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Reception had a good tidy up time in our garden area this morning. They cleared out the weeds and turned over the soil in our tyres that we had grown potatoes and wild flowers in last year. Then they planted some bulbs and shrubs in the wooden trough planters. They learnt new things and showed…

What an amazing morning! We were lucky enough to be visited by a special Roman Visitor today, as part of our study of The Romans. During the morning we gained a unique insight into life as a Roman soldier and how life was in Roman times.

Freya said,

”This morning we had a visitor who taught…

We have had a fantastic and interesting afternoon today, thanks to Adrian Worrell who came to visit us. He dressed as Ernest Shackleton the polar explorer and took us through the ages of exploration thinking of why people explored, how they did it, when and what they did when they got to the lands…

Paige was very proud to show me her Maths work this morning. She thought that the activity of finding fractions of numbers would be too difficult, however she discovered that her hard work paid off and by the end of the lesson her confidence flowed!

I was greeted just now by a very proud Isaac who wanted to show me his super story writing. He's thought up and used some great ideas and told the whole story. Mrs Kemp and I are very proud of you Isaac!

This afternoon, Upper School children made good use of their shields to make Roman Shield formations, as were used during the days of the Roman Empire. 

Although it was windy, the children enjoyed getting organised into The Wedge (an attacking formation) as well as The Orb, The Tortoise and The…

Freya is rightly a very proud member of a climbing club which she attends weekly.

On Saturday she placed 4th in a Northwest and Lake District climbing competition for 9 and 10 year olds.

We are very proud of you Freya! 

MIllie is a superstar reader, I loved hearing you read your book just now Millie, well done! 

We've been busy researching Roman soldiers and recreated items of their armour, we noticed the symmetry of shields and imitated patterns from original Roman shields and standards. 

Something unusual happened the other day in the EYFS classroom, the children had a visit from an upset Little Red Riding Hood who hadn't enough cakes to take to her poorly grandma. She had been skipping across our field to get to her Grandma’s cottage and they must have fallen out of her basket as…

As part of our Explorers topic we are doing a design and technology project where we are learning about mechanisms, in particular wheels and axles.

We have been reading the stories about Bob, the man on the moon, written by Simon Bartram and have decided to design and make a vehicle for Bob to…

We love to move around whilst we learn, it helps us remember our learning and keeps us fit. Today we were jumping up the ladder counting in 2s,5s and 10s. Year 2s were also jumping and counting in odd numbers, then even numbers and sometimes switching from one to the other! 

Well done Year 1…