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Our Reception children have been busy building their number sense this week by digging through the sand to find numbers that were hidden. Once they found them they practised forming the numbers in the sand and then had to bury the number again by tipping the number shown in buckets of sand over…

Our Reception children have been super writers this week, recognising sounds in words and building cvc words. 
 

What superstars!

Today in our Science lesson, the class were introduced to the concepts of gravity and they particularly enjoyed the awe and wonder of Earth in space when we discussed and watched videos about the sizes of planets and stars. After this, the children focused on measuring gravitational pull using…

What a wonderful afternoon we had at the Flower Bowl learning the very tricky skills of curling. The children were shown how to brush the ice to make the curling stones move faster and then they learnt how to send the curling stone down the curling rink. It is so much trickier than it looks on the…

The children thoroughly enjoyed our second PE lesson this week! They used more apparatus to test and develop their strength and ability. They built on the skills that were practised on Monday by linking three movements together to create a sequence. 
 

Well done children, you are…

This week we have been continuing our learning about shape. All three year groups have done a variety of activities, here are some photos of our Year 1 and 2 children exploring 2D shapes.

We had a great first PE lesson in 2026 on Monday when the children started practising their gymnastic skills!

We have had a wonderful festive time in school this last week with crafts, parties, a panto visit, a Christmas dinner and so much fun. Here are some photos of the things we have been doing. 
 

We wish all our families a wonderful Christmas break.

Mrs Kemp and Mrs…

The children practised lots of maths skills making their cards this year as they measured lengths of material to make a tree. We have been learning about shapes and their properties in our maths lessons so we had lots of talk about shape as they created. 
 

Some of our Upper School pupils took part in the lessons and carols service at St Peter’s Church this morning. They came to the front and each read parts of the story of the nativity. Abigail told us about Mary and Joseph’s long journey to Bethlehem and only being able to find a stable to stay in.…

Upper School class had a visit from Mhairi, STEM ambassador from the Ogden Trust, who ran two workshops. The one in the morning reinforced our current learning about electricity with practical activities involving making series circuits using circuit diagrams, testing voltage and to extend the…

As part of the Upper School homework activities this term, the children were asked to design and make an advent calendar which could be shared with the class or with their family. Several of these have been brought into school now and they are fantastic! Such a lot of time and effort has gone into…