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Over our three-day week, Upper School have been busy bees designing their very own purposeful robots. They created their non-chronological reports ‘blueprints’ (including a vast array of details following deep discussion over what should be considered - from warranties to material). Using…

On Thursday, the whole school got to enjoy a picnic style lunch - either with their packed lunches or with a school dinner - to celebrate the upcoming coronation. 
The children finished their lovely lunch by singing the National Anthem! 

Here you can see years 2, 3 and 4

On Thursday, the whole school got to enjoy a picnic style lunch - either with their packed lunches or with a school dinner - to celebrate the upcoming coronation. 
The children finished their lovely lunch by singing the National Anthem! 

Here you can see years 2, 3 and 4

The children have been continuing their learning in maths all about 2D shapes. We learned how to classify different shapes using sides, vertices, angles and parallel or perpendicular lines. 
First, children played a guessing game by describing their shape to a partner.
Secondly, children worked…

Our new science topic is forces and magnets. 

Last week, we investigated push and pull forces.

This week, we began looking at how friction might affect those forces by setting up an investigation.

Children set a car off down a ramp and timed how long it would take to cross a 50cm line.…

To further our topic of shape and geometry, middle school children have been investigating triangles and their properties.

We have learned about the different types of triangle and we are able to classify them based on their features.

Children cut, sorted and stuck different triangles in…

The new PE topic for this half term is Athletics and today we focused on improving our throwing skills. The children worked on accuracy and distance in several group activities where they analysed each other’s skills. The children enjoyed challenging themselves by adding distances and making the…

The Reception children enjoyed a funny story called The King’s Pants this morning and have then been practising counting to 20 and recognising the numerals with a matching activity. Take a look at these photos to see they’re learning …

St George is the patron saint of England and it is believed that he was a soldier in the Roman army who died a martyr's death for his faith in 303 AD.  23rd April is believed to be the day that George died and so it is on this day each year we mark it as St George’s Day. 

In the Christian…

This week, Upper School have been learning to identify, estimate, calculate and measure angles. They have learnt how to measure angles using a protractor which took some practise. 
 

We also applied our knowledge of angles to position and direction - describing the journey of many…

We have begun our new topic of Vikings and Anglo Saxons in history this half term. We learned a little about who the Saxon people were and how they split England into seven kingdoms. Then we tried to solve a mystery...

Children were given several 'sources' or 'clues' to work out the mysterious…