Author: Andrew Webber

Children from Key Stage 1 entered a diary writing competition with the young writers association.  5 of the entries were chosen to be published in a book.  Well done, amazing writing!

Over the last couple of weeks we have been authors and illustrators.  We have written our own Dreamtime stories based on creation. You can see our books on review day,  it here is a taster of their front covers.

We used an app called Google Expeditions so that we could go on an expedition to Australia! It uses virtual reality to show us places and things that we might not be able to visit ourselves. We went to downtown Sydney and saw the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Opera House and went on an…

This week we celebrated pyjamarama day to raise money. We listened to a great bedtime story in our pyjamas.  What’s your favourite bedtime story?

We took the opportunity with the lovely weather to take our learning outside this week.  We played different balls games to work on our hand-eye coordination and to learn more about each other.  

Our children recently attended an Ugly Bug Ball. They have been learning all about Mini beasts and came dressed for the ball as their favourite one. We had ladybirds, butterflies, caterpillars, bees, a snail and many more. The children played pass the parcel and ate a selection of fruits just like the Very Hungry Caterpillar….

Dear all – we have been advised by the Department for Transport that Mill Lane road will be taking part in the National Road Traffic Census.  Therefore, on the 3rd of July, two enumerators from the Department for Transport will be sited on Mill Lane counting traffic.  They will be wearing high-vis jackets and ID…

This morning we began our new topic for the summer term – Once Upon a Time. We stumbled across a tiny purple door which had appeared over the half term break. We noticed fairy dust had been sprinkled along the carpet. During topic time, we each guessed who could be living behind the door and…

This week in year 4/5 we have been exploring the Mayan number system and we have also experimented with foam and made our own Mayan hieroglyphs. We had to use a pencil to scorn our pattern into the foam, cover the pattern with paint and then print it onto a piece of paper. We all…

Year 6 have been working so hard revising for their SATs last week, we decided to revise grammar in a slightly different way: a treasure hunt around the school grounds! Year 6 have also been doing some ‘maths graffiti’ to help revise for their SATs tests.