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Year 4 - Safer Internet Day 2025
Date: 11th Feb 2025 @ 11:48am
This year's theme: Too good to be true? Protecting yourself and others from scams online.
We started the day with an assembly, then back in class we watched a live lesson which had lots of tips about how to remain safe online and not be drawn in by scammers and phishers. We learned how to spot scams and how to make sure our passwords online were strong.
Reception Caring Friendship and our Families
Date: 11th Feb 2025 @ 11:44am
During RSE week the chuldren in Reception have been talking about and learning about different families. We discussed how families can be similiar and how they can be different. We also explored what a 'caring friendship' is and what it means to be a good friend. We talked about the importance of sharing, turn taking, listening and using kind words and behaviours. We read a story about Heckle and Ezra which explored the importance of sharing, saying sorry if we do somthing wrong and forgiving people. the children made crowns which they shared with their friends just like Heckle and Ezra. We also explored different emotions and how we can successfully manage these emotions at home and at school.
"A good friend shares their toys and doesn't snatch them" Kevin
"I'm sharing my crown with Jayden" Oscar
"I can do my breathing to help me calm down" Kayden
Year 5 - Mastering Practical DT Skills
Date: 10th Feb 2025 @ 5:13pm
Today, pupils in year 5 have begun construction of their DT products. They are making eco-friendly 'bug hotels' which are constructed from a frame structure. In this lesson, pupils practised the skills of measuring, sawing and sanding to make the pieces of their frame structures from wood. Next we will start to contruct the frame, before adding sides and some shelter for the insects. Come back for more updates over the next week.
Date: 10th Feb 2025 @ 4:52pm
To celebrate the 100th day at school, we listened to the story, 'How many jelly beans' in assembly. In class we followed on from our learning of length and perimeter. The children looked at estimating the length of objects in comparison to jelly beans. Then, we used jelly beans as a unit of measurement to see how long different objects are. We then compared the different lengths.
Year 5 - PGL information for parents
Date: 10th Feb 2025 @ 4:13pm
Please find attached a video of the presentation that was delivered today about the upcoming PGL trip in July. Also attached is the PGL kit list.
Date: 10th Feb 2025 @ 3:58pm
To celebrate the 100th day at school, we listened to the story, ‘How many jelly beans’ in assembly.
In class we used jelly beans to represent a number in 4 different ways, each coloured jelly bean represented a different value. We had a great time making our number in lots of different ways represented by jelly beans.
Date: 10th Feb 2025 @ 12:34pm
To celebrate 100 days of the school year, pupils in year 5 completed a problem solving task. In pairs, pupils had to use fraction clues to work out how many jelly beans were in a jar, and also how many of each colour there were in the jar. We also had a discussion problem where pupils had to complete subtraction calculations to decide how they could get the most jelly beans!
Date: 10th Feb 2025 @ 11:26am
Today we enjoyed celebrating our 100th day at school! We began our day with learning about our theme for the day, before completing lots of different 100 related activities. We practised subtracting with jelly beans, did 100 warm up activities in PE, created 100 monsters and counted different objects up to 100!
Date: 10th Feb 2025 @ 9:19am
Last Monday some of our KS2 children wowed audiences in The Winter Gardens for Schools Alive. The children have worked incredibly hard since September to create a piece called ‘We are all in this together!’. They should be very proud of all they achieved, well done!
Date: 7th Feb 2025 @ 4:28pm
This week is RSE week. Our theme for RSE in Year 2 is differences. We started the journey by looking looking at differences between us and the people around us. We then looked at stereotypes and thought about whether gender really matters when it comes down to our likes and dislikes. We then moved on to looking at differences when it comes to male and female body parts. We learnt the scientific names for body parts and dicussed why it is important to know these. Finally, we look at the differences between male and female animals and how baby animals are fed.
Date: 7th Feb 2025 @ 2:39pm
Acorns have had a fantastic time exploring the art of riding balance bikes. We listened to an adult talk about wearing a helmet and all tried one on before heading outside. We all had a try holding a balance bike and as our confidence developed, tried riding one. Some of us found it a little challenging but loved exploring the large outdoor space, running and balancing on stepping stones. We all explored essential skills like balance, coordination and confidence while having lots of fun.
Year 3- Developing our health and fitness!
Date: 7th Feb 2025 @ 1:01pm
In Pe, the children have been learning about exercise, health and fitness. The children have been looking at developing their muscle strength and working on developing our growth mindset and resilience. This week the children enjoyed completing a circuit that included star jumps, step ups, cone weaving, high knees, long jump and wall squats.
