First week in Reception
The children have had a fabulous first week in Reception! They have settled in well, reconnected with old friends and made new friends and are eager to begin their next learning journey.
Welcome back Year One!
Not only did Year One impress during transition week, but they’ve impressed their new teachers on the return to school too! They’ve settled in to their new seats, solved tricky maths problems and worked together to learn the new classroom routines! Well done everyone! We can’t wait to see what you achieve this year! ⭐️
Year One’s Wriggly Visitors!
Year One had a visit from the Unconventional Menagerie who brought in lots of weird and wonderful animals to finish their science learning! They got to consider what animals ate, their special features and where they lived and why. They learned that chameleons don’t actually change colour and that many snakes actually have two very…
PHSE Mini Teachers in Year Three
Year Three discussed and considered why rules are needed in different situations. In pairs, Year Three planned a lesson in the subject of their choice and draw a mind map to ensure that everything was considered such as equipment, rewards, a starter and a consequence if children were not listening (just in case) to name…
Mr Gray visits Year Six to talk about life during WW2.
This afternoon, children have been visited by Mr Gray, who has helped children in their information gathering on WW2 by coming in to talk about his childhood growing up in Stoke-on-Trent during World War Two. He has brought in a number of resources for children to observe including old newspapers, and photographs of bomb damage…
Year One’s Online Safety
Mrs Green became ‘Martha’ (a stranger) during our PSHE lesson this week when learning about how to stay safe online. She asked lots of personal questions about their ages, names, school, local area and addresses… and managed to find out lots about the children! 😝 We talked about what was safe to share online and what…
Orienteering and communication in Year Five
In our P.E. sessions this half term, we are working on developing our map skills within the field of orienteering. As we transition further through our learning, we will be using our communication skills as a team to overcome a series of challenges. Here is the children completing a task of arranging themselves in order…
Year One’s Visit to Ford Green Hall
Year One visited Ford Green Hall this week to finish our topic about the Great Fire Of London 🔥 They met Samuel Pepys and helped to put out the fire! They also learned about food from 1666 and what it would have been to have been rich or poor. They also learned about how houses…
Exploring careers in Year Four
Year Four were asking some excellent questions to our visitors during careers afternoon. They were asking how they had got their job, any challenges they had faced over time and how the work they did made a difference for others, to name but a few. It also gave the children the opportunity to broaden their…
Handa’s Surprise in Reception
This week Reception have been reading the lovely story of Handa’s Surprise. The story is about a little girl who lives in a rural village in Kenya, Africa. After reading the story, we found Kenya on our world map, then discussed the similarities and differences between Handa’s homelife and ours.