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Check out this amazing video from Turquoise Class here! https://youtu.be/eQfW5V_k6Es  

We have been super busy in Cyan class. We've been tweeting our Barvember solutions now we've got the hang of how to do them   We entered the CLiPPA Poetry Shadowing Award. You can read more about it here: Click Here  Cyan 2...

A Freezer called Keith A Community Freezer called ‘Keith’ has been installed at the Hub in Minchinhampton. The freezer is full of delicious ready meals cooked specially by the chefs at The Long Table, a community based charity based down in Brimscombe.  Installing the...

Curriculum Exemplar Science Microplastics- deep learning            Yr 5/6                                 Autumn 2019 We aim to narrow the focus of a topic and go deep. This way we hope our pupils will become not just enthused but inspired or concerned or morally...

Curriculum Knowledge Organisers The school has created simple Knowledge Organisers for each topic taught in each subject. These are designed to represent the very least that we expect to be in every pupil's head by the end of a topic. Knowledge builds; it builds on...

Curriculum Exemplar  RE RE through art                                           October 2020 Religious education involves exploring theological and philosophical lenses on the world and one of the ways to express this is in art supported by discussion.  In this way,...

Curriculum Exemplar Power of Reading Rocket Girl                                                              November 2020 ---inspired by ‘Astro Girl’ by Ken Wilson-Max Power of Reading uses a range of high quality fiction, non-fiction and poetry to inspire pupils to...

Martha’s Poetry Blog 'I like the way that poetry gives you flow of happiness and lets you imagine things you have never imagined before.' Mrs H Mrs H has a spark of kindness in her eyes, She cares about her two dogs and everybody around her, Her hair is like a wave of...

Robot Wars           Year 5/6                 2019/20 At Minchinhampton we are committed to providing enriching and challenging experiences for our pupils.