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Wow! What an amazing week of learning we have had! We have been studying Judaism. We found out all about the Passover and produced some beautiful factual writing. We looked at Jewish symbols and presented them in an exploding book. We also printed the symbols in our own designs. We made some…

A HUGE thank you to everyone who donated food for our Harvest Food Bank collection today. It's lovely top know that your generosity will be appreciated by many families. I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday.

We had a great time during Culture Week! 

This week, we learned all about the Hindu festival: Diwali. 

We made beautiful Rangoli patterns using homemade, coloured rice...

Because Diwali means ’festival of light’, we sculpted and painted special diya lamps…

We have had a lovely week celebrating Harvest Festival for whole school Cultures Week.

We talked about how at this time of year the farmers are collecting their crops.  We talked about what we might see on a farm, starting with the animals, the food that comes from and farm and the different…

What an amazing week we have had. We've gone into depth of our chosen culture - Islam. This week, we've looked into the history of Islam, including the Five Pillars of Islam, where we've researched and wrote our own information leaflets. We've sketched and water coloured a mosque scene, looked at…

What an amazing week we have had. We've gone into depth of our chosen culture - Islam. This week, we've looked into the history of Islam, including the Five Pillars of Islam, where we've researched and wrote our own information leaflets. We've sketched and water coloured a mosque scene, looked at…

For those of you who enjoy taking part in activities during Halloween, please make sure that you and your children do so safely with alternative ways of having fun.
Some suggestions include;
• Create a pumpkin trail where you live so everyone can join in without knocking on doors.
• Be active:…

This week in EYFS we have been baking heart shaped biscuits.  Earlier in the week we designed our biscuits using cardboard hearts and various materials which looked like different sweet toppings.  We had red pipe cleaners for strawberry laces, tin foil scrunched up tight for silver balls, brown…

I can't believe our first topic in Y5/6 has come to an end - time is flying! I have been impressed with the children's previous knowledge and also their thirst for learning more! They have worked together this week to plan a street party to celebrate the end of WW2 - I have witnessed some…

This week, the children worked on Publisher - for many it was their first time! To bring our topic to the present, they created posters advertising the VE Day 75th anniversary celebrations. Here are just a few of their amazing designs - great work everyone!

This week we came to the end of our topic - A Child’s War. As part of the innovate project, the children had to plan an ‘end of the war’ street party. They wrote invitations, designed bunting and researched what might have been eaten so they could make menus.

I was so impressed by their…