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English Our book for our writing lessons is called The Bluest of Blues. It’s a non-fiction book about Anna Atkins who was a botanist, illustrator and photographer of nature in the Victorian era. She was fascinated with drawing and learning about beetles so we’ve tried...

Busy time in Reception. We have been working hard and having lots of fun in Reception.  In outdoor learning we have been making ivy crowns, wassailing and blessing the apple tree. In PE we have started using the large apparatus in the hall, jumping, climbing,...

On Thursday, Sky class created pinhole cameras to represent how the eye sees images. When the children took their camera outside everything was seen upside down in the tube. Sky class then explored how light travels in straight lines and the reasons for the image...