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First thing on Tuesday we  bustled into 2 fancy Coaches. When we arrived we  journeyed in a swarm to the mosque . Just then something magnificent caught our eyes, it towered over us making us feel small.  It was a beautiful, stone mosque with elegantly carved domes on...

Cyan have been super busy learning about the Romans and how the Roman Army was structured. It was huge! They worked in groups to design and make Roman shield replicas. The class has also been on a trip this week, visiting a mosque in Gloucester and walking the Romans...

Azure are dotty! This term, Azure Class have had a lovely time learning about the artist Yayoi Kasuma, who is known as the Princess of Polka Dots. The children did observational drawings of fruit and vegetables and then they explored different sizes and colours of...

Aqua's Antics! Aqua had a fabulous week which ended with a marvellous jubilee celebration. We read the books ‘The Queen’s Knickers’ and ‘The Queen’s Handbag’. We enjoyed drawing Jubilee knickers for the queen and creating an afternoon tea fit for her celebrations. The...

We have had a very busy week in Midnight Class. The Year 1 children made their yoghurt and fruit breakfast and the Reception children made fruit salad. Everyone did very well with their cutting skills. Super chopping and slicing. The children enjoyed sitting together...

Last week we went on a lovely trip to Slimbridge.  we didn't get a photograph of a kingfisher but we did get a picture of us seeing one for the first time! This week we have been learning more about the human circulatory system in science, presenting data in climate...

In Sapphire Class, it has been a busy few weeks. Science We have been looking at parts of a plant and how bees are vital to the pollination process.  We also set up an experiment to see how water travels through the stem. We set up beakers with water and different...

In Royal class we have done so much this term already that our Year 3/4 production of Alaladdin seems like a very long time ago! In English we have been learning about a book called Where the Wild Things Are and now we are making our own (but better) versions! We...

Write a Poem for Pied Piper. We are excited to invite children to write a poem about CARS with an opportunity to recite their poem at the Cars, Trucks & Gardens Show in aid of Pied Piper on June 12th at Highnam Court. Everyone that writes a poem will receive a...

Sky Class Blog By Tilly, Hollie, Jessica, Aaliyah and Lilly  Maths revision                        Maths revision is a thing we do in the run up to a test. It's basically when we learn a new piece of maths and when we finish learning it, we see if we can remember how...

Nursery have enjoyed being out and about looking for signs of Spring.  The children have also been using their imaginations when playing with loose parts - lots of lovely, cooperative play.

Teal Class have been having a fantastic time this week playing imaginatively with boxes! Cardboard boxes, plastic boxes and crates! Our boxes have become things that you might not have expected: green ships, cosy beds, clumpy shoes, hidden dens, busy office spaces,...

Cobalt newsletter In cobalt class this week we have been studying a lot of really fun activities during all the subjects. In this newsletter we will explain all the things that we have been doing.  Maths   Maths we have had a full revision week for the year 6 SATs...

School newsletter School captain edition  As we came back to school the school captain jobs were brought back into the curriculum. If you didn’t know, the school captains help around the school. They could show a visitor around, read a book to a younger child or clean...

Cyan Class have been having drumming lessons with an external music teacher. At the end of last term they performed to the Reception Year 1 children.  They even wrote their own composition  

Azure Class were very busy the week before Easter! They planted sunflower seeds, visited Reverend Coral at Experience Easter at Holy Trinity Church and spent two days learning more about the Jewish way of life. The children learned about Shabbat, the Jewish day of...

Sapphire Class: Production - We finally got to perform to an audience!   For the past 3 months we have all been working hard to put our production of A-la-la-la-la-laddin together. It has not been easy at all. So many of us have been poorly during the term and...

Midnight Class What a busy week. We had a fabulous day on Monday all dressed up as Supertato, the Evil Pea and other super vegetables. We had a great time outside parading around the field and playing games. We enjoyed our game of Supertato Supertato Evil Pea - our...