This week we were very lucky to have a professional astronomer talk to us about latitude, longitude and time zones. This was linked to our Geography unit of locational knowledge, answering our big question ‘How does the shape and position of the Earth affect the...
In Art, Year 6 are creating an underwater scene using collage. They have been analysing different creative pieces using collage, identifying pictorial and abstract forms of collage and writing reflective responses to the artwork. They experimented with different materials to identify what elements will work...
World Book Day 2026 Our school was bursting with excitement, imagination and a shared love of reading as we celebrated World Book Day together. It was a truly special occasion that brought our school community together and reminded us all just how powerful stories can be. We...
This week the Girls’ football team played their third league game of stage two. It was a very tough battle, against a good Northbury Primary School team, however, the girls were victorious and managed to squeeze a valuable 1-0 win. Well done girls! [gallery ids="23455,23456,23457,23458"]...
Year 6 pupils have been immersing themselves in the exciting world of The Firework-Maker’s Daughter as part of their reading lessons. Through the story, they are exploring how plot development, character depictions and language choices work together to create meaning within a text. By examining...
In Computing this week, Year 5 used physical computing to explore the concept of selection in programming through the use of the Crumble programming environment. Children were introduced to a microcontroller (Crumble controller) and learnt how to connect and program it to control components (including...
In science this term we are exploring electricity. We kicked off our learning with an exciting investigation where we had to work out how to make a lamp light up. We used a cell (battery), wires, crocodile clips, a switch and a lamp. We worked...
In Music this week we have been learning to follow the beat and keep in time when playing the glockenspiels whilst learning a song called Zootime. [gallery ids="23408,23409,23410,23411,23412,23413,23414"]...
This week, we have been fully immersing ourselves in our new Talk for Writing Text ‘Lost and Found’. We have been learning to distinguish between a question and a statement. We have been using our imagination and role play skills, to pretend to be the...
On Thursday we celebrated World Book Day with costumes of our favourite book characters and lots of time to read for pleasure throughout the day. Children from the Meadow visited the school library and picked out books to read alone and with adults. The children...