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Today, Upper School used blindfolds for their outdoor challenges. We split into two groups again with one group working with Emilia and one with Mrs Hurley. Mrs Hurley’s group had to work with a partner who wore a blindfold and led them around a tricky trail just using verbal instructions.…

One of the phonics games our children play is called ‘Nice to meet you’. Each child has a word which is their name for the game. They greet each other with a handshake and “nice to meet you ….” Reading the word their friend is holding. It’s a great game which you can easily play at home!

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This half term in our PE lessons we are fovusing on both~

• Outdoor Adventurous Activities- teamwork and problem solving
• Fielding and Batting - Rounders

We have made the best of the lovely weather and managed some rounders this week, with the children learning to put some of their…

As part of our science topic ‘habitats’ the children found a variety of minibeasts whilst looking in micro habitats in our outdoor area and around the meadow area of our field. 
 

Our Year one and two children used their recent maths learning where we have been looking at data collection in…

After a recap about gestation periods of mammals and the growth of a human baby inside a mother, the Upper School class were introduced to the stages of human development after birth. We watched some animations of these developments, asked questions and had discussions about their own experiences.…

As part of our maths learning the children have been investigating the best way to collect data. Today they went outside to record how many birds they could spot in and around our school grounds. They decided that keeping a tally was the most effective way to record the amount. 
 

In today’s lesson the team challenges were Millipede and Cross The Swamp. 

Both activities involved the children working together to come up with a plan for how to overcome the challenges of moving across an area with limited resources and strict rules. 

In the game of Millipede, the…

In our maths learning today they children have been investigating the length and height of different things inside and outside our classroom. After measuring in cms they measured in metres. 

 

The Upper School class began a new topic in PE today called Outdoor and Adventurous Activities. This scheme of work will allow the children to participate in lots of outdoor team work and trust games.
They began by working in two teams, in circles. The objective was to manoeuvre a hoop all the…

The children had a fantastic time (as you can see from these photos) bringing all their learning over the past weeks about growing, food, health and nutrition together to prepare, make and test healthy smoothies. 

Middle school have been focusing on myths and legends this half term, with an especial focus on the ancient Greeks, our topic. Children have combined lots of their skills to create these wonderful story books!

Firstly, children wrote their own story inspired by the Greek myths we read in class.…

We have had a wonderful treat this afternoon when two lambs and five Silky hen chicks came to visit. 
 

Our topic this half term is called the ‘The Farm Shop’ in science we have been learning about plants and animals linked to those you would find on farms. In our RE lessons we have been…