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Shop till you drop!

Fri, 6 Mar 2026 14:59:51 GMT

Our Nursery children have been busy learning about healthy food and drink. The children have created their own shopping lists by using their cutting skills to cut out a range of foods before trying their hardest to form letters to represent each food that they had chosen. A massive well done to our Nursery children!

Movers and Shakers

Fri, 6 Mar 2026 14:54:50 GMT

Our Year 2 children have been busy creating artistic representations of some famous movers and shakers that they have been learning about. They have used the cubism style of art as well as oil pastels to create their pictures. Well done Year 2!

Stone Age Cave Paintings

Fri, 6 Mar 2026 14:52:53 GMT

Our Year 3 children have been learning about the Stone Age period of History in their lessons. They have created some fantastic cave paintings. Our Reception children felt so inspired by Year 3's work that they decided to create their own cave paintings during their freeflow time as well. Well done everyone!

Mad about Books!

Thu, 5 Mar 2026 14:21:13 GMT

Here are some of our Year 2 children in their World Book Day costumes. We have got a lot of wizards in Year 2 this year, as well as a range of traditional tale characters. Can you guess which characters the children are pretending to be?

World Book Day!

Thu, 5 Mar 2026 14:16:33 GMT

Our children around school have absolutely loved celebrating World Book Day today! The children have been busy sharing their favourite books with each other. They have also been on a 'Who's behind the book?' hunt around school where they have tried to guess which teacher is hiding behind which book.

World Book Day!

Thu, 5 Mar 2026 14:09:21 GMT

Cadbury World

Thu, 5 Mar 2026 14:01:26 GMT

Our Year 4 children and Bonsai Class had a fantastic time on their school trip to Cadbury World yesterday. The children learnt all about where chocolate comes from, and they were able to taste some chocolate and go on a 4D ride! Well done everyone!

Sweet like chocolate!

Thu, 5 Mar 2026 14:00:21 GMT

Wheelchair Basketball

Wed, 4 Feb 2026 14:56:47 GMT

Our KS1 children have really enjoyed their Wheelchair Basketball lessons during P.E. The children have learnt how to move the wheelchair in a range of different ways, including going forwards, backwards and spinning on the spot. We introduced balloons into the group this week to see whether the children could keep them up in the air. Well done everyone!

What is the best paper?

Wed, 4 Feb 2026 12:53:00 GMT

Our Year 2 children have been busy investigating which is the best type of paper and which is the best type of bag. They conducted some experiments and ensured that the tests were fair before collecting data and presenting what they found out. Well done Year 2!

Pictograms

Wed, 4 Feb 2026 12:50:14 GMT

Our Year 1 children have been busy creating pictograms in their Computing lessons. The children were able to collect the data as a class and create a tally chart before using the iPads to make their own pictograms. Well done Year 1!

Cooking in Year 2

Wed, 4 Feb 2026 12:44:31 GMT

Our Year 2 children have been busy learning how to cook a simple meal in their Design and Technology lessons. The children were able to make stuffed peppers with rice, new potatoes and a side salad. The children really enjoyed learning how to use the kitchen tools safely. Well done Year 2!

What are the features of a Non-chronological report?

Wed, 4 Feb 2026 12:41:55 GMT

Our Year 2 children have been busy learning about the features of a non-chronological report. The children have been learning about writing a short summary as their introduction, what bullet points are used for and writing captions to go with some photographs. Next week the children will be writing their own non-chronological reports based on plastic pollution. Well done Year 2!

Nursery Rhyme week!

Wed, 19 Nov 2025 09:51:43 GMT

Our Nursery children thoroughly enjoyed celebrating Nursery Rhyme Week last week. They explored a range of different activities within the provision and learnt a range of nursery rhymes including: 'London Bridge is falling down,' 'Humpty Dumpty,' and 'Incy Wincy Spider.'