Wrens have been practising their fine motor skills and really enjoyed sewing their felt together to make a hand puppet. They used running stitch and took their time to try and make sure that their stitches were even. 

In DT, the children are learning about bridges and stable structures. After our first lesson, a group of children worked together to create their own city, complete with a range of different bridges. They used their imagination, problem-solving skills, and teamwork to design and build their structures, showing great enthusiasm and creativity.

The children in Puffins have listened to the story of Hansel and Gretal this week.  Some of the children helped make a Gingerbread house.  It was smaller than expected but they enjoyed making it.

We also made big lollipops.

We were delighted to welcome families into the classroom for our Maths Café this term. The children enjoyed playing a range of maths games with their family members and each other, practising key skills in a fun and engaging way. It was lovely to see the children so enthusiastic and confident in their learning, and we would like to thank everyone who came along to support them.

Puffins have been reading the story The Scarecrows Wedding. The had great fun drawing around each other to make an outline of a person, then designed their own Scarecrow.

Woodpeckers have had a busy week back in class. We have been making New Year Resolutions and finishing off our History topic from last term. The children have particularly enjoyed completing their shields which they designed before Christmas. They looked at Iron Age designs to give them inspiration. We all think they look amazing! 

Happy New Year.

Puffins new upstairs room is finished. The children have loved exploring the new space and they all gave it a thumbs up! They like it.

During their topic lesson, Year 4 took a virtual journey to the centre of the Earth, discovering the different layers and learning interesting facts !

The children have been working hard on designing and building their own Viking longboat models. Using the knowledge gained from our history lessons, they explored why longboats were so important to the Vikings and how their design helped with travel, trade, and raids.

The project encouraged careful planning, problem-solving, and creativity, and it has been fantastic to see the pride the children have taken in their finished boats.

Feast your eyes upon the fab calendars produced by Year 6 this week! :)

Year 5 held their ukulele concert this week, and it was wonderful to see so many of you there. Thank you for coming along — we hope you enjoyed the performance as much as the children enjoyed learning the songs.

They have worked with great enthusiasm this term, and we hope the experience has inspired some of them to continue with music or even pick up a new instrument in the future.

A big thank-you as well to Mr Ward, who has been teaching the children and guiding them through, what is for some of them, their first steps as musicians.

Year 1 have been enjoying listening to and reading lots of stories about Christmas. They successfully followed a set of instructions to make their very own Santa. 

We recently held our Reading Café, and it was a real highlight. A huge thank-you to the parents who were able to join us — many of you kindly read with several children, not just your own, and it made the session feel warm and welcoming.

The children loved the experience and were completely absorbed in sharing stories, listening to different voices, and talking about the books they enjoy. Moments like these really help to build a positive reading culture across the class, so thank you again for your support.

Year 1 have been reading The Christmasaurus and the Night Before Christmas by Tom Fletcher. They loved the story and were able to retell it and act it out in their own words. They then made story maps to show what happens. 

Year 5 have been exploring a wide range of forces in science, including gravity and the work of Sir Isaac Newton, as well as air resistance, water resistance, levers, pulleys, and gears.

As you’ll see in the photos, the children have particularly enjoyed the practical side of this unit — designing and testing parachutes to investigate air resistance, and lifting weights with and without a pulley to compare how effective pulleys can be.

They have followed up these investigations with class discussions, written experiment explanations, and clear diagrams to show their findings. It has been a brilliant mix of hands-on learning and scientific thinking, and the children have approached it with great curiosity.

Wagtails made Stone Age houses as part of their Stone Age day. The children took lots of care over their designs and were very creative!

Our pupils enjoyed exploring our model text through freeze framing. They worked in groups to recreate key moments and bring the story to life. Everyone had lots of fun while deepening their understanding of the text!

Check out these fabulous vase designs that our Year 6 Stars have produced!

The childern had lots of fun playing with shaving foam.