The Canterville Ghost at the Unicorn Theatre

Years 3 and 4 had a fantastic time at the Unicorn Theatre yesterday, watching their adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s The Canterville Ghost. The play had plenty of ghostly goings-on, moments that made us all jump, some incredible illusions and lots of laughs. We particularly enjoyed the antics of Stars and Stripes, the terrible twins. Thank […]

Vegetarian Stir Fry

Today we created a stir fry which included: Pepper Baby sweet corn Garlic Broccoli Pak choi Rice noodles A dash of soy sauce Ginger Lots of us had not seen pak choi before but we all tried it 🙂

Alexander Calder sculptures

In enrichment, we have made colourful mobiles inspired by Alexander Calder. We used wire to create shapes, and then delicately covered them with tissue paper. To get them hanging, we had to balance them carefully, using hooks and loops.

Leek and Potato soup in Enrichment

This afternoon, we made leek and potato soup. We cut up some celery first. Then we washed the leeks and peeled the potatoes. After that, we added water and vegetable stock and waited for the soup to cook! When the vegetables were cooked through, we used stick blenders to make the soup smooth. Blog entry […]

Dance Enrichment raises the roof

“That was much better than I thought it would be!” High praise indeed from one of our oldest students who was honest enough to admit that they were not particularly looking forward to a half-term of dance enrichment. Our mixed group of Year 5 and 6 children were nothing short of awesome in our first […]

Investigating with dominoes

We’ve used lots of Maths investigation skills this week. Firstly, we had to come up with a way of checking that we had a full set of 0-6 dominoes. Patterns and counting were the key to being successful, though lots of us were baffled until we worked out that dominoes can be used two different […]

DT Enrichment

In DT, the children have been making battery-powered vehicles with pulley mechanisms. They have shown great resilience and determination when faced with problems and have helped each other when things have got tricky. We are so proud of what they’ve produced. Next week is race day!

Alexander Calder

In Sculpture enrichment, we have made sculptures inspired by Alexander Calder. First we had to make a wire sculpture with a delicate balance point, and then we covered some shaped parts in tissue paper. Check them out …

Vietnamese summer rolls

Just popped into the staff room to find the Y3/4 food tech enrichment group making Vietnamese summer rolls 😋

DT Enrichment

We got our project off to a great start today by measuring, sawing and sanding square section wood to create a rectangular frame. We also built and troubleshooted series circuits using motors.