Mental health is of the utmost importance and the Stay Well service in Stoke-On-Trent has a wealth of resources for parents to access to support children. There are services for children who are doing okay but need some support to cope with changes or things happening in their lives, as well as further support to…
Huge congratulations to Amelia, Sam and May who were drawn out of the hat and received the Reading Rocket prizes of an Amazon voucher! We were amazed that 100 children achieved the Reading Rocket during the spring term- congratulations to all of them for showing such dedication to reading. We hope they enjoyed their extra break, biscuits and…
Reception have had a lovely first week back, learning about some very special days. On Thursday, we learned all about Earth day and what we could do to help to restore our planet. The children came up with some fantastic ideas such as picking up litter and recycling it. We also learned about what we…
This is the moment the children have been waiting for… the leader board for both Times Tables Rock Stars and our new online maths programme – Numbots. Below shows the top three times tables champions from each year group. (Year 2 to Year 6). Year 2: 1. Brooke 2. Alex C 3. Bobby Year 3:…
Spelling Frame is still being used regularly at home and it is fantastic to see that the children are learning and retaining the spelling rules they have been taught We thought it would be nice to share the current Spelling Frame leader board and we would like to congratulate the children who have made it…
Year Four have enjoyed learning about and celebrating Earth Day by carrying out a fieldwork survey of different areas of the school to see how much humans have impacted on the environment and whether these impacts have been positive or negative. We then started to look at biodiversity within our woodland and were set a…
The children in Nursery have been enjoying lots of activities today to think about the different ways that they can help to save our planet. They have been sorting recycling, exploring the sea pollution bottles using magnifying glasses and magnets, rescuing endangered species and creating a collaborative colouring to make our own Earth poster. The…
Year One have had a brilliant week starting their topic work about the Great Fire of London. They have located London today using atlases. First they found Europe, then the United Kingdom and then labelling the four different countries and their capitals! (See if they can remember the country we live in and its capital!)…
The children in year two have been learning about poverty on Earth Day. They heard the stories of a child from Afghanistan and a child from the Democratic Republic of Congo whose lives are very different than their own. To help understand, they role played fetching the water from the river whilst enduring scenarios such…
For Earth Day, Year Three have been busy finding out about where the products we use every day come from and locating these countries on the map. They have also learned about Fairtrade and why it’s so important to communities across the world. They enjoyed quizzing each other on their new knowledge using their Fairtrade…