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Today the children in Upper School investigated the melting point of different types to chocolate to see which would be best at not melting too quickly at a very hot and sweaty birthday party! 
They planned and prepared their tests with dark, milk and white chocolate pieces. Each piece went into…

Our Reception children have been building on their number skills and knowledge of numbers to 5. Over the past two weeks they have been counting one more, one less as well as joining in with Year 1 & 2’s maths talk every day!

Take a look at these photos where they were singing and acting out the…

This week in maths we are having lots of fun learning about doubles, near doubles and putting all our skills and knowledge into practice! 
 

This week in our PE lessons, the Upper School children have been putting together a longer and more detailed gymnastic sequence using large apparatus. The elements of this sequence included several ways of travelling and performing counter and counter tension balances. As well as looking out for…

Middle school’s science topic this half term is electricity! Last week, we investigated which appliances use electricity and where they source their electricity. Some items used batteries and others used mains. This week, we investigated how electricity travelled. We learned about how electricity…

Our new book is The Lost Thing by Shaun Tan. We have come across his work before when we studied The Arrival last term. The children have been discussing the characters in this unusual picture book and, using a variety of figurative language and adventurous vocabulary, they have been writing…

Practicing our letter formation in the snow!

Upper School began their new topic this week which is looking at properties of materials. We began by thinking about the properties of solids, liquids and gases. To do this, the class were given three balloons. One filled with ice, one with water and one with air. We observed and felt each…

We have started this term thinking about stories from the Old Testament, learning that these are the stories would have heard as he was growing up. 
 

The children learnt about the story of Moses when he was put in a basket and pushed out into the River Nile by his mother. This was a great act…

We have had a very special day today, a delicious Christmas dinner cooked by Mrs Billington, our Lower School Christmas party and then a visit from Father Christmas with presents for all the children in his sack! 
 

Merry Christmas to all our fantastic families in Lower School, thank you for all your support this term!

Here are the children’s beautiful collages Christmas Tree cards they have made for their families this year. Take a look at the previous blog post to see how the children created their…

We have been learning lots of art skills by painting and printing. In preparation for making Christmas tree collages the children firstly learnt how to create a ‘wash’ using paint, painting over wax drawings of snowflakes to create a background winter scene. 
 

Then the children printed with a…