging imagination and self‑expression 🌈.
It has been wonderful to see the children so engaged, smiling, and working together throughout these activities 😊👏. Well done, Redwoods, for all your hard work and creativity – you have had a brilliant Easter‑filled time! 🐰🌷🥚
Reception- End of Term Achievements
Date: 2nd Apr 2026 @ 11:14am
The award for Love of Learning is presented to a child who has truly shone throughout the Spring term. Their hard work, positive attitude, and growing confidence have made them stand out in everything they do.
They have shown a remarkable love of learning, approaching new challenges with enthusiasm, curiosity, and determination. Their achievements reflect not only their effort, but also their resilience and willingness to always try their best.
The award for being an Always Child is given to someone who is consistently following our school values and promises and setting a brilliant example to others, they have become a role model for their classmates.
We are incredibly proud of all they have accomplished this term.
Congratulations on this well‑deserved achievement! 🌼🏆
Date: 2nd Apr 2026 @ 11:10am
Happy Holidays from Acorns! We have had lots of fun this week incorporating Easter themed activities into our learning, from maths, arts and crafts and our favourite sensory cooking. We have been busy making Easter egg biscuits and going on an egg hunt. Enjoy your break and we will see you after the half term.
Acorns - Core words Here & There
Date: 2nd Apr 2026 @ 11:07am
For the last two weeks, we have been developing our understanding of the core words, here and there. We have learned to say them, sign them or use visuals to support our understanding. We have practised reading and writing the words and our favourite has been signing them in our songs, especially Old McDonald, which has help us to learn the words in context.
Acorns - Little Red Riding hood
Date: 2nd Apr 2026 @ 11:00am
Acorns have been enjoying the sensory story, Little Red Riding Hood. We have loved howling like a wolf, having big eyes and ears and watching the teeth chomp, chomp, chomp. We have been learning to say familiar words and phrases to finish a sentence or using visuals cards to help. We have been developing our engagement and learning during a small group activity.
Reception The Lifecyle of a Frog
Date: 2nd Apr 2026 @ 10:31am
This week in Reception. the children have been exploring the world through an exciting hands on experiece at our school pond. We carefully colled some frogspawn to observe back in the classroom. After setting up a special observation tank, the childtren have been watching daily changes and learning new vocabulary such as frogspawwn, tadpole, froglet and lifecycle. Using books, magnifying glasses and videos, they've been discovering how frogspawn transforms from tiny eggs to tadpoles, then froglets and finally adult frogs, which we will return safely to the pond. This has encouraged curiosity, care for liviing thinfs,and scientific thinking, helping the children develop observational skills, languag, and understanding pf how living things grow and change.
Date: 2nd Apr 2026 @ 10:12am
This week the children in Reception have been learning about the Christian celebration of Easter. We started the week off with a special assembly led by Year 6- Rev Peter also came to talk to use about Easter. We listened to the Easter story and learnt that Christians believe Easter is when JEsus died on the cross and then rose from the dead on Easter Sunday. We explored different traditions at Easter including goign to church servies, egg hunts and buying Easter eggs for our friends and family. As part of our learning we worked together to sequence the story and made our own cross on a hill to represent the crucifixion.
Reception- Easter Outdoor Learning
Date: 2nd Apr 2026 @ 10:08am
Our Reception children enjoyed a wonderful week of Easter‑themed fun, embracing the joy of springtime through a range of playful outdoor activities. The children took part in traditional egg rolling, cheering each other on as they raced their colourful eggs down the grassy slope.
They loved dressing up in their favourite spring and Easter hats, filling the playground with bright colours, bunny ears, and big smiles!
One of the most exciting highlights was our Easter Egg Hunt. Children explored the outdoor area, searching high and low for hidden eggs while developing teamwork, curiosity, and problem‑solving skills.
These springtime celebrations created a magical atmosphere of discovery, laughter, and seasonal wonder — a perfect way to welcome the new season together. 🌷🐰
"i rolled my egg a long way- I won!" Zara
"I loved rolling my egg- it was so exciting!" Joseph
Date: 2nd Apr 2026 @ 10:06am
Over the last few weeks the children have been learning about the season of spring. We went on a spring walk to spot the different signs of spring in the school grounds. We worked in pairs to tick of our spring checklist. Back in class we took part in our oracy sessions focusing on building sentences aboiut spring using the conjunctions 'and' and 'because' We also painted spring pictures, made a spring wreath and prodiced some lovely pictures of writing..
Year 1 - Maths - Counting from 20 to 50.
Date: 1st Apr 2026 @ 6:36pm
Today in Maths, we began learning to count from 20 to 50. We matched each number to the correct pictorial tens frame, helping us to recognise numbers visually and understand their value. We used the stem sentences: “The number that comes before ___ is ___" and “The number that comes after ___ is ___.” This supported us in developing confidence when ordering numbers. We also explored place value, recognising that numbers are made up of tens and ones, which helped us to deepen our understanding of how numbers are structured.
