Celebrating British Science Week

10th March 2023Rebecca Barnett

Today marks the start of British Science Week and we can’t wait to get involved when we get back to school next week. Each crew will take part in a fascinating fingerprint investigation led by the school council. We will also have science club attending the coffee afternoon (Wednesday 15th) to share some of the exciting things we get up to at science club.

In the meantime, there are a few challenges you can get involved in at home and bring into school next week.

For Tuesday – Create a timeline of scientists through history. What are some of the greatest discoveries and who made them?

For Wednesday – Invent like a Victorian. Channel your inner inventor and design something to make life at home easier.

For Thursday – See and Eat Vegetables. Investigate the connection between how vegetables grow and how they end up on your plate.

Timeline of Scientists
Invent like a Victorian
See & Eat Vegetables

You could also find your own investigations to try! Send any pictures of you being a scientist to your phase leaders. We can’t wait to see what you get up to!

Y3/4 Presentations of Learning

9th March 2023Rebecca Knowles

A reminder that Y3/4 presentations of learning will take place the week commencing 27th March. Please join us in the hall so that your children can share their learning from the last term in a fun family learning style event! If you have children in separate classes, we can arrange for them all to attend the same session.

Please see the schedule below:

Class Hilton / Pearson – Monday 27th March 2pm

Class Gerrard – Tuesday 28th March 2pm

Class Knowles – Wednesday 29th March 2pm

Class Taylor – Thursday 30th March 2pm

We look forward to sharing our learning with you!

Young Voices – ‘Proud’ Single now available

6th March 2023Sophie Myers

At Young Voices, we had the privilege to sing ‘Proud’ with award winning singer Heather Small. The song was recorded during rehearsals on the day and has been made into a single. The CD is now available to purchase on the link below. All proceeds will go towards the Young Voices Charity ‘Place2Be’ which is a charity that supports Children’s mental health. Thanks for all of your support with this!

https://youngvoices.cmail20.com/t/t-l-fdusld-jjqcuyhu-y/

The Big Battery Hunt

6th March 2023Rebecca Barnett

Big Battery Hunt is back for its second year! - Primary Treasure Chest

What is the big battery hunt?

The Big Battery Hunt is a nationwide battery recycling programme for schools funded by Duracell. Its aim is to increase the number of batteries currently being recycled in the UK. Pupils are challenged to collect as many batteries as they can, encouraging their communities to do the same.

All you need to do is take any unwanted batteries into school and give them to your school councillor. The school council will collect the batteries, keep count of them and recycle them for you. Let’s see how many we can collect this year!

Class 10 World Book Day!

3rd March 2023Alishia Pearson

Yesterday, in Class 10 we celebrated World Book Day!

We had some amazing costumes and it was so good to see everyone getting involved in our day. Check out what they’ve been up to!

During CREW we went on a book hunt to find the jigsaw pieces of some books before putting them together and discussing what types of books they were and whether we think others would enjoy them. We also completed a character quiz, with everyone smashing the answers!

After that we shared our favourite books that we brought in, reading a page to our groups and using some questions to help us explain different elements of the book. We then wrote some book reviews about our books before we got to share them. The reviews were read aloud and then I read a page from the book to the class and we discussed why others should read that book.

After lunch we looked at book blurbs and their purpose before we began to write our own, using one of four pictures for inspiration. Everyone in the class got stuck into this activity, coming up with some super creative ideas! We then had a go at writing a small section of a story inside the book as well as giving it a title – our very own books.

– Miss Bull

Red Nose Day – Friday 17th March

21st February 2023Rebecca Barnett

Red Nose Day 2023: New red nose by iPhone designer - CBBC Newsround

To celebrate Comic Relief this year, we are inviting you to come to school dressed in red with a suggested donation of £1.

This years merchandise includes many different Mr Men and Little Miss characters.

As part of Red Nose Day we are launching our very own Design a T-shirt Competition!

If you want to take part, all you need to do is design your very own Red Nose Day t-shirt and bring it with you on Friday 17th March.

Get creative and design it in any way you want! You might want to draw a picture, paint it or even create a t-shirt you can wear on the day.

Each crew will vote for their winning design to be entered into a whole school competition. Have you got what it takes to be our winning design? Good Luck! We can’t wait to see what you come up with!