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Date: 5th Mar 2026 @ 1:45pm
This morning we took part in a ‘What am I?’ themed world book day quiz. We then created our own riddles for our characters. We then looked at what makes a good book cover and we created our own. Finally, we made bookmarks for our reading books. We enjoyed listening to lots of stories today and we loved dressing up!
Year 3 Celebrate World Book Day 2026!
Date: 5th Mar 2026 @ 11:48am
What an incredible World Book Day we have had in Year 3! Mrs Rose and Miss Edge (also known today as Snow White and Happy!) were absolutely amazed by the creativity and effort the children put into their outfits as they welcomed the children into the classroom. Our classrooms were filled with a magical mix of characters, from Willy Wonka and Where's Wally to Dorothy from Oz, a Roman soldier, Matilda, Disney princesses, action heroes, Mr Men characters, Harry Potter, Darth Vader and even some brilliant David Walliams characters. We began our day with a whole‑school assembly, thinking about what we find fun and how reading can bring joy, imagination and excitement into everyday life.
After assembly, we had the fantastic opportunity to join V&A Schools Live: Primary Read and Draw-Along webinar. We listened to the wonderful Cressida Cowell, who shared how she carefully planned her How to Train Your Dragon series from the very beginning, using meticulous notes and ideas to build her world. She also read from her collection, transporting us into the adventures of Hiccup and Toothless. The children especially loved the step-by-step draw‑along where they created their very own illustration of Hiccup. It was a brilliant experience that inspired creativity, storytelling and a deeper love of reading across the year group.
Year 3 Science: Discovering That Light Travels in Straight Lines!
Date: 5th Mar 2026 @ 11:28am
This week in Year 3, our young scientists took part in an exciting hands‑on investigation all about light—and more importantly, how it behaves. Our mission? To discover how light travels and why we sometimes can’t see objects, even when they’re right in front of us.
🔍 Our Science Challenge
We began with sealed cardboard boxes. Inside each box, we placed a selection of mystery objects—things like toy animals, cubes, dice, and small classroom items. On the top of each box, we carefully made small holes and peered inside.
But… nothing!
Even with our eyes right up to the holes, we couldn’t see a single thing inside the box.
True to our role as scientists, we stopped and asked ourselves the most important question of all:
“Why can’t we see the objects?”
💡 Our Investigation
Next, we added torches to our experiment. When we shone the torch through one hole, something amazing happened—we could suddenly see one object, but only the one directly below the beam of light.
The rest of the box remained dark.
This led us to an exciting discovery…
✨ Our Big Scientific Conclusion
We realised that:
💡 Light is needed for us to see objects.
💡 And light travels in straight lines.
Because the torch’s beam travelled directly downward, we could only see the item exactly in its path. Anything outside that straight beam stayed in darkness, hidden from view.
Nursery Have a Sensory Experience
Date: 5th Mar 2026 @ 10:48am
Things got a little bit messy this week as the chidlren explored shaving foam and paint! This was a great way for the chidlren to build their relationships together as they talked about the feel and smell of the shaving foam. They also talked about what they could see as the shaving foam and paint mixed together.
Date: 5th Mar 2026 @ 10:41am
Nursery have been throughly enjoying our Superhero topic especially this week when they got to smash the playdough like Hulk! This was a fun way for them to build both their fine and gross motor skills as the used potato mashers, hammers and spoons to squash the playdough as hard as they could!
Year Two- World Book Day in Elm!
Date: 5th Mar 2026 @ 10:27am
For World Book Day we all dressed up as our favourite book characters! Look at all our amazing outfits! We also enjoyed designing our own book covers, book marks and writing riddles about the characters we came dressed as.
Year 5 - Characterising speech in Reading into Writing
Date: 4th Mar 2026 @ 11:41am
Today in Year 5, we explored how to characterise speech. The children imagined what a bear might say in different situations and then enriched their dialogue by adding emotion, actions and thoughts to bring the character to life.
