Blog by Cheryl Langley

Upper School enjoyed some Christmas games to practise a range of German vocabulary from across this half term. We enjoyed trying to roll a Christmas Tree and decorating with various weather-themed decorations from blusters of der Wind for tinsel and neblig baubles of fog to die Sonne (the sun) at…

Thank you so much to Claire for joining us for the morning to bring our Stone Age exploration to life! We learnt about how they would have lit fires, particularly towards the end of the Stone Age with the discovery of metal. We learnt how they would have kept fires going and how they would have…

Middle School have been exploring more place value language to help them understand the concept of rounding. We have been learning the previous and next multiples of ten and celebrating any marvellous mistakes made! 

Well done, Middle School! You absolute super stars! 

Middle School absolutely loved watched the Stig of the Dump series and were brilliant at comparing the characters and events to the story we have read. They were completely spell-bounded by the ending and overcome with emotions. Such a wonderful story now part of Middle School’s learning journey,…

As part of our PSHE topic on respect, we took part in Anti-Bullying Week (11th Nov - 15th Nov).

Middle School were given challenges throughout the week:

Listen out for someone using kind words…

Look out for someone using kind actions…

Middle School also discussed ways we could explore…

We have continued to deepen our understanding of place value by comparing numbers. 
 

We had some phone calls with Tiny Turtle, who thought that the starting digit was the only thing you needed to use to compare.
 

He thought 923 was greater than 1324. After lots of reasoning and super…

Wow! Middle School have made unbelievable progress in Boccia! 
 

In our last lesson, we had to make a ‘plan’ and share this before sending the ball. Some children planned to throw and land nearer to the Jack than other balls. Some children planned to go on the attack by rolling towards the…

More Sharing Time in Middle School! 
 

Since September, children have bravely and confidently stood before the class and shared something they are interested in or something they are proud of. 
 

Their audience shows active listening by tracking the speaker, showing they are engaged and…

Middle School have been introduced to the wonderful world of Boccia! We have learnt that it is an inclusive sport, requiring skill, problem-solving and a good aim!

We have watched videos of Paralympians competing in the Paris 2024 and Rio 2016 Paralympics and were all pretty humbled by their…

Middle School met The Snarget boys in Stig of the Dump and reinacted the moment they came under attack by Barney as he tried to scare them away to protect Stig and the den. They also made lots of predictions about what they thought might be in the box left by the Snarget boys, and what they…