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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...

Our new term in Royal class We have been enjoying our English.  In English we have been doing Marcy and the Riddle of the Sphinx which is a graphic novel. At the moment in the story Marcy has gone to Egypt to find her Dad and bring him home. Marcy is scared of...

Sky Class Newsletter Written by Seb and Jacob   R.E In R.E, we have been learning about Islam and Muslims. Mrs Saeed came in to talk to us about being a Muslim in Britain today. We have also made Muslim posters and learnt all about Eid. Muslims have to follow the...

Viney Hill In the week before half term, 35 year 6 children went to Viney hill. The residential camp lasted 4 days and had 7 activities: crate stacking, abseiling, rock climbing, canoeing, team building, mountain biking, low ropes and archery. Children had 3 places...

Y5 Newsletter p4c-In p4c we have been talking about if we should be treated equally. Most of us think we should always be treated equally. I agreed with the majority. P.E- P.E was great. We played dodgeball and benchball as a year 5 group. I enjoyed this alot but some...

The Reception children have made a super start to Outdoor Learning this term. We have been using our senses to learn about nature. We have found conkers and beech nut shells. We have watched the squirrels and the wildlife area resident robin. When the wind blows we...

Busy time in Cyan Class We are really enjoying our Power of Reading book; Marcy and the Riddle of the Sphinx. This week we have become illustrators, interpreting the text from a section of the story. Our role on the wall was of Marcy the main character from the story....

Azure Class had a lovely time visiting Avoncroft Museum of Buildings. They made bricks and learnt about the frog in a brick! They saw lots of buildings and thought carefully about what each building was for and what it was made of. Some of the favourite buildings were...

AQUA CLASS In Aqua class, we have been looking at planting and growing different flowers during our literacy lessons and outdoor play. Whilst outdoor learning, we have been identifying trees and completing team building activities. Amongst other things, we have been...

Sapphire’s news from this week. Our week always starts with a visit from Mr Heggarty. He is a well renowned storyteller who is working with us for the next few months. He tells us stories from across the world and gets us to join in. We love the stories he tells us;...

Turquoise class   History topic: Aztecs and Maya: "We learned that the Aztecs and Maya made islands in lakes to grow food on (we looked at primary and secondary evidence).  They were called chinampas. We were given water, mud and willow for weaving and had to build...

Minchinhampton Newsletter   Friday 8th October 2021 At Minch school this week we have been talking about our P4C(philosophy for children) lessons in class and assembly. We had 5 fabulous classes and their representatives talking about what they have done in class....