Class 10 / Crew Dutton – Kindness Galore!

14th November 2025Claire Dutton

Wow – what a week of kindness and compassion it has been … anti-bullying, kindness day AND Children in Need! On top of all that, I have two very special shout outs to make for two boys who have gone the extra mile with their acts of kindness …

Shout out No.1 goes to Kole who took it upon himself on Thursday to show great stewardship and integrity by quietly tidying up ALL of our pencil pots as the rest of us listened to a story (without being asked!) … thank you, Kole! He continued this act of kindness today and even had a few keen helpers who wanted to make up a team of stewards in the classroom – what a positive influence!

Shout out No.2 goes to Sam who was so moved by our learning about disadvantaged children for Children in Need during crew that he has set Crew Dutton the challenge of donating an unwanted toy each so that we can make a big bag of Christmas presents that can be donated to our local charity shop … what a compassionate thing to think of!

Well done, boys … I wonder who will be making our class super proud again next week?

Year 3 – RE: How do Christian communities use visual art?

14th November 2025Claire Dutton

Today in RE, we continued our learning about symbolism and art in religion by focusing on the use of visual arts by the Christian community. We learned that most Christians find it acceptable to create images of Jesus and other individuals from the bible, however some other religions do not. We looked at the images below and shared our thoughts and feelings about them with each other, showing great mutual respect and tolerance for those with different beliefs and thoughts to our own. Well done, everyone!

Dress up donations!

14th November 2025Sarah Walton

In the run up to Christmas, there will be performances across school which require costumes. We appreciate these can be costly and so ask if anyone has any old Nativity style costumes hidden away somewhere that could be donated to school. Year 3/4 in particular would be extremely grateful for any larger costumes for the older children to support our special Christmas performance.

Thank you in advance!

Miss Walton

Year 3 – Science Experiment – What is a light source?

13th November 2025Claire Dutton

Today, Year 3 learnt all about different light sources and how to categorise materials depending on how much light they allow to travel through them. One of our experiments involved peeping into a dark box to see if we could see the object hidden inside … if we could then it was emitting light and was a light source but if not then it wasn’t a light source.

Why not ask us about different natural or man-made light sources? Or, see if we can show you different opaque, translucent and transparent materials around the home?

KS2 Anti Bullying Performance

12th November 2025Rebecca Knowles

This afternoon, KS2 also enjoyed a performance all around bullying with a focus on cyberbullying. It was great fun with lots of fun songs and acting but full of meaningful content. We were also super surprised when Mrs Fitz made her acting debut!

Year 3 – Message for Parents

10th November 2025Claire Dutton

Please be aware of the following for Autumn 2 in Year 3:

  • G-Block is now on Wednesdays
  • There is no XP Outdoors this half-term
  • PE is still on a Thursday afternoon.
  • Earrings MUST be removed for all PE lessons (children are responsible for this so if your child cannot remove their earrings on their own please ensure that they do not wear them on this day)

Thank you for your continued support, Mrs Dutton and Miss Cooper.

Year 3 – RE: What is Spirituality?

10th November 2025Claire Dutton

In Religious Education last week, Year 3 were exploring what the word ‘spirituality’ meant and how different people express or experience their spirituality in different ways. Mrs Dutton and Miss Cooper were absolutely blown away by the depth of the children’s thinking and ideas around this huge topic … what thoughtful and brilliant children we have in our classrooms! We looked at different images of spiritual experiences and thought about the role that symbols play in different aspects of spirituality and religion, with many children identifying different symbols that meant something important to them for different reasons.