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As part of Viking day, children learned to play the Viking game of Kubb.

We split into teams with the aim of knocking over the 'king' piece! This game showcases many things we have looked at in our PE lessons including underarm throwing and throwing with aim and accuracy. 

Children also…

Over this half term, middle school have been busy learning about the Vikings and Anglo Saxons in Britain. 
As part of our ongoing learning, we have mixed in a little DT and Art by creating our own Viking inspired shields. 

The last day of the half term was Viking day! This meant that the…

Here are lots more pictures from our visit to Borwick…

Jo Hurley

The Upper School class had the most amazing outdoor and adventurous visit to Borwick Hall this week! We stayed in Old Borwick Hall for two nights which was an adventure in itself with its long staircases and maze of rooms. We also took part in a programme of activities with the brilliant Borwick…

Lower School have continued learning how to carefully send a ball to a partner so they have a good chance of catching. Lower School learnt the three top tips: face the racket towards their partner so the ball can make contact with the racket; hold the racket with two hands for more control; and…

Year 2 have been busy furthering their understanding of fractions through ‘baking’ cookies and pizza! We ‘kneaded’ and ‘rolled’ out our ‘dough’ before creating our ‘pizza base’ or ‘cookies’ - so much fun!

We talked about how many toppings they could have so each slice had an equal amount of…

Thank you to our lovely Year Six who came down to listen to our little ones read. They were extremely supportive and patient and even helped the little ones to practise writing their names or to write tricky words. 
 

Thank you Year Six!

In English this week, the children have been learning about writing to persuade. To go alongside our topic of Vikings we have been learning about the nine realms in Norse mythology. The children had the challenge of being given one of the realms with their partner and having to sell a holiday to…

Year 5 have been lucky enough to have a set of PSHE lessons delivered to them by Corey, our sports coach. Over the past few weeks they have been learning about healthy eating and today they learnt about staying hydrated. The lessons are always fun and very active! The children have enjoyed filling…

The Year 6s visited Lower School this afternoon to support the children with their reading skills. They listened to them read their home reading books, wrote in their reading records and then spent time practising writing together. Enjoy looking at the very cute photos! 
Mrs Hurley

The children in middle school had a very special RE lesson this week - we visited the church!

This was to go alongside our topic of exploring the church and the meanings behind it. We have already virtually explored some fantastic churches around the world, but it was time to visit our…

Having learnt about when the first locomotives were invented and the names of some of the famous engineers and trains, today the class found out about the first passenger trains. They learnt that Locomotion 1 built by George Stephenson took 450 people 25 miles at an average speed of 15mph on a…