They carefully considered how the bear was feeling and showed this through expressive word choices, detailed action beats and insightful inner thoughts. It was wonderful to see how confidently they applied skills from previous lessons, including the use of fronted adverbials to add variety and detail to their sentences. They also demonstrated a secure understanding of how to punctuate direct speech accurately.
The children will then apply this to their fable planning later in the unit.
Date: 3rd Mar 2026 @ 7:19pm
This week in maths we have been exploring the diffferent numberbonds to 5 and 10. The children used the numicon to find out the different ways they can make 5 and 10 using two numbers. The worked together to problem solve and with some support were about to record their finds as a calculation. We have also been practicing recalling our numberbonds from memory.
Reception celebrate World Book Day
Date: 3rd Mar 2026 @ 7:16pm
Today the children have thoroughly enjoyed celebrating Worl Book Day and having the opportunity to dress up as their favourite book character. We started the day with a special assembly- everyone's costumes were amazing. Throughout the day we had the opportunity to read lots of our favourite stories. make our own book marks and draw and paint our faviourite characters. What a fabulous days celebrating our love for books and reading.
Reception Healthy or Unhealthy
Date: 3rd Mar 2026 @ 7:13pm
This week we have been thinking about different foods that we eat. During our oracy lessons we have been discussing whether these food are healthy or unheathly. We have been exploring why certain foods are good for us and why some foods should just been had as a treat. The children designed their own healthy meal for the Tiger who came to teas as well as sorting the foods into different catagories.
"Pasta gives you energy" Noah
"Chocolate is a treat. To much choclate is not healthy" Ibrahim
"Milk makes your teeth and bones strong" Leena
"We have a healthy snack at school" Shiloh
Reception The Tiger Who Came to Tea
Date: 3rd Mar 2026 @ 7:09pm
This week we have been reading the story 'The Tiger Who Came to Tea' Throughout the week we have been busy completing serveral different activities tinked to the text. We have been using our oracy skills to retell the story at the storytelling table and sequencing the story correcty. We have been drawing our own tigers and using our phonic knowledge to begin to write simple sentences about the story. We have also been writing lists of different foods that the tiger eat as well as completing some different tiger themed maths activities. At the creative area we have made our own tiger faces using a range of different materials as well as paint a tiger. HAve a look at all our wonderful learning.
Date: 3rd Mar 2026 @ 7:04pm
As part of our school readiness program some of our pre school children have been visiting Reception. The children have been participating in daily phonics and maths sessions in order to prepare them for starting school. They have been learning the rules and routines, taking part in adult led carpet times and completing a range of different activities independently during continuou provision. We are very proud of how the children have transitioned demonstrating our school values of inclusivity, togetherness and resilence. Keep your eyes peeled for more updates.
Year 5 - Fanatical about Friction
Date: 3rd Mar 2026 @ 1:25pm
Date: 3rd Mar 2026 @ 1:22pm
Year 3 - Creating Media in Computing
Date: 3rd Mar 2026 @ 12:15pm
In Computing this half term, the children will be learning all about how animations are created. In our first lesson, we explored different types of animation and discovered how a simple sequence of images can be brought to life. The children were fascinated to learn that traditional flipbooks use this exact technique, showing pictures that change slightly from page to page to create movement. After looking at some examples, the class designed and made their very own flipbooks. They experimented with drawing small, gradual changes and were delighted to see their characters “come alive” when the pages were flipped quickly!
Year 3 - Design Technology Textiles
Date: 3rd Mar 2026 @ 12:12pm
Year 4 - Les pieces de la maison
Date: 3rd Mar 2026 @ 8:50am
This week in French, Year 4 pupils have been building their confidence with key phonics and learning new vocabulary linked to les pièces de la maison (rooms of the house). We explored several important French phonics patterns, including e/eau, silent letters such as s and t, and the elision of je to j’. Pupils also practised vowel sounds and the phonemes ch, ou, on, oi, in, ique, and ille, helping them develop more accurate pronunciation and intonation.
