Blog Author: Karen-Jane Bowers

Year 5 have been looking at different types of materials and how they can show different levels of hardness. To test our theories, we used a sharp nail to scratch a range of different materials, before using our magnifying glass to check for how much of a mark or dent we had made. Unsurprisingly,…

We have been thinking about different materials, how we can mix them, and how we can separate them. We conducted an experiment to test what materials are best to use to filter muddy water. We tried lots of things, from cardboard to paper towels, gauze and even some coffee filters. We had to see…

Today we had fun looking for Easter Eggs with our Buddies from Year 5.

Today we worked as a team to tidy our lovely outdoor area ahead of out new term.

Planting potatoes having learned all about Supertato!

Bold as Brass concert. We were lucky enough to join other local schools for The able as Brass concert. Year 5 have been working hard to learn the pieces and then performed them to friends and family. They really showed how resilient they were.

In Year 6 we had great fun celebrating World Book Day on 7th March. Children (and teachers!) could come dressed as their favourite book character or in pyjamas to represent a bedtime story. We took part in lots of reading related activities and could choose which classroom to visit to listen to a…

As a class, we learned about all of the different ways that dogs can communicate how they are feeling, because obviously, they can't talk! We had a think about what different actions meant and thought about our impact on our furry friends and how we can make them feel happy and settled with us and…

Amazing job roles today! Well done everyone!
We have done some great calculating of fractions, decimals, percentages and ratio too using jelly beans!

Thank you to everyone for helping the children with their amazing costumes and for the generous donations to the the NSPCC. We were delighted to hear that year 4 won the coin collection.

It has been a busy day, the children took part in the online NSPCC Timestable rockstar challenge, as well as…

For this year's numbers day, we were asked to dress as someone that uses maths in their every day lives. We had jobs including construction, astronauts, casino croupiers, scientists and much more, (Including two budding young teachers!)
Our work was based around jelly beans and we had a scavenger…

Forest School was lovely and we managed to squeeze it in before the rain. We enjoyed making obstacle courses and made natural water pictures that we will turn into icy pictures. There was lots of fun in the hammock and our little pop up cafe.