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This term Year One are learning all about dinosaurs. This week the children made a volcano which erupted in their classroom! The children thought of lots of words to describe the volcano. Boom! Bang! Pop!

During our science work on forces we have conducted experiments on air resistance and friction. Chief scientists (the ones in white lab coats) helped us carry out fair tests and only changing one variable and keeping all the other elements of the investigation the same. We discovered that the larger

This week the Nursey children have been using the ‘magic hat’ during planning and review time.  They have been trying hard to recognise their own name card when picked out of the hat and then explaining to the group what they plan to do.

Wednesday was a very windy day so we decided to make kites. We took them on the school field to fly them. The children had lots of fun trying to keep their kite in the air.  

As Autumn is in full swing, the children enjoyed an afternoon in the September sun clearing our raised beds.  They have started to turn over the compost, collect poppy and nasturtium seed pods for drying and began weeding some of our flower beds. Whilst this was going on the children made windy rib

In English, Year 6 have been reading ‘Friend or Foe’ by Michael Morpurgo. In the story, two evacuee children called David and Tucky see a plane crash on the moors which nobody else notices. We carried out a Newsround style report by interviewing the boys, the Home Guard and the farmer who was lookin

Kids R Fit have been working with the Year 6 children to prepare them for life as Playground Buddies. Staff from the company came into school and worked with the children who had applied for the positions to help them to understand their role and to know some games that they could lead. The children

In P.E. lessons, Year 6 have been learning the rules of tag rugby. They started off by spending a lot of time understanding the need to pass backwards and then started to be introduced to ‘tagging’ as a way of tackling. The children are now enjoying playing some small-sided games where they are usin

In dance lessons, Year 6 have been learning the Haka. This is a traditional, tribal dance from New Zealand. It is performed by the All Blacks before a rugby match and is meant to intimidate the opposition. The children have have great fun learning the routine and coming up with their own scary addit