Year 1 Fire Lighting – XP Outdoors

4th March 2025Rory Kershaw

This afternoon, Year 1 students had an exciting XP Outdoor session as they learned the skill of fire lighting using flint and steel!

We discovered how sparks are made by striking flint against steel. With patience, focus, and plenty of determination, they practiced creating tiny sparks—watching in amazement as they ignited cotton wool to start a very small fire.

Not only was it fun but also a fantastic way to learn about fire safety, resilience, and the behind the scenes of fire making. The children worked together, encouraging each other and celebrating every successful spark. Well Done Year 1!!!

XP Outdoors- Pancake Day with Year 4

4th March 2025Rory Kershaw

This morning, Year 4 students had a fantastic time celebrating Pancake Day in XP Outdoors! Instead of simply enjoying ready-made pancakes, the children took full control—mixing their own batter and cooking pancakes over an open fire.

With some support, the students carefully measured flour, eggs, and milk before whisking it all together to create the mix. Then came the exciting part—cooking the pancakes over the fire!

Extended Study – National Careers Week!

4th March 2025Sophie Myers

What do you want to be when you grow up?

What do you aspire to be when you’re older?

Take a look at the following websites:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z7kx47h#zqtykhv

https://nationalcareersweek.com

Think about our Character Traits and create a poster that shows your dream job . Do you have the courage to show off your work to your crew? Share your aspirations with your crew mates and see if anyone shares the same interest.

Year 1 Spellings

4th March 2025Carly Schon

For the next few weeks we will be consolidating our red words spellings. By this point we would like children to be spelling most of the words from sets 1-3 accurately. For the next few weeks can you practise each set at home and see how many spellings you can remember? Which ones do you need to practise? Each child will be different, work a the set that matches your child’s own ability. Once one step is mastered move on to the next step (or line) of spellings. I wonder how many you will know by the end of this half term?