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Recently we measured friction with Newton meters.  We were testing how many Newtons it took to pull an object on different surfaces.  At first I was reading Newtons wrong but my team helped me to get it right.  Writing down the mean from the 3 conclusions was easy: we...

In Indigo class we have been enjoying using different media’s to create art. On 11th November we sketched out some detailed poppys. Once we were happy with them we used the water colours to add the bright red petals and green stems. We felt inspired by our wonderful...

The girls football festival ! The girls football festival was a really fun event . All the coaches / teachers were really kind, and supportive and made sure everyone was having fun while staying safe . They made sure it was fair and that we shook hands at the end ....

The girls football festival was a really fun event . All the coaches / teachers were really kind, and supportive and made sure everyone was having fun while staying safe . They made sure it was fair and that we shook hands at the end . There were many teams to compete...

This week was the inaugural meeting of the Trust’s Youth Parliament. We want to bring together children from across the county, from all DGAT schools, and what better way to do this than with a Youth Parliament. The Parliament will meet termly and will experience a...

Last week a large group of pupils from year 5/6 descended upon Stratford Leisure Centre for the Sport Hall Athletics Event. We do try to get involved in as many events as possible to give as many pupils as possible the opportunity to engage in competitive sports....

Over the last five years CLPE have worked with our partners and alongside so many others to support a real and visible change across the literacy landscape. We detailed many of these efforts in our report published in 2021 and we can see, in the figures published in...

Year Two We have introduced continuous provision in year 2 and the children are enjoying learning through discovery and exploration. This term Year Two are continuing their Tree topic. We have planted tree seeds, learnt about their life cycles and began plotting local...

In Midnight, Teal and Aqua Classes we have been painting our families and telling family stories. The children have shared their stories with one another. We have also been talking about “being special”. The children enjoyed using mirrors to look at themselves. We had...

Geography in Turquoise Class In geography, we have been using lots of maths knowledge to learn map skills, such as using 6 figure grid references on maps.  On Tuesday, we learnt how to take a compass bearing. We went onto the field and followed instructions saying to...

Sapphire Newsletter Art We have spent the term looking at the work of the late illustrator Jan Pienkowski. He did a lot of work based around silhouettes. Some of his most impressive pieces have been based on fairy tales. In our final art lesson we were allowed to...

Sky Class by Daisy Worboys Computing This week in Sky class we have been computing. We have been using a programming app called Python. This app is a level higher than any programming app we have used in school before so we have had many misunderstandings but, we have...

Royal class have continued to be very busy this term and have lots to share with you! In English we have carried on learning about Arthur and the Golden Rope. We have written diary entries as Arthur, letters to persuade him to go on an adventure and Kennings about the...

Teal Class has been busy! We started the year painting ourselves and chatting about what we like doing and what our family is like. We have learnt the story of ‘The Little Red Hen’ (which we changed to ‘The Little Orange Cat’) and have been writing, reading and...

On Wednesday 12th October a group of our KS2 pupils went to a football tournament in Stonehouse. In total there were 25 teams:16 teams in the Year 5/6 competition and 9 teams in Year 3-4 competition. Year 5/6 played a total of 5 matches and got to the final....

Gymnastics On Monday, we did gymnastics.  We practised our cartwheels and we also did our routines.  The thing I found challenging was walking on the bench.  I did a balance on it and it was tricky.  I was scared of falling off.  I got better at it because I focussed...

In Indigo class we have been learning about the importance of trees. It has been very interesting finding different types of trees and collecting their seeds. We know that trees provide us with Oxygen and keep the air clean. This is why we wanted to plant our own tree...

Nursery The Nursery children have been very busy exploring and making new friends over the last few weeks.  They have been making the most of the lovely Autumn weather and have been out and about getting physical and exploring the lovely area in which we live. Trips...