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What an absolutely beautiful snowy morning it was this morning! We couldn’t resist going out to investigate. We looked for signs of wildlife and found bird prints in the snow. 
 

We practised our phonics and then began creating different giant footprints thinking about the traditional tale…

This week we learned that 'expanded noun phrases' and 'prepositional phrases' are not as scary as they sound! 
We learned that we needed a determiner, an adjective and a noun - with the addition of a prepositional or adverbial phrase. 

Children wrote down these different word types on strips…

Our topic in Science this half term is electricity - our DT topic matches this perfectly. We are designing and making a torch! 
This week, children got to try out making different circuits using various components. We really enjoyed making lights shine and watching motors spin. 

After this, we…

Since coming back after the holidays, we have dived straight into lots of wonderful learning. 
Children have started their new history topic, exploring the Romans. We have examined sources and learned about what they tell us. We have discovered the timeline of the Roman Empire and what came…

Our science learning (all about plants) is linked to our English learning this week as the children have planted a bean seed with a plan to take care of it and watch it grow into a bean plant. 

We looked back at our previous learning (see here …

This week we have been reminding ourselves of the tradition tale Jack and The Beanstalk. The children have been collecting and using ambitious vocabulary, acting out the story and retelling it by using puppets and drama.

We have begun to read Jim and The Beanstalk by Raymond Briggs and started…

The new year means a new novel to enjoy and study in Upper School and this time we are reading Michael Morpurgo’s brilliant book, Kaspar, Prince of Cats. Today the children explored the character of Johnny Trott and the world that he lives in. They used role play and thought tapping to infer…

Our Reception children have been learning about zero this week in their maths learning as well as doing lots of counting. 

As one of their continuous provision activities they have been matching and pairing socks. This activity gave lots of opportunities for maths and practising fine motor…

After discussing ways in which we are going to take greater responsibility and care of our planet this year the children chose to make posters to remind everyone around school how to.

Welcome back to school and to Spring Term 2023, it has been so lovely to see all your lovely children back in school again ready for a fresh term!

After sharing all our news from the holiday break we talked about our plans for the new year. As a class we have pledged to make a bigger effort to…

This half term, we are exploring portraits and what they portray. 
 

We analysed a portrait of Henry VIII and discussed how it portrayed power, status and character. We then created our own versions to portray contrasting messages…

Over the next few weeks, Upper School will be exploring ‘Kaspar - Prince of Cats’ by Michael Morpurgo. So far, we have compared alternative book covers, clarified vocabulary, practised active listening skills (we like doing this in Upper School! Doodling with intention!) and made many…