KS1 Community Crew Meeting

26th January 2024Claire Dutton

On Thursday, KS1 gathered once again with students, teachers and parents/carers for our weekly Community Crew meeting. We shared our recent learning, celebrated shout outs and praises, and gave special recognition for our Crew Champions … as well as enjoy singing our crew songs! A huge well done to everybody for a fantastic learning week in KS1, and especially to all those who received special mentions and certificates – keep on being fantastic!

Crew Hilton / Dutton were, for the second week running, crowned 1st place in attendance. Can they make it a hat-trick and keep Paddington the Bear for a 3rd consecutive week? Only time (and the class registers!) will tell …

KS1 Story Club

25th January 2024Claire Dutton

Another Thursday and another fantastic story to explore! This week we have read Tadpole’s Promise, which tells of the unlikely romance and unfortunate demise of a tadpole and caterpillar.

The children have enjoyed thinking of their own unlikely animal pairing, making use of their new learning about animals from different countries and their habitats. What fabulous drawings to illustrate your own romantic tales, KS1 – well done!

Year 1 and 2 XP Outdoors request

24th January 2024Aime Shaw

If anyone has any materials that could be used to make a bug hotel, please could you bring them into school by next Tuesday (for Year 1) or Wednesday (for year 2). The children will be creating their own bug hotels, which links to our expedition learning. I have put some photographs below for ideas of materials that we could use.

We would appreciate any cardboard tubes, small pieces of wood, lollipop sticks, leaves, foliage, paper straws or any natural materials such as acorns or pine cones.

Thank you so much in advance

Key stage 1 team x x x

class 8 setting descriptions

18th January 2024Aime Shaw

The children have been using fantastic vocabulary to create setting descriptions for their new reading text ‘The Tin Forest’.

Their independent writing blew me away! They used adjectives to create expanded noun phrases and are beginning to read and edit their own work…Great work guys! Well done!

Mrs Shaw x

Key stage 1 winner

18th January 2024Aime Shaw

Well done Charlie on being our key stage 1 lunch time winner today! Charlie’s raffle ticket was picked out after our party lunch and he received a special prize box for having a school lunch today. Well done…and thank you so much Michael for such a delicious lunch today!

key stage 1 team x x

KS1 Story Club

18th January 2024Claire Dutton

In story club today, we have enjoyed reading the book ‘Lost and Found’ by Oliver Jeffers which tells the tale of an unexpected friendship between a boy and a penguin from the South Pole.

As KS1 are learning about different animals from different places in the world, this was the perfect starting point for us to imagine and draw ourselves with our own animal friend. Children followed the style of Oliver Jeffers and drew themselves with an animal of their choice from one of the places we have studied so far.

Well done boys and girls – a great start to our new after-school club!

Maple leaf cookie

16th January 2024Aime Shaw

Thank you so much to Mrs Leggett, who comes into our class to support us with our learning every week. The children love her and she offers so much support to us all so we wanted to say a special thank you!

Especially after Mrs Leggett made some delicious maple leaf biscuits for us all today too🍁🇨🇦

Thank you so much, from class 8!

Class 8 hook week

16th January 2024Aime Shaw

This is just some of the art and craft that class 8 were busy completing during hook week, which have helped to immerse our classroom into Canada. This has kick started our new expedition brilliantly and the children have had so much fun! Well done class 8.

Mrs Shaw x x

KS1 Hook Week Celebration

15th January 2024Carly Schon

On Friday KS1 came together to share their learning so far with each other. Each class did a short presentation to give an insight into the country they will be learning about this term. We even managed to surprise Mrs Overson who came along to share the children’s learning so far.

It was so lovely to see how excited each class was about their country and to see all the lovely crafts they have been making to immerse their classrooms. The KS1 corridor looks AMAZING!

KS1’s expedition this term is called ‘The Blue Planet – How will what I do today impact the world tomorrow?’ We are so excited about this expedition and we have lots of fun surprises planned along the way!

Well Done KS1, what an awesome ‘Hook Week’ you have had. We are so excited about this exciting expedition and we have lots of fun surprises planned along the way!