Year 2 were delighted to hear that they won the regional ISA art competition with their take on Elmer the Elephant! Year 2 transformed milk bottles into an amazing selection of elephants. The elephants will now be entered into a national art competition. We wish them best of luck!
The final models are now complete! Well done to everyone for their hard work; year 5 and 6 have definitely lived up to the title of 'architects'! A huge congratulations to Tilly, Isabelle, Ethan and Daisy for winning the competition with their model of the Colosseum. Miss Di Raimo
This week, Years 3 and 4 learned their second chord on the ukulele! We will be accompanying ourselves singing lots of fun songs over the coming weeks... Mrs Horrocks
What a wonderful week for the children who came to Easter Camp, run by Natalie Routledge-Thurman and Pippa Ralph from the Nursery. A creative camp with tie-dye t-shirts to start the week, decorated eggs, rice-krispy cakes and funky plant pots! With swimming every day, trips to the park and amazing puppet shows to each other, [...]
Year 3 and 4 had a very exciting day on Tuesday 23rd February! It was time to erupt their volcanoes which they had been making during Topic lessons using wire, paper mache and lots and lots of paint! Using white vinegar, bicarbonate of soda and red paint, they all watched in amazement as their volcanoes erupted [...]
Year 5/6 have been learning about houses and their rooms in French. At the end of the unit the children role played working in an estate agents and tried to sell their houses to each other in French.
Foundation & Reception were extremely lucky to have the opportunity to visit a local farm to explore our theme of Growing for this half term. Mr and Mrs Renwick from Sidings Farm welcomed us from the coach to begin with feeding the animals for the day. Glover the cow loudly sounded her appreciation for the 'cake' we gave her and her [...]
On the morning of 2nd February, the eggs, in the Reception classroom, hatched! We were so excited – we wanted everyone to see them as soon as possible! Lots of children from the whole school came to visit them today – they are very cute and fluffy. Reception came up with names for each of [...]
Mrs Scarrow took a group of Juniors to the ISA cross country tournament on a windy, muddy January day, competing against Independent Schools from across the region. We all walked the course and saw how treacherous it was. Hermione Rayner was first to go in the Girls' Year 4 category. The starter blower went and Hermione was [...]
Year 3 and 4 have been making and testing Earthquake-proof buildings! They have been thinking about foundations, supports and ensuring that the building doesn't topple during a tremor. They had 3 criteria to follow: it had to have 2 storeys, a sturdy roof and no gaps in the walls. They enjoyed being 'architects' for the [...]
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