Chestnut Class had fun while taking part in outdoor team-building activities. They had the opportunitty to build dens, build fires and play team games. Perseverance was the main lesson when it came to starting a fire but several groups managed to get flames by working together to block out the wind. Den building saw a … Read more
Chestnut and Cherry Class had a wonderful day in London last week. The day started with an informative walk around London, viewing some of London's attractions such as Trafalgar Square, Horse Guards Parade, Downing Street, The Mall and Buckingham Palace. We had beautiful weather for lunch in St James Park surrounded by daffodils and took the … Read more
Cedar Class had a wonderful time exploring different outdoor activities, requiring them to use different problem solving and group work skills. The children worked through different activities, completing pair and group work. One activity took away the children's sight with them working to guide their blindfolded partner through a cone maze. The children carefully came … Read more
In reception we have been learning about different types of houses. The children in Ash class brought in pictures or their houses and their bedrooms for show and tell. They did a great job telling their classmates all about their houses. Our class dinosaurs were also caught showing an interest as we found them nosing … Read more
Maple Class were feeling (and looking!) a little bit French today as they showed the rest of the school what they have been learning in their French lessons. Everyone remembered their lines and spoke up beautifully. They should be very proud of themselves!
Maple Class visit the Botanic Gardens in Cambridge and, despite the rain, we had a fantastic day out! In the morning we rotated between three different activities: seed planting, exploring the glasshouses and a carnivourous plants workshop. Then, in the afternoon, we got to explore the gardens further and collect any fallen treasures that … Read more
On Monday, all of KS1 had a storytelling session exploring the story of The Monkeys and the Hats. Reception made their own hats and used these to join in with the retelling of the story. Tuesday was a VERY busy day for Ash class as we made and enjoyed pancakes in the morning, then went … Read more
As part of our history work on The Victorians, Cherry and Chestnut Class visited British Schools Museum to see what life was like for children at school in Victorian times. When we went to the British Schools Museum, we had to dress up as Victorian children. The girls would have worn long, dark socks and long, … Read more
The children had fun today making and eating pancakes. After lunch they all took part in their own inter house pancake races. The results were very close with joint third place for Neptune and Saturn on 22 points, second for Jupiter with 23 points and first place for Mars with 24 points. All of the … Read more
Following a great story in assembly, pupils participated in a story-telling workshop. In honour of World Book Day, we were lucky enough to be visited by a story teller who entertained us with a fantastic story in our morning assembly and then provided us with a workshop in the afternoon. We used the story to … Read more
