Yesterday our Year 4 children enjoyed their school trip to York. The children spent the day at the Jorvik Centre where they supported their learning in class by learning lots of information about the Vikings as part of their Invasion topic.
Welcome back to the second half of the Autumn term. We are looking forward to celebrating many festivals over the next few weeks including Halloween, Diwali and Christmas.
Happy Half-term holiday to all of our pupils, parents and staff!
Our new DSP unit will be opening after half-term. We will be providing a personalised curriculum for children with communication and interaction needs.
Our Nursery classes enjoyed their trip to the Botanical gardens yesterday. The children were learning about seasonal changes and the season of Autumn.
Our Year 5 children were lucky enough to meet Serena Patel, the author of the Anisha Accidental detective series last week. They enjoyed listening to an extract from her new book and asked Serena lots of questions about what inspired her to become an author.
On Tuesday our Year 1 children enjoyed their first school trip of the year. The Year 1 children went on a short bus ride into Leicester where we arrived at the Newarke Houses Museum. The children were learning about a selection of old and new toys, including toys that were played with 400 years ago!
Our Year 1 children enjoyed their first Yoga lesson this afternoon. We began with a moment of relaxation to calm our bodies and our minds after lunchtime.
Our Year 5 and 6 pupils enjoyed a visit from Malcolm Smith on Wednesday. Malcolm came to discuss parliament with the children.
Yesterday our Year 3 children took part in a Stone Age workshop. The children engaged in a carousel of activities which included: creating cave art, an archaeological dig and dressing up as people from the Stone age.
We are pleased to announce that we raised £285.05 for Macmillan cancer care last Friday by selling cookies to our pupils.
Our Year 1 children have been learning and exploring the story 'Where happiness begins.'
