This term we are reading Charlotte's Web by B. Whyte, a fabulous story that explores the friendships of Wilbur and Charlotte and brings alive life on a farm. To develop our understanding of the text, we discussed how the author uses rich vocabulary and portrays...
Reading our way through World Book Day! Across the school we celebrated our love of books and reading, dressed as our favourite characters. There were some fantastic costumes, and it was lovely to share our books with each other. ...
Year 1 went on an African Adventure, linked to our text 'Handa's Surprise'. We learnt lots of interesting facts about Africa, learnt to speak some different languages and even learnt a traditional dance! [gallery ess_grid_gal="alexandra-sidebar" ids="13705,13704,13703,13702,13701" orderby="rand"]...
On Tuesday, the children in Reception were shocked to find a tray full of water! They soon realised it was the ocean. When exploring the tray, they noticed puddles and splash marks on the floor and came to the conclusion that a sea animal had escaped....
For our entry point for our first curriculum theme, we worked in groups to design and make jungle boxes. This half term, we will be learning about South America in Geography and all about plants in Science. We will also be reading stories sent in...
In Year 1, we have been reading 'The Gruffalo' in TalkForWriting and we were all very excited to visit Thorndon Country Park to meet the characters. We met a park ranger who helped us do lots of different activities such as den building for the...
Year 1 had a tea party as part of our exit point for our topic based on 'The Tiger That Came To Tea'. We made sandwiches to share, created invitations, read books and enjoyed a tea party with our parents as guests. We had lots...
Over the past few weeks, we have been delighted to host a pop up bookshop sponsored by the Children's Book Project. After a very exciting book delivery, Miss Phillips and Mrs Noyce worked very hard to create our very own bookshop in school! The bookshop...
Congratulations to those in Years 5 and 6 who entered this year's national Poetry by Heart competition. To enter, they had to memorise and perform a poem, focusing especially on how they could convey the emotion and meaning of the poem. Some chose to enter individually...
This week, the children in EYFS came into school to find an egg and some giant footprints left behind by a mysterious creature! We had lots of great discussions, and used books and the internet to research what type of creature might have left these...