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!

Rainbow Fruit Parfait making in KS1

7th March 2023Jayne Rodgers

To continue with our Design and Technology case study and to generate recipes for our book product KS1 have been making healthy desserts today. We used skills such as chopping and peeling to create our parfaits which included foods from 3 of the 5 food groups that make up a healthy meal that has made up part of our learning in the case study. Why not ask your child to explain them to you? Below are photographs of the children from class 7 making their desserts. Great job guys…and a huge thanks to Mrs Clay for supervising the activity.

World Book Day in Class 7

6th March 2023Jayne Rodgers

It was such a pleasure to see all the children in class 7 dressed up as their favourite book character for World Book Day last week. We did lots of fun reading and book based activities throughout the day and I was able to share my love of books by reading some of my favourite rhymes and stories.

I think we should have a dress up day every week!

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!

Key stage 1 community crew celebrations

3rd March 2023Aime Shaw

What an absolutely fantastic celebration we had in our community crew this morning. Our out of this world superstars were amazing and everyone supported their achievements! We had shoutouts for fantastic stewardship, superstar readers gaining their bronze and silver certificates, class HOWL point winners and so many TT rockstars and numbots winners! we ended as always with our crew song! So proud of you all

Key stage 1 crew x x x

Class 7 Pets Presentation in shared reading

22nd February 2023Jayne Rodgers

In our shared reading sessions we have been reading a non-fiction book called Pets. To help with the children’s comprehension skills we each gave a presentation with 5 top tips on how to care for a pet. I learned that you should not let shadows fall across a fish’s tank! Handy to know! Thank you class 7.