Year 1’s Caterpillars

Year one have been looking after caterpillars for the last week and watching as they change. They have grown a lot and we are now waiting for each of them to change into a chrysalis. Pop in and see them if you get the chance!

Enrichment: Forest School

This week we made rockets out of straws and elastic bands. Some of us made dens, created models out of clay, and performed in a homemade cinema.

Year 6: David Hockney

Year 6 have been inspired by David Hackney’s ‘The Bigger Splash’. We used collage and paint to recreate our own versions.

Football tournament

This afternoon, our Y5 & 6 footballers played in a tournament against St Matthew Academy. Great play all round with wins, draws and losses. He boys teams won two and drew two matches, while the girls teams (made up mainly of Y5s new to football) had a mix of fortune. 😁

Year 6: Active Maths

This week, Year 6 played three active maths games outside. Our new game was themed around honey collecting and involved using the four operations and dice to find a target number.

Headteacher Award for Reception children

Congratulations to these hard working classmates who got their special sticker from Mr Wilson today! You volunteered to do extra work and it was fantastic 😊

Kensuke’s Kingdom in Y5

As part of our topic on Rivers and Water, Year 5 have started to read Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo. We looked at different book covers and created our own using pastels. We particularly liked this front cover as it created a feeling of mystery and wonder. We have also started writing a balanced argument […]

Making poo

In science today, we recreated our digestive system and transformed food into poop. We used different everyday objects to represent different parts of the digestive system – for example we used tights as intestines. As you can imagine, it was a messy, stinky job, but we had fun!

Maths Potions in Year 2

Skeleton Maths Investigation Year 2

This week’s Maths Investigation was making skeleton shapes using match sticks and play dough. Year 2 found out how many match sticks and balls of play dough are needed for each shape. Some children even managed to make a hexagonal prism with 18 matchsticks!