A nurturing environment, inspiring achievement

We had to bring the outside inside today, but had lots of fun creating our own Christmas wreaths, cress snowmen and Christmas cards using natural materials.

Year 5 thoroughly enjoyed taking their learning outside the classroom and into the school hall, where they reinforced their understanding of the order of the planets, how quickly each one orbits the Sun, and the unique climate of every planet — with Mercury being the hottest and Neptune the coldest. The children especially loved creating their own rhymes to remember the planetary order, as well as researching fascinating facts about their chosen planet. Working in pairs allow

We have been focusing on the story book Stickman so we took the opportunity (and gap between the rain) to go into the forest area and make our own stickmen!  The children worked together and made sure that they moved large sticks/logs around safely.

In our geography lesson, the children used crackers and jam to model how tectonic plates move. The jam acted as the mantle, while the crackers represented the plates. By pushing them together, pulling them apart, and sliding them past each other, the class learned about convergent, divergent, and transform boundaries. The simple, hands-on activity made the concept clear—and the pupils enjoyed the messy fun! Great job year 5, Miss Anthony.

In our Year 5 science lesson, we explored the phases of the Moon using Oreo cookies to create a fun and tasty model. After carefully twisting the cookies apart, the children used the cream to represent different lunar phases, including the waxing and waning stages. As we discussed how the Moon appears to change shape over the month, the class shaped their cookies to match each phase, gaining a clearer understanding through this hands-on activity. The pupils were highly engage

Year 5 took part in an exciting music workshop today on Monday 17th November, where they explored rhythm, timing, and the use of space while learning the importance of listening to one another. Working together as a team, they experimented with a variety of drums to create their own musical patterns. The room was filled with energy as the children collaborated, smiled, and clearly enjoyed the experience.

Year 2 enjoyed an Impact Day for our Remember Remember topic about The Gunpowder Plot. We came up with questions we would like to answer and learned the Remember Remember the 5th of November rhyme and what it means. We used chalk to make firework pictures, ate edible sparklers and collaged our own Guy Fawkes characters.