Blog Author: Jo Hurley

Some of the children in KS2 came into school in their scouts or brownies uniform today in celebration of St George’s Day -the English Patron Saint.
Legend has it that George slew a dragon and we like to think that we have slain our own dragons in school today through perseverance and hard work in…

In our RE lesson today, we thought about what Jesus meant by ‘building strong foundations for our lives’. 
The children were split into groups and given the task of building a bridge. Some of the groups were given clay to help them and some groups only had sellotape. 
The children with clay made…

The Year 5/6 children began a new topic in Science this week-Animals and their Habitats. We began by thinking about the classification of animals. 
The class really enjoying grouping and naming the pictures of animals first and then going a step further to classifying them into vertebrates and…

The rain cleared up just in time for Upper School to go outside and search for all the hidden carrots this morning! The children thoroughly enjoyed the hunt and appreciated the Easter eggs waiting for them when we got back into the warmth of the classroom. 
Thank you to Claire Nash and the…

The children in Upper School have spent the afternoon recreating scenes from the Easter Story and thinking about the impact it had on Jesus’ friends. They did a brilliant job and retold each scene with thoughtfulness and understanding. After the children’s performances, they talked about their…

Following on from their observational drawings of flowers for Mothering Sunday, the children have been trying to recreate flowers using cutting and folding paper techniques. They have begun to show some great creativity!

It’s been great to meet and work with Pete from Fleetwood this week. He has been teaching us and improving our tennis skills. He also organises great games to play during lunch time break. 
Thanks also to all the parents who have provided outdoor and indoor PE kits for the very changeable…

The Upper School children from Year 6 and some Year 5s took part in an interschools’ Frizbee Competition at Weeton St Michael’s Primary School. They played really well in small teams of four and one of those teams were joint winners with Treales. Well done!

Well done to Emily in Year 5 on gaining your gymnastics Level 2 award. 

The Upper School class visited St Peter’s Church on Friday afternoon to continue their learning about the symbolism of baptism. Rev Paul very kindly talked to the children about what baptism is and how it takes place at St Peter’s Church. Some of the children also found their names in the…

The children made cup and string telephones to explore sounds. 

Oscar and Noah were this week’s Dojo competition winners this week. Year 5 won overall and earned themselves an extra play time. Well done!