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Since the half term holiday, Upper School have been investigating the Charanga composition features on the website. They have been learning how to use simple rhythms and melodies. Now the children are using the melody maker app to compose orchestral pieces based on the planets of the solar system.…

Middle School have been introduced to the wonderful world of Boccia! We have learnt that it is an inclusive sport, requiring skill, problem-solving and a good aim!

We have watched videos of Paralympians competing in the Paris 2024 and Rio 2016 Paralympics and were all pretty humbled by their…

Middle School met The Snarget boys in Stig of the Dump and reinacted the moment they came under attack by Barney as he tried to scare them away to protect Stig and the den. They also made lots of predictions about what they thought might be in the box left by the Snarget boys, and what they…

Middle School absolutely loved getting out the ukuleles. In our first lesson, we learnt the parts of the musical instrument, how to hold it, signals for our music lessons, the string names, how to tune a ukulele and how to strum in rhythm to a song!

Superstars! 

In Geography this week, the class learnt more about using maps to navigate. They practised using grid references to find symbols on maps and then began to learn to use a compass to travel. I gave the children a treasure hunt challenge in the playground where they had to follow compass directions…

We were so excited to have a visitor to our RE lesson this week. Mrs Hurley’s friend Sarah came into school with her brand new baby, Florence, to talk to Year 3 and 4 about how her life (and the life of the people around her) has changed since her baby was born. 
The children were brilliant at…

Our Reception superstars started their six week course learning how to ride balance bikes, strengthening their muscles and improving their balance skills. Take a look at these photos from their first session today. 
 

In our gymnastics lessons the children are learning how to travel in different ways using their hands and feet for support. They have been practicing caterpillar walk, frog jumps into a walk and bunny hops.  They have all been learning how to do a tuck jump as well. 
 

Take a look at this…

This week, Middle School have returned to number lines in order to get to grips with them a little more confidently and comfortably.

We started with a Tiny Turtle challenge, which needed everyone to discuss whether numberlines ALWAYS go up in 1’s, 10’s and 100’s…

Everyone agreed that there…

Middle School were treated to a fabulous Stone Age day this week! They learnt so much and it really helped to develop their historical detective skills.

We started the day getting to grips with chronology by exploring how INCREDIBLY LONG the Palaeolithic time lasted in comparison to 5000 years…

Well done to all of Autumn 1 sharers! We have enjoyed learning about your interests and skills! It has been wonderful to see the confidence and communication skills of those who have shared…as well as seeing the enthusiasm from their listeners and the question-askers.

Well done, Middle…

Upper School started reading and studying a new book this week called Otto, Autobiography of a Teddy Bear. They made lots of predictions and inferences about the characters and setting and today we produced freeze frames of a scene in the story. Once they showed this to the class, I ‘woke the…