We understand that there will be children with virus symptoms in the coming weeks which may require them to be in isolation and, therefore, absent for two weeks (under new advice). We also know that parents/carers are conscious of the time being missed from school, especially when the children’s o
Pupils in Nursery supported Sports Relief today, by bringing in donations and wearing sports clothes. The children enjoyed taking part in a range of physical activities including, dancing to the official Sports Relief 2020 song; developing their fine motor skills by hammering nails into shapes to
Over the course of this week, Year 5 have taken part in various activities linking to Sports Relief. The children enjoyed skipping with Skipping Coach Liz, who taught them many skills and tricks to perform with a skipping rope. All children had good fun playing a skipping game that involved running
The children have enjoyed lots of sports this week, ready to celebrate Sports Relief. On Wednesday afternoon, Liz from Skipping Schools came to teach the whole school some skipping skills. In Reception, we enjoyed playing lots of different games with the ropes. First of all, we jumped, hopped and
This week we have been taking part in sporting activities to celebrate Sports Relief. On Wednesday, we had a visit from a skipping coach. She taught us lots of new techniques for skipping independently, including double bounce, backwards skipping and hopping. All the children tried their hardest and
The children in Reception have been very lucky and have been chosen to visit Southernwood Residential Home with Little Movers. The children will go in small groups for series of visits to the home to take part in some inter generational classes. This will take place over the next few weeks. We went
Year 6 have been working on time this week. Being able to tell the time is a vital life-skill and the children have been thinking about analogue and digital time, the 24-hour clock and timetables. The Year 6 teachers have talked about the importance of being able to use more than just a phone to tel
Health is one of the key drivers of the school’s curriculum and the Skipping Schools initiative and Sports Relief have allowed Year 6 children to really focus on the importance of an active and healthy lifestyle and the importance of sustained exercise and raising their heart rate. During sports rel
Year 2 thoroughly enjoyed celebrating World Book Day! We shared lots of stories including Stickman and Aliens Love Underpants. The children showed off their wonderful costumes and which book they were from. They designed the front cover for the World’s greatest book (including all the things they li
We had a great taster session from Skipping Schools today, doing some paired skipping and also some jumping in and out of the larger group skip rope. Skipping is a fantastic way to get fit and healthy. What was impressive was how high we can jump! Article 24 – We all have the right to be healthy a