Using the Language Angels programme, the class learned five new nouns for rooms in a house, along with their determiners. This supported their understanding that all French nouns have a gender, which affects the articles used. Pupils practised listening carefully to spoken French and used these new sounds in their own speaking and reading.
During our listening activity, all pupils worked hard to identify the correct room names, with additional adult support provided for those who needed it. Pupils then took part in a paired speaking task, where they asked and answered questions using the new vocabulary.
Year 4 - Temptation and sacrifice
Date: 3rd Mar 2026 @ 8:17am
This week in Year 4, pupils have been learning about the story of Jesus in the wilderness and what it teaches Christians about beliefs, values, and making good choices. After watching a short video clip retelling the story, the children discussed what they thought was happening and explored the different ways Jesus was tempted during his 40 days in the desert.
Through class discussion and creative activities, pupils identified the important choices Jesus made to show his devotion to God. They learned that Christians believe this story shows Jesus as strong, faithful, and committed to doing what is right—even when it is difficult. The children also explored the difference between temptation and sacrifice, thinking carefully about why sacrifice is considered an important Christian value.
Year 2 - Being a resilience superhero!
Date: 2nd Mar 2026 @ 4:12pm
In PSHE, we were thinking about our skills for life ‘resilience’. We thought about what resilience means and how we can show it. The children thought about making resilience superheroes, and wrote around how we could demonstrate resilience.
Year 2 - Mastering Number- Using bonds to 10
Date: 2nd Mar 2026 @ 4:08pm
In Mastering Number, we have been focusing on using number bonds to ten to help up solve problems. We solved problems using ‘ ___ needs ___ to make 10’ and then thought about using ten and a bit to solve the addition problems.
Date: 2nd Mar 2026 @ 11:25am
We enjoyed a fantastic World Book Day packed with book themed fun and creativity. The children arrived dressed as their favourite book characters, filling the classroom with colour and excitement. In the morning, we took part in the Premier Stars Big Footy and Booky Quiz. Before lunch, we joined a read and draw along with Cressida Cowell. In the afternoon, we did activities based on one of our class books ‘The Last Firefox’. We created our own portal to Fargone and made a set of instructions about how to look at a firefox.
Date: 2nd Mar 2026 @ 11:24am
We have been working really hard counting in 2s, 3s, 5s and 10s over the last few weeks. We have used equipment like multi link and rekenrek to support our learning.
Year 2- Learning about medicines
Date: 27th Feb 2026 @ 2:18pm
In this lesson we learnt abbout different types of medication and how we should only take things that are safe for us. We also spoke about how some is short term while others is for long term illnesses.
Reception- Chinese Ribbon Dancing
Date: 27th Feb 2026 @ 2:14pm
This week we have been celebrating Chinese New Year and learning how to do a Chinese ribbon dance.
Chinese ribbon dance is a captivating art form that combines grace, rhythm, and visual beauty, deeply rooted in Chinese culture and history.
We had our own ribbon and moved in different ways, waving our ribbon in different directions whilst listening to Chinese music.
"I can move my ribbon around my body" Ava
"I like to twirl around with my ribbon" Noah
"It is so much fun- dancing to the music with my ribbon!" Raya
Date: 27th Feb 2026 @ 2:01pm
This week the children in Reception have been making pancakes. We talked about the tradition of pancake day how some people decide to give something up, during the Christain period of Lent. The children then enjoyed following a recipe to make and then eat their own pancakes. When we returned to the classroom we sequenced the pictures correctly and created our own pancakes and toppings.
"You have to mix the eggs, milk and flour with a whisk" Harley
"Cook it in a frying pan" Zane
"The pancakes were yummy. I liked the chocolate the best" Tilly- Mae.
