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In Royal class we have had a very exciting term and done lots of brilliant things. In English we have written our own versions of The Clocktower. It has been fun because we have learned how to do setting descriptions and we can go wild with are stories! In Maths  we...

Nursery have been learning all about Chinese New Year, painting Chinese numbers, dancing and doing yoga in the school hall and enjoying playing and learning outside.

Cobalt get active Practising for the gymnastics competition Vault On Monday and Friday break, I go down to the hall to practise floor and vault.  I find vault really easy because you just jump over it with the trampoline.  When the stage goes up for the Y3/4 show, we...

Cyan visit a Hindu Community Centre This week Cyan went on a trip to the Hindu Community Centre in Cheltenham with the rest of Year 3/4. When we got to the temple we took off our shoes and coats and then walked up some stairs to the temple room. We gave a piece of...

In science we have been learning about the solar system.  The Earth is spinning on its tilted axis. One full spin takes 24 hours. The Earth is also orbiting (circling) the sun. It takes 365 1/4 days to orbit the sun. Because the Earth’s axis is tilted, for half the...

Science  We have started a new unit all about electricity. In our first lesson we had to look at different toys that use electricity and figure out how they worked. We were allowed to play with the wire buzzer games to see what made it work. We discovered that when...

BEWARE of the crocodile! Teal Class has been discussing, writing, painting, drawing and asking questions about saltwater crocodiles all week! This is because our new ‘power of reading’ unit is all about a saltwater croc. However, you may be surprised to learn that we...

Well, Christmas is over and we are all back in class and learning loads in Royal! ENGLISH In English we have been learning about the story called The Clocktower. It’s about a girl called Belle who wants her freedom in the outside world. We are learning to do a...

Our new topic in science is Space.  We are going to learn all about the planets – Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto.  I’m very excited to learn about the planets because my favourite subject is science and I’ve always wanted to be a...

We have been working so hard in Indigo class this week that it was lovely to go outside for outdoor learning today. Mr Meadows joined us at the fire pit. We toasted cinnamon apples  on the fire . We made bird food lollipops, made birch twig firelighters and watched...

**The following information was taken directly from the UKHSA website** ADVICE FOR PARENTS ABOUT SCARLET FEVER AND STREP A 06/12/2022 This article is from 6 December 2022 - the situation may change with time The country is seeing a higher number of cases of scarlet...

Azure have been busy! This week we performed as part of the KS1 Nativity show. We loved learning all the words and actions to the songs, as well as making up our own class poem and learning the retell of the Christmas story. Last week we had a taster ballet session....

A (Fri)day in the life of Cyan It was Christmas Jumper day on Friday and we all came into school wearing our most Christmassy clothes. We started the day with maths. We are learning our times tables at the moment and today we did the 9 times table. We have been...

Here are a few things that have happened in Sapphire Class these past few weeks.   Computing  We've been having a great time learning about Scratch and how to make animations as well as fix any problems that may happen. We now know how to add in background images,...

Special Visitor in Years 5 and 6 Alan Wordie - grandson of James Wordie, scientist and geologist on Shackleton’s Endurance expedition 1914-1916 In geography we have been learning map and navigation skills.  We have also learned about Ernest Shackleton’s expedition to...

Why the world cup is controversial While football remains the most popular sport on the planet, this year's World Cup has been mired in controversy. FIFA and Qatar have both been criticized for corruption. There are rumours that Qatar paid as much as $ 7,000,000 to...

Teal Class Teal Class have been enjoying learning and singing four songs for their Christmas Nativity...along with the rest of Reception and Year 1! The children are doing a fantastic job of learning the lyrics and the actions. The pupils have also been learning a...

        We have continued to be really busy in Royal Class and have had lots of fun! In English we have been doing boxing up and writing our own Beowulf story.  This is my example: Many moons ago in a bleak rainforest, two monstrous demons named...