On Friday, we had a visit from Ark Farm. The children loved meeting the animals.

A giant metal figure appeared on our playground this week, and we can now reveal it is the Iron Man! This term, Year 4 will be diving into the epic classic by Ted Hughes to discover his story. Keep your eyes peeled for more signs of our mysterious visitor!

Today, the children were delighted to welcome family members into school for our Writing Café. Together, they explored the characters from The Highway Rat, creating descriptive words and phrases to bring them to life. It was a lovely opportunity to share their learning and enjoy writing together—thank you to everyone who was able to attend.

Before the Easter break, we were delighted to welcome the fire service into school to talk to the children about fire safety and what to do in an emergency. The visit was especially memorable because we saw first-hand how quickly they responded when called out to an emergency partway through their session. The children learned lots of important information, including the importance of having a working fire alarm at home. They were encouraged to check this with their families and contact Bedfordshire Fire Service if one needs to be installed.

The Puffins enjoyed a visit from Ark Farm. We saw sheep, pigs, goats, rabbits and a donkey. 

They were all so excited to see so many animals.

Year 1 are starting to learn about plants and what they need to grow. They were able to follow instructions in order to plant their sunflower seeds. They made sure they watered them and are ready to watch them start to germinate. I wonder whose sunflower will grow the tallest? 

Wrens have been learning about 3D art. They used different techniques such as rolling, bending, folding and twisting to create different effects with coloured paper to make a paper sculpture. They were really pleased with their finished work. 

Year 4 have begun their exciting gardening project by planting a range of seeds, including sunflowers, peas, basil, tomatoes, and chives. The children have learned about how seeds are planted and what plants need to grow. They are looking forward to watching their seeds begin to sprout over the coming weeks.

After learning about the story of The Very Hungry Caterpillar last week, we tasted some of the fruits from the story! We all really enjoyed tasting them and talked about whether we liked or disliked the fruits. 

Penguins class have been learning about the seasons and went on a lovely walk to our Forest School last week to look for signs of Spring! We found lots of flowers, insects and some frogspawn in the pond! We also made the most of the lovely spring weather and had some fun on the big playground. 

Woodpeckers had great fun this week, transferring their art work onto iPads. They enjoyed experimenting with different tools to create their images. As part of World Book Day, they also created this fantastic display to share some of their favourite books.

The Puffins have enjoyed being out in the sunshine. We have played outside, went to the wildlife garden and looked at the pond.

We then had fun playing on the woodern equipment in the big playground.

Year 5 have been learning about the world’s oceans and how they are changing due to climate change. They have explored coral reefs, with a focus on the Great Barrier Reef, and the impact of human activity on these delicate ecosystems. The children have also been thinking carefully about how our everyday choices and consumption can help protect the oceans.

The children thoroughly enjoyed their trip to Trinity College where they took part in a variety of fun sporting activities. They worked together to develop their teamwork and confidence.

Year 5 have been exploring changes of materials, including evaporation to recover a solute from a solution, reversible changes, chemical reactions, rusting and burning. The children have taken part in lots of hands-on experiments, making the learning practical, engaging and great fun.

In Reception we learned all about plants and how they grow. We did an investigation about the best growing conditions for cress. We put two pots (one with water and one without) in a dark cupboard and two pots on the windowsill (one with water and one without). We were very excited to find out that the plant with sunlight and water grew the healthiest, although the one with just water in the dark grew very quickly but was very thin and yellow!

As part of our learning about plants we explored using clay to make our own leaves! We used templates to help us mould the clay into the correct shapes and then used tools to add details. They were very effective and we were very proud of them! 

For our DT textiles topic, we have been learning how to join fabric using the running stitch technique. The children practised sewing carefully to connect different pieces of fabric. They then designed what they wanted their puppets to look like and decorated them using a variety of materials. The children loved seeing their finished puppets come to life.

The Puffins have planted Sunflower seeds, we are making sure they have water and sunshine so they will hopefully grow.