: Blog items
Date: 19th Mar 2026 @ 9:18am
Redwoods Class Begin Their Eco Project 🐛🌱
Redwoods Class have kicked off their exciting Eco project by learning about the bugs that live around our school grounds. The pupils have been bug hunting in the playgrounds 🔍, carefully exploring and discovering the different minibeasts they can find.
We have talked about where these creatures live and the habitats they need to survive 🏡. Using this knowledge, the class has designed their very own bug hotels 🐞, which they are looking forward to building next week.
It’s been wonderful to see such curiosity, teamwork, and enthusiasm for nature. Well done, Redwoods Class! 🌍👏
Date: 19th Mar 2026 @ 9:13am
Redwoods Class Explore Robots in Lego Therapy Session 🤖
Redwoods Class took part in an exciting Lego Therapy session based on the theme of robots. Working together 🤝, pupils built their own creations while developing teamwork and communication skills.
The class discussed what robots are and their different functions ⚙️, thinking about how they can help people in everyday life. Pupils designed robots with a range of abilities, including helping with tasks 🧹, supporting people ❤️, and responding to emergencies 🚨.
It was fantastic to see such creativity 🎨, collaboration 🤝, and enthusiasm in such a short space of time. Well done, Redwoods Class! 👏
Date: 19th Mar 2026 @ 9:08am
Date: 19th Mar 2026 @ 8:49am
During Science Day, our class explored a deliciously fun question: Which digestive biscuit makes the best dunker? Children tested four types—plain, milk chocolate, dark chocolate and milk chocolate caramel. Before investigating, most pupils predicted that the milk chocolate caramel digestive would perform best. They reasoned that its extra layers and sticky caramel would help it hold together for longer when dunked.
After carefully carrying out our fair test and counting how many dunks each biscuit could survive, we discovered that most of the children were right! The caramel digestive proved to be the strongest dunker. A tasty experiment and great scientific thinking!
Date: 19th Mar 2026 @ 8:03am
This week in Year 4, the children continued their musical journey with the lively folk tune Old Joe Clark. After revisiting key musical vocabulary and warming up their voices, pupils enjoyed listening to — and singing along with the song once again. The focus of today’s lesson was developing confidence in improvising and composing using the glockenspiels.
Using simple call‑and‑response activities, the children experimented with musical questions and answers, building their understanding of how short melodic ideas can fit together. They then explored a selection of notes (D, E, F♯, A and B) to create their own short patterns to accompany the song.
We discussed important musical features such as the stave, treble clef, line and space notes, and the time signature. Pupils were encouraged to think creatively: Which notes sound good together? How do you want your melody to move? What tempo will work best?
The class showed fantastic creativity and enthusiasm, and it was wonderful to see them composing confidently and proudly performing their new ideas.
Date: 18th Mar 2026 @ 5:29pm
Date: 18th Mar 2026 @ 5:27pm
Yesterday in Computing during Together Time, Year 5 stepped back in time to 1912 as they explored a database of Titanic passengers! The children learned how databases help us store, organise, and search large amounts of information.
Using the Titanic database, Year 5 practised using AND and OR search functions to find specific information.
- They used AND to narrow their searches, such as “passenger AND first class” to find people who met both conditions.
- They used OR to broaden their searches, such as “male OR crew”, to include more results.
Date: 18th Mar 2026 @ 5:14pm
Our Together Time was a wonderful opportunity to welcome parents/carers into the classroom and share our learning. Over recent weeks, we have been exploring animal habitats and how they support survival.
We worked with our parents/ carers to create colourful habitat dioramas, choosing from desert, woodland, polar, or ocean environments. We discussed key features such as climate, plants, and animals, then used craft materials to build miniature scenes showing how animals meet their needs.
It was lovely to see families collaborating and enjoying the experience. We look forward to our next Together Time.