Date: 1st Apr 2026 @ 6:16pm
This week we reflected on our RE journey this half term and revisited our prior learning on trust. We revisited the importance of trust and who we can trust/rely on in our own lives. We looked back at our class promises and discussed if they had been kept by all members of our class. We also thought about how we each felt about continuing with these promises throughout the year and how easy/difficult it is to keep promises. We then completed some trust activities with our peers in our outdoor area!
Date: 1st Apr 2026 @ 4:07pm
This week, Year 1 have been busy becoming instruction experts—and what better way to practise than by creating our very own disgusting sandwiches!
We began by learning all about imperative (bossy) verbs, such as put, squash, mix and spread. These helped us give clear, direct commands in our writing. We also used time conjunctions like first, next, after that and finally to help us order each step carefully.
Once we were confident, the real fun began! The children planned and wrote instructions for some truly horrible creations—think soggy lettuce, mouldy cheese, slimy banana skins and a sprinkling of green slime for good measure. They worked hard to structure their writing accurately and make each step easy to follow.
Date: 1st Apr 2026 @ 12:56pm
Year 4 pupils completed their Festive Feasts sculptures by adding colour and detail using acrylic paint. After carefully shaping their clay food models in the previous lesson, the children focused on making their creations look as realistic as possible. They thought closely about colour mixing, shading, and small details such as texture and pattern to bring their food to life.
Pupils worked patiently and independently, applying the paint in layers and taking pride in the accuracy of their work. The results were impressive, with many sculptures looking good enough to eat! Once finished, pupils evaluated their final pieces, reflecting on what they did well and how they could improve their work next time.
This lesson was a fantastic opportunity for pupils to develop their painting skills while celebrating creativity and attention to detail. We are very proud of their finished sculptures!
Date: 1st Apr 2026 @ 11:48am
Our Year 3 and 4 Easter Disco was a huge success, filled with laughter, music, and plenty of sweet treats! The children danced the afternoon away, kicking things off with an exciting game of Four Corners, followed by energetic Zumba with Mrs Darwin, who had everyone moving and smiling.
There was lots of friendly competitiveness during Pass the Parcel, with cheers echoing around the hall as each layer was unwrapped. During the evening, pupils enjoyed choosing crisps, sweets and chocolate from the ever‑popular tuck shop, which kept energy levels high and spirits even higher!
It was a wonderful event full of happy faces and fantastic dance moves—thank you to everyone who joined in and made it such a memorable Easter celebration! 🐣✨
Date: 1st Apr 2026 @ 11:43am
This week, we wrapped up our Fit2Go programme with our final PE session and practical lesson. The children have worked incredibly hard over the past weeks, learning all about healthy lifestyles, staying active, and making positive choices.
To celebrate their achievements, we held a special assembly where pupils showcased everything they’ve learned to their parents and carers. It was wonderful to see how confident and knowledgeable they have become!
We also announced our four Stars of the Half Term—a huge well done to each of them for their enthusiasm, effort, and brilliant attitude throughout the programme. We are all very proud of you!
What a great way to finish the half term!
Reception enjoy the Easter disco
Date: 1st Apr 2026 @ 10:59am
On Mpnday the children had a fantastic time at our annual Easter disco. They had a great time dancing with their friends, playing pass the parcel and enjoyed a drink of juice and some biscuits as a snack. The children looked fabulous in their party outfits. It was lovely to see them all having such a great time with their friends.
Reception The Three Billy Goats Gruff
Date: 1st Apr 2026 @ 10:55am
Reception have been reading the traditional taile 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff' We have been working hard on our oracy skills using our new vocabulary to retell the story atthe storytelling table . We have also been practicing orally composing a sentence and using our phonic knowledge to write a sentence independently.
Date: 1st Apr 2026 @ 9:19am
We’ve had an amazing few days exploring the world of hot cross buns, and what a delicious journey it’s been! To start the day, we looked at what a chef's job role is. Our taste-testing session was a big highlight—we sampled a whole variety of flavours, including apple and cinnamon, cherry bakewell, lemon and white chocolate, currants, and even salted caramel. Each bun had its own unique flavour and texture, and we used lots of powerful adjectives to describe them—soft, sticky, zesty, gooey, fluffy and more!
After becoming expert taste-testers, we moved on to planning our own baking. We carefully listed all the ingredients we would need and used our maths skills to measure everything precisely. From weighing flour to counting out chocolate chips, we worked like real bakers, following each step with care.
Finally, it was time to bake—and our teamwork paid off! Not only did we learn about flavours and textures, but we also practised reading, writing, measuring, and problem‑solving along the way.
A truly delicious learning experience!
