Image of Reception - Class Worship - Moses
11 Nov

Reception - Class Worship - Moses

This week in our Reception class worship, we learned about Moses and how he showed compassion and trust in God. We listened to the story of how Moses helped the Israelites and trusted God to guide him, even when things were difficult. The children talked about what it means to care for others and to have faith, just like Moses did. We thought about times when we can show compassion — by helping a friend, sharing, or being kind. To finish, we said a short prayer together, thanking God for people who care for us and asking for courage to trust Him, just like Moses.

Image of Nursery - Maths - Quantity
10 Nov

Nursery - Maths - Quantity

This week's Maths lesson was inspired by the children's spontaneous interest in farm animals, leading to an engaging, tactile farm set-up in our malleable tray. Immersed in play, the children were naturally drawn to the animals and successfully made connections between the animals and the sounds they made, mooing for a cow, oinking for a pig. While enjoying this imaginative play, they were also building crucial number language and quantity skills. We saw great examples of early counting, with some children counting the animals in each pasture. They worked hard to follow requests that required them to retrieve a specific quantity, such as the instruction, "Can I have two pigs?" This hands-on activity provided a fantastic, concrete way for the children to link abstract numbers to real-world objects.

Image of Year 6: P.E - Dodgeball
10 Nov

Year 6: P.E - Dodgeball

This half term year 6 are working on the skills and tactics needed to improve their dodgeball performance. We are focussing on playing small team games, with an emphasis on accurate throwing towards a moving target. L.O: To hit a moving target.

Image of Year 6: English - Analysing a Classic Text
10 Nov

Year 6: English - Analysing a Classic Text

In English lessons, we have been analysing the language features and grammatical techniques used in an extract of our classic text 'The Wizard of Oz'.

Image of  Pre-School-Expressive Art And Design-Making Skeletons
10 Nov

Pre-School-Expressive Art And Design-Making Skeletons

On the workshop table, the children have been busy creating their own skeletons. They used cotton buds to represent the bones and practised their gluing and sticking skills to assemble their designs. This activity was a fun way to help them see what our bodies look like beneath the skin and to understand that everyone has a skeleton.

Image of Year 4 Science - Sound and Vibrations
6 Nov

Year 4 Science - Sound and Vibrations

Year 4 experimented with different sounds in this week's Science lesson, finding out what varies different aspects of sound, such as volume and pitch. It was a very noisy lesson, but lots of fun and learning took place throughout the different activities!

Image of Year 6: Maths - Fractions
6 Nov

Year 6: Maths - Fractions

In maths year six have been learning how to add and subtract fractions with different denominators. They have focused on finding the LCM to solve calculations. L.O: To add and subtract fractions.

Image of Year 4 DT - Evaluating Biscuits
6 Nov

Year 4 DT - Evaluating Biscuits

Year 4 have begun their new DT topic this half term and we started by evaluating existing biscuits. As you can imagine, this lesson was a winner with the pupils as they got to try lots of different types of biscuits!

Image of Nursery - P.E - Stepping Stones
5 Nov

Nursery - P.E - Stepping Stones

In this week's PE lesson, the children focused intently on the core skill of balancing, inspired by the part of our class story where characters must cross the bottom of a waterfall by balancing on rocks. To recreate this challenge, Nursery class were provided with a variety of stepping stones of different shapes, sizes, and textures. The main objective was for the children to maneuver across the stones without falling into the imaginary "water." This required them to use gross motor movements to step carefully up and down and constantly adjust their balance. They did a brilliant job adapting their steps to the different heights and surfaces, demonstrating growing awareness of body control and spatial awareness. This challenging activity successfully developed their stability and coordination on various terrains.

Image of Reception - RE - Special Times
5 Nov

Reception - RE - Special Times

In RE this week, Reception have been learning about special places. We looked at Ecclesiastes 3:1–8 (The Scroll) and talked about what makes certain places special to us. The children then created their own beautiful scrolls — a lovely reminder that every moment has its own meaning and time.

Image of Reception - Maths - Shape Detectives!
5 Nov

Reception - Maths - Shape Detectives!

This week in Reception we’ve been learning all about shapes! We went on a circle hunt around school and spotted circles everywhere — wheels, pizzas, clocks, and more. We talked about how a circle is a continuous curve with no corners, and the children loved finding examples in their environment. We definitely had some brilliant shape detectives on the case!

Image of Year 5 Science - Exploring Transparency
5 Nov

Year 5 Science - Exploring Transparency

Year 5 deepened their understanding of materials in Science this week by exploring transparency. We learned that a transparent material allows light to pass straight through, enabling clear vision. To investigate this concept, students conducted a practical experiment: using a light meter and a torch, they tested a variety of objects to accurately classify them as transparent, translucent (allowing some light through), or opaque (blocking all light).