For our Quest Day this term, year 6 wanted to experience what it may have been like for a Victorian child at school. They came in dressed up in Victorian costume. First, they chose a traditional Victorian name to be called for the day. In outdoor learning, they had their hands inspected and took part…
In design technology, Mrs Dudley’s class have looked at Victorian samplers. We have practised different embroidery stitches: running stitch, satin stitch, back stitch and cross stitch. We have designed our own samplers and now we are busy creating them. We have been extremely resilient – especially when we have got ourselves knotted up!
On Thursday 5th December, we invited parents into school for a reading workshop. We shared how we teach guided reading from years 2-6, the whole-class guided reading model. Parents were then invited into class to work alongside their child/children to see reading in action. A great morning was had by all and this some of…
For this term’s Quest Day, Mr Baxter’s class made famous Italian landmarks out of cardboard boxes, researched about lots of different things in Italy, created Mona Lisa paintings and cooked healthy pizzas.
On Tuesday last week, Miss Sowden’s class had their Quest Day for this half term. The children wanted to make pizzas, learn some Italian, do some art, make an Italian landmark and continue some research all about Italy. We began by making our pizzas and taking them down to outdoor learning to cook and eat….
In year 5/6, we have been working hard on our reading skills. One of our objectives is all about reading for pleasure and reading to an audience. As a class, we went down to share some of our favourite stories with the nursery children. The children from both classes really enjoyed the afternoon and there…
It was discussed at the recent Parent Forum that it would be useful to have a list of good quality texts for parents to read with their children at home. Please find below 100 great reads for each reading age. 100 Books – KS1 100 Books – Years 3 and 4 100 Books – Years…
Many thanks to PACA (Parents and Community Association) who organised the Christmas card project this year which raised £176. Well done to all the children for their fantastic festive art work.
Many thanks to PACA (Parents and Community Association) who raised £292 at last week’s Christmas Fair. Terrill and the PACA team put on a fantastic event, with the shop especially popular! Thanks for all your support.
In Reception, the children have been learning how to form their letters correctly, starting at the right place and moving in the right direction. They have been learning to find and place missing numbers.