Date: 18th Mar 2026 @ 4:54pm
We had an amazing Science Day today! 🔬✨
Our investigation question was “Does the amount of sugar in a biscuit affect how many times it can be dunked?” 🍪🫖 We planned our experiment carefully and then carried it out—managing to sneak in a biscuit tasting too! 😋 We discovered that biscuits with more sugar tended to soften and break more quickly, while biscuits with less sugar held their structure for longer and survived more dunks. ✔️
After our investigation, we headed to a workshop in the hall with Rebecca.
First, we explored circuits 💡🔋 and learned that if a circuit is broken, the lights or buzzers won’t work. Then we took on a physics challenge, using only our breath to blow a cup out of a stacked tower. 🌀🥤 Finally, we used physics again to create a mini tornado effect to lift a sunken satsuma from the bottom of a water jug all the way to the top. 🍊💧
Date: 18th Mar 2026 @ 4:46pm
What an exciting Science Day we’ve had in Year One! The children spent the day exploring, experimenting, and discovering new ideas through hands‑on activities both in the classroom and in a special workshop.
Workshop with Rebecca
We began the day with an engaging science workshop led by Rebecca, who introduced the children to a variety of fun experiments:
🔌 Circuits:
The children investigated how electrical circuits work, testing out lights and buzzers. They quickly learned that if a circuit is broken—even just a little—electricity can’t flow, and the components stop working. There were lots of “oohs” and “aahs” as they watched their bulbs light up!
✨ Static String:
Next, we experimented with static electricity. The children explored how static charge can make materials stick, rise, or move. Their faces lit up as they watched pieces of string magically lift and dance using only the power of static!
🫧 Giant Bubbles:
One of the most memorable moments of the morning was making giant bubbles—so big that some children could stand inside them! There was plenty of laughter as they tried to create the biggest, strongest bubble possible.
Back in the Classroom: Biscuit Investigation
In the afternoon, we turned into scientists once again to solve a very important question:
“What biscuit would be best for the Gingerbread Man to be made of so he can cross the river without the help of the fox?”
After planning our investigation, the children tested a selection of biscuits by placing them in water and observing what happened. We discussed predictions, watched closely as the biscuits absorbed water, and recorded our findings.
🧪 Our Conclusion:
Gingerbread is the best biscuit for the Gingerbread Man!
It turned out to be the least absorbent of the biscuits we tested, meaning it kept its shape the longest and didn’t crumble in the water.
Date: 18th Mar 2026 @ 4:26pm
Year 5 - Spectacular Scientists!
Date: 18th Mar 2026 @ 2:46pm
Science Day 2025!
Today in Year 5, we joined with classes from across the school and carried out a hands‑on investigation to answer our key question: “Does the thickness of a biscuit affect how many times it can be dunked before it breaks?”
We tested four different biscuits, each with a different thickness. Working carefully and fairly, the children dunked each biscuit into warm water one dip at a time, counting how many dunks it survived before breaking. We made sure to keep all other factors the same so that it was a fair test.
The class recorded their results, compared the performance of each biscuit, and discussed what the findings might tell us about biscuit strength and structure. The children showed great teamwork, accurate measuring, and excellent scientific thinking.
It was a fun (and slightly messy!) investigation that helped us practise making predictions, collecting data, and drawing conclusions like real scientists.
Date: 18th Mar 2026 @ 2:14pm
Acorns have had their own science investigations this afternoon.
We have taken part in our biscuit dunking experiment and counted the number of times we dunked the biscuit, in warm water, cold water and icy water, until they broke.
We explored an exploding volcano. What happens when we add bicarbonate of soda to vinegar? We loved how it became fizzy and bubbled over.
Finally, we explored floating and sinking. We saw that heavy items sank to the bottom of the water and light items floated.
All these fun experiments helped us develop our curiosity, engagement and learning experiences alongside others in an adult led activity.
Date: 18th Mar 2026 @ 2:02pm
This half term Year Two have been completing ‘eat well and move’ sessions. These have looked at making healthy choices when eating and fun physical activities. We have also looked at the importance of teamwork and collaboration.
Year 2- Designing our moving vehicles!
Date: 18th Mar 2026 @ 2:00pm
Today we began designing our moving vehicles. We thought about the data that we had collected from reception and considered this carefully when picking the detail, shape, colour and size. Some children thought about creating imaginative designs such as ice cream vans, police cars and lorries! We can’t wait to see their ideas come to life!
