Every week, Year One are showing great gains in their reading skills, becoming not only more fluent, expressive readers but also improving their comprehension and understanding of a text. They are reading ‘Sammy the Street Dog’ which is closely linked to their learning in History and is all about the Great Fire of London. Sammy…
This week the children’s learning has been based around the nursery rhyme ‘The Wheels on the Bus’ we have enjoyed creating our own buses and talking about where we have been or would like to go, drawing pictures of people on the bus and having a go at labelling them – listening very carefully for…
Last week in Year Five were getting fully immersed in our book ‘Running on the Roof of the World’ by Jess Butterworth. Throughout our English lessons we have been enjoying a range of challenging tasks which have been developing our vocabulary choices and understanding of the text. We are all very much enjoying learning about…
Year One are enjoying finding out more about the Great Fire of London this week. They’ve used the computers to explore an online game, pulling down buildings and putting out fires as well as considering the historical sources we use to find out about events that happened long ago. They’ve sorted pictures in to old…
Year Six had a busy week last week. We started our new science unit, ‘light’, by investigating how light travels. We made models of how this happens by using string, a torch and an object. Children were then challenged to consider, and model, how we see an object through a mirror by showing the direction…
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…
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…
Our new Reading Rocket begins on Friday 23rd April and will end on Friday 28th May (five weeks). The children must read at least five times over the week, on different days and this must be clearly recorded in their reading diary. (Children in nursery should read at least three times per week). The children who…
A huge congratulations to our Easter competition winners. We were blown away with the effort that the children had put into their designs. After much deliberation, each class teacher made the difficult decision and chose two winners who received the prize of a large chocolate egg. A big well done to all who took part.…
Over the last couple of days the EYFS, KS1 and KS2 have all taken part in an Easter Treasure Hunt. The EYFS and KS1 hunt involved the children finding Easter eggs, within which were hidden clues from the Easter story. Once the children had solved the clue, they were given an item that linked to…