Tyres for hire

Like last year, we are encouraging families to ‘hire a tyre’ and grow their own plants over the summer term. We have some donations from the fair if anyone would like to get involved but hasn’t got any plants! It’s free and you simply plant what you want and look after it!

Art in Ks1

Year 1 and 2 have been very busy this half term, learning lots of new skills. Year 1 have been looking at the artist Kenojuak Ashevak. Using inspiration from her artwork and models Year 1 have been practising their mark making- like stippling. Being inspired by The Big Fish- a 3D sculpture by John Kindness […]

PE in Year 1

This half term we have been preparing for sports day. Today I had a lot of fun teaching PE, I certainly hope the children had as much fun as I did!

Summer RE so far….

Everyone has had a great term of learning in RE so far with a wide range of faiths and practices being explored. Reception have been learning about Islam, in particular the holy month of Ramadan and the Eid al -Fitr celebrations which mark the end of Ramadan. The children were lucky enough to have a […]

Talk For Writing in reception

We have made story maps of our own and can retell the plot using them. We have also started changing our story. Today, the Little Red Hen planted some magic beans instead of corn and no-one wanted to help her climb the beanstalk!

Coronation celebrations

Art in Reception

We have been using our crafting skills to make pirate telescopes. We have also designed our own pirate flags and refined our line drawing techniques by following step by step instructions. Work in progress…

Keeping the beats fresh in Reception

For some time, Reception class have looked into the music room at playtime and wanted to explore the space and equipment there. Today, we realised our potential!

Cricket

Y3&4 have been treated to some specialist cricket coaching this term, provided by Platform Cricket head coach Chris Willets.

Intergenerational meeting

This afternoon, our school council members went to the Lee Green community centre to meet up with some older residents living locally to find out a bit more about their lives. They asked questions and listened attentively! As one resident commented, “they are very patient listeners and confident at talking with adults.”