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This week the children have continued our 'Enchanted Woodland' topic. We have been learning about woodland and domestic animals. We each brought in a teddy or an object which linked to our topic. We then categorised them into woodland, domestic or both! Afterwards, we put on a puppet show. The…

This week we've had lots of fun using Modroc and painting our volcano models which we made last week.

The children were fabulous at working together talking about where the Modroc needed to be placed, supporting each other when the material got twisted and then thinking carefully about the…

What a day at Eden Camp! The children loved learning about all the many different aspects of World War II and they especially enjoyed exploring the tanks, artillery and bomb shelters. Take a look at the photos.

I was amazed today when Miss Tucker and members of our Gardening Club came to see me with this HUGE carrot! It's one of the carrots that they have successfully grown in our school garden. We had a vote to decide whether I should take it home to eat or give it to Nahed, our Cook, to add to our…

The children have been finding out all about propaganda during World War Two. Propaganda was deployed to encourage people to economise, make do and mend, avoid waste and obey rationing. They then recreated their favourite posters and used watercolour to give them colour. They look…

Year 5 had a fabulous trip to Eden Camp this week.  The weather was kind to us and we all thoroughly enjoyed looking round the exhibits to help support our understanding of events in World War 2.  Thank you to our parent helpers, your support was much appreciated.  I was impressed with…

Year 2 bug hunt!

Year 2 children have been incredibly lucky to spend the morning with Dr Roger Key and his wife Rosy, who are both knowledgeable bug experts, to help us hunt for minibeasts on our school site.  Their expertise enabled the children to safely catch and identify a huge collection…

This week the children have worked incredibly hard in all areas of learning. They’ve shown resilience when they have found activities tricky, used their communication skills to ask questions and ask for help and shown engagement in all the learning taking place.

During English we have started…

We have been really enjoying our whole class Maths sessions.  We have exlored Circles, Positional Language and the number One.  We love to use our huge spider web to collect items from around the classroom.  We were very good at finding circles and objects with circles on and different ways to…

This week the children have been focused and enthusiastic in all areas of learning.

In English, we have started to read the text ‘The Firework maker’s daughter’ by Philip Pullman. We are looking forward to discovering what will happen next for our main character, Lila.

In Topic,…

On Wednesday, the children enjoyed a day of learning at Eden Camp. They walked through the huts learning all about how the war started, evacuation, the home guard, the Blitz, entertainment, rationing, wartime streets/shops, women at war, key dates...and so much more! What a great way for the…

We have had a busy start to the year. We have been learning our new routines and have been fantastic during our phonics and maths lessons. We love our new topic 'The Enchanted Woodland', especially when we can explore our beautiful outdoor area!