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Turquoise writing In Maths this week we were doing nets of 3D shapes and their properties. A regular square-based pyramid has: one square face for the base and four equilateral or isosceles triangles for the other faces. Scalene triangles make interesting nets/shapes...

Debating Competition : December 21 I had the pleasure of taking a debating team to the Stroud Museum to debate the slightly obtuse question, ‘What should be the main legacy of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham in 2022?’ It has been two years since we last debated...

Hello We are having a fabulous time learning in Midnight Class. We are very resilient and we are still enjoying our snack time outside sitting on our mats. We also have blankets to share now it is getting cold. We are very quick at getting our boots and coats on. Many...

Sapphire's final report of autumn. What a busy term this has been for us all. We have been working hard to make sure all of our work is finished before the Christmas holidays. Our Science experiment is finally over. After over 2 months of observations, we are able to...

Following a casual conversation some 5 years ago between an ex-school governor and myself, after a long tale of “twists and turns”, I’m delighted to say that the opportunity of a community-owned school solar roof has emerged! With the dedicated help and assistance of...

In sky class we have been learning                             Maths                                                           English                                                                                            Topic             ...

In maths we have been doing mental multiplication and division using the 3, 4 and 8 X tables! We have been using unifix blocks to put them in groups. Say 12 divided by 4 is 3. Before we did division we were practicing our times tables and we were using songs to help...

“Nursery have been out and about enjoying the lovely Autumn weather and exploring our beautiful, local community”

 Cobalt Newsletter                                                                                                                                                              Week beginning 22nd November 2021 It has been a chilly but busy week in Cobalt. From...

Cyan class have been outside enjoying the autumn sun and all of the beautiful fallen leaves. We have been writing riddles in English inspired by Marcy and the Riddle of the Sphinx. Here are some examples of our work. A I am a queen of colours I blow the wind and make...

This week, Aqua class have been retelling the story of The Three Billy Goats Gruff. We have loved acting out the story and we particularly enjoyed pretending to be the troll with eyes as big as watermelons and a nose as long as a carrot! Whilst learning the story, we...

Azure's Autumnal Activities Azure Class have been learning about Andy Goldsworthy, the British sculptor. They have watched videos of him discussing his work and they have enjoyed looking at a number of photos of his work. This week we went out onto the field and...

As bullets fly, soldiers die, It's time to say goodbye, Poppies grow, in midnight's flow, As bombs fly, soaring through the sky, Graves of slaves, who died in war, Let's have peace, not grief, No war anymore   By Elsie and Millie Cyan Class

Sapphire's Newsletter Our 2nd week back had an investigation into how Tutankhamun died.  We had to look at different theories as well as copies of x-rays of his skeleton showing the damage to his body. We used all of this to come up with our own ideas and then...

This is what Turquoise have been up to. In RE we were learning about Islam and what it is like to be a Muslim living in Britain today.  We ended with a Q and A session with two experts: Mrs Said and Aaila from Turquoise class.  The children from all the 5/6 classes...

Teal Class have been busy learning the story of ‘Goldilocks and The Three Bears’. We need to paint a picture of the main characters in this story. We have discussed other stories which include ‘the power of three’ such as ‘The Three Little Pigs’. During outdoor...