On Tuesday4th February, Mrs Dudley’s class went to a gym festival at the Exeter Road sports hall. While there they got to try out a variety of gym activities. It was lovely to mix with pupils from other local primary schools. The real treat for the class was having some time on the trampolines.
Mrs Dudley’s class had fun on the slack line and built some great dens during outdoor learning.
We have been using the story of The Three Little Pigs as a starting point for our learning. We retold the tale using telephone calls, a story map and puppets; we made piglet houses and used a variety of materials to make pigs and the big bad wolf.Using construction kits we planned and made vehicles…
Please find below the minutes of our Parent Forum meeting, held last week. Many thanks to the three parents who attended but we would love to see more parents at the next meetings, which will take place half-termly (next meeting date tbc). The parent forum meetings are a valuable way to share ideas, views, concerns…
On Friday, it was Number Day. Thank you to anyone who donated some money towards the NSPCC. Each class had the chance to visit the big numbers in our corridor and write on them why a number was important or special to them. For example, they may choose ‘2’ and say that 2 is the…
This week, we have started our unit of ‘length’. We have used this opportunity to do some practical tasks using a range of measuring equipment. We have looked at which equipment is most effective for longer or shorter distances and used both the classroom and outside spaces to practise our skills.
Miss Gobel’s class showed resilience, independence and responsibility whilst flying our kite. It was fun but harder than it looks!
Mr Baxter’s class showed lots of resilience and responsibility when using flints and steels to start fires. It’s harder than it looks and took a lot of hard work. Everyone succeeded, which was great. The children supported each other really well to make sure that they all go there in the end.
Miss Discombe’s class showed responsibility and resilience when toasting marshmallows. They were lovely on a cold February morning. The fire kept some hands warm too.
Having listened to parent, pupil and teacher views, we are planning an exciting revamp to our rewards system at school. As part of this, we are going to be moving to a house system. We feel it is important that the children are involved in naming the houses, therefore we are asking for them to…