We had a themed week of the ‘Gingerbread Man’ this week! The children enjoyed listening to different variations of the story and retelling it using props and masks around the classroom. They worked hard to use key words from the story throughout their acting. On Wednesday Reception filled the sc
Over the last couple of weeks, the children in Year 6 have been studying an animation titled ‘The Piano.’ This film has no words and is a series of flashbacks in the pianist’s life – seen whilst he plays a mournful tune. The children have tried to imagine themselves in the role of the old man playin
The children in KS2 have been working like little elves (maybe to impress Santa and get on the right list?) on their reading over the last fortnight. They are now becoming more familiar with Accelerated Reader and Reading Plus and you can see that many of the children are using these programs regula
Welcome to our final Reading Corner of 2021! As the holidays begin, I hope that you have the opportunity to spend some time reading with your children and to enjoy the wonder of books. The final two recommendations are particularly fitting for this time of year. Little Glow (Age 4+): A beautiful sto
Year 6 spent their Forest School session trying to work out how to make a flying fox or zip line. They are now confident in creating anchor knots in the form of a timber hitch and then adding tension using hitches to lock the ropes off. However they soon realised it’s not that easy, you need the r
This week in Year 4 we have been learning about instructions and all the features that go into them; imperative verbs, sub headings, numbering, conjunctions and of course the right amount of detail! We started by instructing our teachers to make a jam sandwich – and let’s just say – it didn’t quite
This week we started Christmas in Reception! The children have loved spending time in school celebrating and learning about Advent and the reason why we celebrate Christmas. We started topic by reading the story ‘The Nativity’ which told us all about the story of the first Christmas and about baby J
This week’s Reading Corner includes two books from some of the children’s favourite authors: David Walliams and Julia Donaldson. In school, the children have the opportunity to read some of the well-known stories by both of these popular authors and I am sure that these books will be high on the Chr
The last fortnight, has seen an excellent effort by the children in their reading in Reading Plus and Accelerated Reader. It is clear that the competition for ‘Word Read’ certificates is clearly inspiring some as we have 10 more 50,000 word readers. Even more impressively, we have our first Reading
Today was an exciting day at school as an order of books arrived for the Accelerated Reader scheme. As a school, we are committed to providing the children with the opportunity to enjoy books and to read for pleasure. In the Accelerated Reader library we have fiction and non-fiction books; books fro
