Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Penguin nest building

  Fri 25 Mar 2022

  Kenya and Zambia class have been learning about the habitat of penguins.

   

  The children thought carefully about how to protect the penguin eggs and chicks and then made their own nests.

  

• Sun and ice

  Fri 25 Mar 2022

  The sun is shining so Reception children have been playing with ice...

   

  How does it feel? How does it move? What's that hidden inside!

  

• Worm Hunting in Kenya Class

  Thu 24 Mar 2022

  Kenya Class science week activities have included ‘worm hunting’ in the kitchen garden. We carefully investigated our worms and measured them, collected the data and then returned them to where they were found!

  

• Moving Egyptian models in Year 3

  Thu 24 Mar 2022

  Moving Egyptian models are underway and the Year 3 children are working hard using art and design techniques and their learning on Egyptians! 

  

• Egypt learn to sew

  Thu 24 Mar 2022

  We have been sewing in Egypt class this week, learning to do decorative stitches like running and cross stitch.

  

• Sewing in Zambia Class

  Tue 22 Mar 2022

  Zambia Class have continued their sewing lessons this week. They have been focusing carefully and learning to sew with the help from Charlie's dad!

  

• Splish splashy fun in Nursery

  Tue 22 Mar 2022

  The sun was shining and we had the most splishy, splashy, muddy, slimy , fun packed day in Nursery!

   

  …and if you are wondering, that is spouts in slime 😊

  

• Searching for worms

  Tue 22 Mar 2022

  Egypt Class have been doing investigations as part of Science week.

   

  The children have been digging for worms to see what type of worms could be found in the vegetable beds.

   

  We found surface dwellers, earth workers and deep borrowers.

  

• Weekly Roundup – Junior School

  Fri 18 Mar 2022

  This week we have been working hard and having lots of fun! We were so impressed to see children doing their own fundraising to support families in Ukraine, demonstrating fantastic empathy and enthusiasm to support others. You can find out more about this here. 

  
  Year 3 have been practicing balance and control in yoga with Miss Markwell. See some of their wonderful poses here. 

   

  Miss Drake supported some of the children to lead their own assembly this week, and invited governor Emma Nix in to see their work as part of her role in the Ethos committee. Find out more about this, and the other assemblies the Junior children have lead this year here. 

   

  A highlight of the week was seeing Year 4 children welcome residents from Larkhall Springs into school as part of their Archie Project. They enjoyed stories from Archie the Scarecrow (also known as Fiona from Reminiscence learning!), and wowed the residents with their wonderful singing of ‘Colourful Archie’. Myself, Mrs Merrett and Ms Birkett were very impressed with the children’s singing. You can see some pictures of this here. 

   

  Last week, we were lucky enough to welcome Paralympian Katrina Hart into school. Find out more about this exciting event and see pictures from the day here. 

   

  Finally, Year 6 have had a lovely morning today with Mrs Lewis immersing themselves in the artwork of Sir Terry Frost. You can see some of their creations and the coastal influences in their work here. 

   

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  Best wishes, 

  Mrs Simmons 

   

• Weekly Roundup – Infant School

  Fri 18 Mar 2022

  Paralympian 

   

  The children really enjoyed the visit from Katrina Hart. They emerged from the hall with huge smiles and red faces from the ‘really hard’ exercises that they had taken part on. Lucas said, ‘We had to do squats and jumping jacks! My heart was beating fast after.’ 

   

  Click here and here to see a year 1 video and photos from the day 

   

  Author Visit Emma 

   

  Today we’ve welcomed Emma Perry a real-life author! The children enjoyed listening to her read. Emma dressed the children up as characters from the story. 

   

   Tommy said, ‘I can use my hands to make a really good alien tail.’  

  Alfie said,’ I was dressed as a dragon. The character was fierce.’  

  Eva asked, ‘How old were you when you started writing?’ The answer was 42! 

  Emma asked us what we’d like to be when we grow up. Amelia said, ‘I’d like to test out beds and be a professional sleeper!’ This made us all laugh. 

   

  To see photos of the day click here. 

   

  Science Week 

   

  As if a visit from a Paralympian and a visit from an author isn’t excitement enough, next week is Science week! This has been inspired by National Science Week (it was in fact this week but there were too many other exciting things happening). We are encouraging the children to ask What if questions and we are building in activities from National Science week around Growth. 

   

  Sky said, ‘A scientist is someone who does experiments.’ 

  Elijah said, ‘ Science is fun. We’re learned that some animals hunt for meat. They are called carnivores.’ Eva said, ‘We went into Paul’s Garden to hunt for animal footprints. We found a fox, badger, a type of bird and a squirrel….they were only pretend!’ 

   

  We would also really like it if you could discuss one of these questions each day at home next week. We hope it stimulates some scientific discussion and their interest in the world around us. If you would like to find out more, this website is a free resource to access more ideas:?https://explorify.uk/? 

   

  1. What if humans hibernated? 

  1. What if winter never ended? 

  1. What if plants can move from one place to another? 

  1. What if you had magnets for fingers? 

  1. What if the ice caps melted? 

    

  Calling all Gardeners 

   

  We are looking for green fingered volunteers to make up a gardening team that includes a parent gardening coordinator. We are so lucky to have so many green spaces in our school site but they do require love and care. We want to focus our efforts on our Kitchen Garden which we use to teach the children about where their food comes from, and healthy eating and planting.  

   

  If you feel that you could offer some time or would be interested in joining a gardening team please can you contact me. Once we have a team of people we will be looking to run a session either after drop off or after pick up. The children are of course involved in the gardening too, but it’s too large a project for us to maintain. 

   

  We are also planning a seedling swap for the end of term 5. If you have any yoghurt pots/ old plant pots or any seeds for planting that you are happy to donate please bring to the infant office. 

   

  Link to Nursery Lead advert here 

   

  Don’t forget to subscribe to our online school calendar. Our calendar is the place where you can check for events, term dates and INSET days. 

  For a window into our school please follow us on social media. We regularly update our Twitter page and Facebook page. 

   

  I hope you have a lovely weekend enjoying this sunshine. 

   

  Best wishes 

   

  Sophie