Date: 7th Feb 2025 @ 12:06pm
This week Acorns have been reading Lost and Found. We have enjoyed listening to the story and watching the puppets. Some of us have used the puppets to explore retelling the story.
We explored friendships from the story and linked this to RSE week. We have had lots of opportunities this week to explore friendships and kindness, developing our social skills to play with and alongside our peers, share and take turns with resources and practice waiting.
We have continued to explore artic animals with a focus on penguins. We enjoyed making a penguin using shapes in art and learnt about ovals. We developed our pencil control skills, mark making number and letters on the interactive white board and exploring oral blending during phonics.
Another busy week in Acorns.
Date: 7th Feb 2025 @ 10:51am
The children in Reception have had a fantastic time mastering the art of riding balance bikes. They have learnt the importance of wearing a helmet to keep safe, listening to instructions aswell as devloping essential skills like balance, co-ordination and confidence.
Year 3- Comparing climate zones!
Date: 7th Feb 2025 @ 10:28am
Over this half term, the children have been learning about 5 different climate zones. We have been looking at how they are similar and different. We also looked at temperature levels, precipitation and weather in each climate. The children did a research task using online sources to study different locations across the world. We then presented our research to the rest of the class and filled in a comparisons grid and discussed which location we would like to live in and why.
Year 3- Who are The Salvation Army?
Date: 7th Feb 2025 @ 10:22am
In RE, we have been learning about Christianity. We looked at what a disciple is and what it means to follow Jesus. In this lesson we looked at The Salvation Army and the fantastic work that they do. We looked at why their job is so important and who they support.
Date: 7th Feb 2025 @ 10:16am
In Computing, Year 3 have been learning about how to read and create a branching database. The children have looked at organising yes or no questions and then using these to organise information. The children are currently looking at planning and creating their final working database.
Date: 7th Feb 2025 @ 9:34am
This week year 5 pupils took part in Relationship and Sex Education lessons. In these lessons we learned about the physical and emotional changes that occur during puberty and how this may affect our relationships. Pupils followed our class discussion guidlines to ensure they were being respectful of other children's ideas and giving everyone a chance to participate. All of the children were very sensible during these discussions.
Date: 6th Feb 2025 @ 7:02pm
This week we have taken part in our RSE lessons. Today we read a story that helped us understand how children grow and change. We took it in turns to use Tilly our talking teddy to answer key questions about the story and help us understand that babies need care and support, whilst older children can do more by themselves. We also looked at lifecycle picture cards and worked together to order the pictures from youngest to oldest. Finally, we talked about things we can do now that we couldn't when we were babies.
Date: 6th Feb 2025 @ 3:40pm
This half term, Year Two have completed the Yoga unit 'I am super'. We have thought about how our body feels during certain movements and how to feel strong and powerful. We concentrated on improving our balance during the different poses and being as still as possible whilst breathing steadily.
Year 1 and Year 2 Colouring Club
Date: 6th Feb 2025 @ 3:39pm
This half term, some children from Year 1 and Year 2 have enjoyed coming to colouring club. We have completed lots of different colouring tasks, including mindfulness colouring and colouring to music.
Date: 6th Feb 2025 @ 2:59pm
The children cooked up a real treat in the mud kithen this week! If apples, carrots, flowers and a dash of mud are your cup of tea then head over to the Nursery Mud Kitchen! The children worked hard chopping and mixing. It was wonderful to see them working together and sharing cutlery. There was a great discussion about the inside of an apple as they discovered a star shape where the pips had been and how we can grow apple trees from the pips.
Date: 6th Feb 2025 @ 2:47pm
The children had a bit of a shock this week when what they thought was playdough turned out to be cloud dough! Cloud dough has a differernt texture and consistancy to playdough but is still great for developing those fine motor muslces and is a great discussion point. Through exploring the dough, the children discovered that it is very crumbly but when you squeeze it tightly in to a ball it will all stick together. They also discovered how messy it is as there was flour all over them and the the floor!
Year 6 - Communication in relationships
Date: 6th Feb 2025 @ 8:00am
Year 6 began their RSE week with sessions based around communication in relationships. This included looking at what makes a healthy and unhealthy relationships and what characteristics we want in people that we have relationships with. We also looked at different ways of communicating with others online and how we can keep ourselves safe.
Date: 6th Feb 2025 @ 7:57am
Our most recent unit has been algebra and the children have done exceptionally well with their learning. They have learned how to substitute letters and shapes for numbers, use funciton machines to find inputs and outputs and they have also been able to work out missing numbers in equations.
