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Sapphire Class Year 3 and 4 Science We are learning about the human skeleton this term. We started the unit by having to recreate a human skeleton by trying to place all the bones in the correct places. It took most groups a couple of goes to get it right. On one of...

Last week the children of year 5 and 6 put on a sustainable fashion show, capping off their learning in geography about the global garment industry. Here is a video showing a few of the outfits and some of the learning reflections from Turquoise class:  ...

In Year 5/6 this week we have been learning about clothes and the fashion industry, in particular about fast fashion and about how the fashion industry isn't environmentally sustainable.  We have been making new garments from old clothes that have been donated and...

Mrs Saeed’s class acted out the Easter story starting with Palm Sunday, The Last Supper, Good Friday and The Resurrection. We set up an Easter Garden in the classroom which was magical. We learnt about all the different types of animals that hatch from eggs and made...

So much has happened since our last newsletter entry! It has been busy, but fun! In English, we have written acrostic poems about different types of birds like robins and wagtail. Our new book we have been learning about is a mystery at the moment but we’ve looked at...

English We are looking at the poetry from The Lost Spells by Robert MacFarlane and Jackie Morris. Jackie Morris was our artist focus last term and we looked at some of her work from this book as inspiration for our Art pieces. One of the poems studied was 'Jackdaw'...

Year 5 & 6 Music- We've been singing You've Got a Friend by Carole King and playing it on glockenspiels.  I like singing.  Carole King doesn't make music anymore but she has written lots of songs. You've Got a Friend is a gentle pop ballad.  I like it but it is a...

These last few weeks Cyan have been working on poetry. with some wonderful results! Poems about Life - can you guess what they are talking about? Life by Orla Meredith Leaping and cartwheeling across the bouncy mat happy laughter when I'm rolling around Incredibly...

In Sky Class we have been looking at rivers after studying Journey To The River Sea in English. The children have written their own poems about a river this week. In the photo is a selection of poems.  

This term is whizzing by in Royal class, and we can’t quite believe that we only have two weeks left until the week we perform the production. All of the year 4 are looking forward to the production this year. In English we have been doing the lost spells we’ve been...

Nursery enjoyed learning all about Chinese New Year before Half Term.  We talked about the 12 animals in the Chinese zodiac and recreated the race across the river.  We looked at an atlas and the globe to see where China is and looked at pictures of the Great Wall of...

In RE we have been discussing whether God is holy, loving or holy and loving.  We have read bible extracts and parables to help consider what Christian's believe.  Enjoy reading our Kenning style poems. God Almighty nurturer Worlds light Eternal embrace, Holy maker...

In Turquoise we’ve been learning about the Amazon in Journey to the River Sea (our class book), fractions, where our clothes come from, jazz, time in French, tennis, parkour and, in science, we are learning about light and pinhole cameras.  And that is why Mr Pizzey...

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...

In Royal Class, it seems like a very long time ago since we were off for the Christmas break. We have done so much in such a short space of time!   In English we have been doing The Bluest of Blues and in the book we have been finding out about Anna Atkins and...

Report from Cyan class Yr 3/4 What a busy start to the term!  Year 4 have begun their rehearsals for our production with great enthusiasm - lots of groups can be found rehearsing in classrooms at lunchtimes already. In geography we have been making weather stations....