School Work

Year 1 Materials Workshop

We completed 5 activities in small groups focusing on what materials were made from and their properties. We really enjoyed the investigation to find the best curtains for the 3 Little Pigs house!

Christmas takes over in Reception!

We hope you all enjoyed the Reception Christmas show. With all the practising for the show it’s a wonder that we fit anything else in this term, though looking back through the photos serves as a reminder of just how much we have squeezed in. So when you ask your little darlings what they have … Read more

Fabulous Felt Phone cases

Today Willow Class finished their unique felt phone cases. The children designed their phone cases, learnt about different stitches and cut out templates for the project. Over a few afternoons, they then cut out the colourful felt and carefully glued and stitched them together. We are all so proud of the results and of the children … Read more

Willow Class Rocks!

The main song being studied was Don’t Stop Believin’ by Journey. We also listened to the Glee rendition amongst others, but undoubtedly the class prefer the rocky, electric guitar and keyboard heavy version. Everyone in Willow also had the opportunity to play part of the melody on either the xylophone or recorder and improvise with … Read more

Christmas Cakes

As part of our work in Design & Technology, the children in both Cherry and Chestnut Class made Christmas Cakes.  They each weighed their own ingredients, mixed and baked the cakes before creating a design to decorate their cakes with. Thank you so much to Mrs Halliwell for all her hard work and the kind … Read more

Hunting for Minibeasts

In Holly class this term we are learning about habitats as part of our science work.  We headed into the nature area at school to see what minibeasts we could find. Holly class made great detectives! We hunted under logs, in leaves, on branches, under pots, under benches and in the ground. We found: flies, … Read more

Burning off the calories and putting them back again!

Oak class burnt off lots of calories this morning by walking the five laps around the school. We could certainly see varying levels of fitness between the children!  Having finished our mile, we went to the dining room and bought a delicious cake in aid of Save the Children.

Trip to Mill Green Museum

We were very lucky to have an extremely fun school trip yesterday. We visited Mill Green Museum and spent the day completing lots of activities. In the morning we continued our learning about The Great Fire of London and got to experience items from the times and explored fire fighting equipment from then and now. … Read more