On Tuesday, Robins Class took part in a multi-skills festival at Mark Rutherford School. The children had a fantastic time and thoroughly enjoyed all the activities.

On the 11th November, Reception children spent the day learning about Remembrance Day. We learned about meaning behind the day and learned about the significance of poppies. We found out that there are different coloured poppies to represent different groups of people and animals that we remember on this day. We used this knowledge to create our own poppies which we displayed in our own Remembrance garden. 

We also talked about service people and how one of their main roles is helping others and we discussed how we can help others in our own lives. 

We have been continuing our topic of 'What can wee learn from stories around the world' in Reception. This week we have focussed on the story of the Gingerbread man. We have created a story map, ordered the events and retold the story. We have also been enjoying exploring the story in our continuous provision. 

We learned all about the celebration of Bonfire Night and the story behind it. We listened to, and read, the story of Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot. We created our own story maps to help us retell the story and then created some beautiful firework artwork afterwards. 

This week, we’ve been marking Anti-Bullying Week by celebrating what makes each of us unique! On Monday, we wore odd socks to show that it’s great to be different and to stand together against bullying. Across the school, pupils have been taking part in activities that promote kindness, respect, and inclusion. Here is some of the wonderful work produced by our classes throughout the week.

Year 5 have started their new English unit based on the book Cloud Busting by Malorie Blackman - a touching story about friendship, imagination, and seeing the world in new ways. To kickstart the unit, the children became cloud busters themselves, spending time gazing up at the sky and describing what they could see and sense among the clouds. Their imaginative ideas have already inspired some wonderful descriptive writing!

The Puffins have enjoyed the story of the Gruffalo, We played with scrambled snake, owl ice cream and Gruffalo crumble.

We even went on our own Gruffalo hunt.

Year 6 have been busy, busy, busy so far this half-term! Pupils have begun lots of new topics and are particularly enjoying Electricity in Science and The Ancient Greeks in History. They've also started some descriptive writing in English and Fractions in Maths. Today, we had a lovely little break with a trip to The Vue to watch Zoopocalypse and a fab time was had by all!

Year 4 have taken part in Make Do and Mend activities as part of their World War II topic. The children learned about how families during the war repaired and reused clothing due to rationing. They had fun making sock puppets and a catching toy out of a paper plate and some string!

Our year 4 children took part in the CBBC Anti-bullying live lesson and engaged brilliantly with the activities. They completed the mission and worked thoughtfully to creat their own class pledge. We are proud of their teamwork,respect and commitment to being kind every day. 

We had a great time learning all about dinosaurs and fossils when Giant Journeys visited us at school. We found out about how fossils or 'rock pictures' are made and what they can tell us about the dinosaurs and how they lived.

We particularly enjoyed meeting Baby Trixie the T-Rex - she was very cheeky and even tried to bite Mrs Bliss and Miss Jelsy's hands!

The best part was becoming archaeologists and using brushes to uncover lots of different fossils. 

Year 1 have spent this morning learning how to become archeologists and had a fantastic time finding out how fossils are created and about different types of dinosaurs. They were amazed at some of their finds and asked some great questions. Thank you to Mrs Bliss for arranging such a memorable learning experience. 

Year 1 have been exploring how they can make different shapes with their body in dance. They worked with a partner and combined different shapes to make a dance sequence. 

For this term's science topic, Year 1 has been learning about the human body and our five senses. For tasting week, we tried different foods, such as chocolate, jam, honey, cheese, salty crisps and lemon. We then used words such as 'sour' and 'sweet' to describe their taste.

Today Year 1 had a lovely morning learning about what fossils are, different types of fossils and how to find them. They enjoyed becoming archaeologists and using their paint brushes to carefully uncover fossils.

The Puffins enjoyed playing with the parachute. 

After collecting leaves the children made autumn wreaths.

The Puffins have been learning about autumn. We made autumn trees using cotton buds and paint. 

Bold Voices, Bright Walls: Year 6 explore murals and street art to express powerful messages through colour and creativity :)