Blog by Cheryl Langley

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…

Middle School absolutely loved getting out the ukuleles. In our first lesson, we learnt the parts of the musical instrument, how to hold it, signals for our music lessons, the string names, how to tune a ukulele and how to strum in rhythm to a song!

Superstars! 

This week, Middle School have returned to number lines in order to get to grips with them a little more confidently and comfortably.

We started with a Tiny Turtle challenge, which needed everyone to discuss whether numberlines ALWAYS go up in 1’s, 10’s and 100’s…

Everyone agreed that there…

Middle School were treated to a fabulous Stone Age day this week! They learnt so much and it really helped to develop their historical detective skills.

We started the day getting to grips with chronology by exploring how INCREDIBLY LONG the Palaeolithic time lasted in comparison to 5000 years…

Well done to all of Autumn 1 sharers! We have enjoyed learning about your interests and skills! It has been wonderful to see the confidence and communication skills of those who have shared…as well as seeing the enthusiasm from their listeners and the question-askers.

Well done, Middle…

Middle School have been busy creating drawings in the style of Cave Art. After discussing how important animals were during the Stone Age times and how they featured within Cave Art, we had thought about which animals would be featured now for people to enjoy in 5000 years. Using the examples,…

This week in English, Middle School have been thinking about the purpose of adverts and how they are successful at grabbing attention. 

In our story - ‘Stig of the Dump’ by Clive King - Barney and Stig are being very resourceful with items and tools…so we worked on creating adverts to sell…