Middle School (MS)

In English lessons this week the children have begun to think about the stories we will be writing. We used images of the rainforest as well as sounds of the rainforest to take ourselves on an immersive and descriptive journey to write about our setting. Children came up with some amazing…

In our PSHE lessons we have been focusing on friendships and relationships. We considered what it meant to be a good friend last week and thought about how we should act towards our friends. This week we thought about what we could do if it became difficult to be a good friend because of the…

Children have continued their investigation into plants this week by dissecting a flowers and separating the parts inside that we found. Children built on their previous knowledge from last week of plant parts used in pollination and plant reproduction. 
Many children even began using big words…

In PE this week, children took what they learned about balancing points from last week and put this into practice with a partner. Children had to place their trust into their own bodies - and their partners - to create great shapes with their bodies. We learned how far we could lean and stretch to…

We have been focusing on the rainforest in Geography - looking this week at the climate we find there. To help us with this, we all put ourselves forward as weather presenters!
Each pair of children was given a city or town in a rainforest region. 
They had to investigate what the weather is and…

This week in English middle school have focused on our SPaG (Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar) and have been looking at different word classes. To help us use our different word classes in sentences, we went outside on a word hunt. 
Children searched the playground for any nouns they could find…

The children were so excited to welcome back the Library Van to school today! They were all able to have a look and choose a book to take with them. We discussed what made us choose our books as well as what our favourite books are and why we enjoy them. I am glad to have a class that loves…

Middle school's geography this week began with revising our geographical knowledge. Children have used an atlas to locate different countries, continents, oceans, mountain ranges and cities. They have had to get used to using the atlas and finding the correct map for the correct information.
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In PE this week, Middle school have been exploring balancing points and moving in different ways.

Children have found that moving using different balancing points can be easier and harder depending on how you position your body. We have certainly had some interesting balances and movements!

Upper School and Middle School had a wonderful time dancing, taking part in hilarious challenges and watching some amazing magic at our end of term disco. Thanks to all the parents who helped out with putting the marquee up and providing sweets and drinks for all the children.

The children of Upper and Lower School took part in a ‘virtual singing concert’ called Let’s Go Sing with hundreds of other schools from across the county this term. The video of their performances can be accessed using the website below.Our children are performing on the ‘A’ Schools video. 
I am…

Continuing on with our forces topic, the children began investigating magnets. We learned about what a magnet is, how it works and how it attracts objects. 
We investigated objects around us by first predicting whether we thought the object would be attracted to the magnet or not. Once we had…