Date: 18th Mar 2026 @ 1:56pm
For together time, we carried on our history learning. We started with a quiz all about Louis Braille to see what facts we could remember. We then tried to decode messages that were written in braille. We found this challenging and spoke about how long it would take to learn to read and write in braille. We then used what we had learnt to write our names using braille. Throughout our learning we have spoken about how important braille’s creation was and how it has supported blind people for many years.
Date: 18th Mar 2026 @ 1:28pm
We have absolutely loved Science Day today! We were given our investigation question, “Which temperature of tea is best for dunking biscuits?” then we had to plan the investigation and carry it out. We managed to sneak in a biscuit too! We found that warm tea (around 60–70°C) is ideal because it softened the biscuit just enough, so the biscuit absorbs tea quickly and gets that perfect “gooey but not collapsed” texture. Warm tea didn’t soften the biscuit quick enough and the cold/ice cold teas hardly softened the biscuit at all.
Afterwards, we went to a workshop in the hall where we took part in lots of different experiments with Rebecca. The first thing we looked at was circuits and how if a circuit breaks then our lights/buzzers wouldn’t work. Then we had a physics challenge where we had to use blowing to remove a cup from a stack. Afterwards, we used physics again to create a tornado type effect to get a sunken satsuma from the bottom of a water filled jug to the top.
Date: 18th Mar 2026 @ 12:08pm
Date: 18th Mar 2026 @ 11:07am
Acorns had a fabulous time watching Spark Curiosity and exploring a variety of activities in the hall for Science day.
we loved looking at the flashing wands and learning that they only flashed when we touched the metal ends, conducting electricity. They even worked when we held hands passing the current through us all.
We then had fun creating silly string circles. Following by watching big bubbles being made and having a turn, watching the bubbles rise over us.
Date: 18th Mar 2026 @ 10:11am
Today was Science Day across school! Our theme was curiosity and we explored this by asking and answering scientific questions. We started the day with an amazing workshop where we explored many practical ways of exploring scientific questions! We even fit inside a giant bubble!
Date: 18th Mar 2026 @ 9:55am
As part of our pathway this half term, we had to draw a buffet of food. We were given large sheets of paper (which we pretended were tables or blankets) and we drew what we'd like at a feast!
Year 4 - Together Time with Fit2Go
Date: 18th Mar 2026 @ 9:52am
We enjoyed sharing what we have been doing in Fit2Go when our parents and carers came in for Together Time this week.
Date: 18th Mar 2026 @ 7:58am
Today was a very special Together Time as we welcomed our parents into the classroom to share in our learning. Over the past few weeks, we have been exploring animal habitats—the places where different animals live and how these environments help them survive.
To celebrate our learning, children and parents worked side by side to create colourful habitat dioramas. Each child chose one habitat from the four we have been studying:
- Desert
- Woodland
- Polar
- Ocean
Together, we talked about what makes each habitat unique—its weather, plants, and the animals that call it home. Then, using a mix of craft materials, imagination, and teamwork, the children built a miniature world showing what an animal needs to survive, such as food, shelter, water, and protection.
It was wonderful seeing families creating, chatting, and learning together. From polar bears in icy landscapes to bright ocean scenes filled with fish, every diorama was a brilliant expression of creativity and understanding.
Thank you to all the parents who joined us today. Your involvement makes our learning so much richer, and the children were incredibly proud to share their knowledge with you.
We can’t wait for our next Together Time adventure! 🌟
Date: 18th Mar 2026 @ 7:55am
This week, we learnt about the history of the festival of Sukkot and how this is celebrated by Jewish families today by talking to our visitor Rachel! She gave us an introduction to Judaism where we impressed her with what we have learnt so far and learnt that Sukkot is a time for Jewish people to remember to be grateful to God for keeping his promise and providing them with all that they need. Rachel brought lots of things to show us and we spent lots of time asking and answering questions to support our understanding.
Date: 17th Mar 2026 @ 3:40pm
