Our day of music and creativity!

We’ve had a wonderfully creative day in Reception, filled with arts and crafts that helped us practise our scissor skills and develop our fine motor control. The children really enjoyed getting hands-on with different materials and showing off their creativity. We also had lots of fun on our green top stage, where the children explored musical instruments, played along to familiar tunes, and expressed themselves through dancing and singing to some of their favourite current songs. It’s been a joyful day full of music, movement, and creativity!

Class 4 are Mathematicians

This week in Reception, we’ve been busy being brilliant mathematicians, exploring the exciting world of positional language. The children worked incredibly hard to demonstrate their understanding using the outdoor equipment, confidently using words like under, on top, in between, and inside to describe where objects and people were placed. They then put their learning into action by giving clear instructions to their friends, helping them move and position themselves using this new vocabulary. We finished the day with a fun and energetic game of Simon Says, which was a fantastic way to consolidate all the great learning from the week. Well done, Reception!

Class 8 brilliant week

It has been brilliant to listen to the children read this week. They have really settled into our routines and they are all trying so hard!

We have also had some great maths lessons where the children have shown me what they know about place value and numbers up to 100. Have a lovely weekend and see you all on Monday! X x

XP Outdoors – Year 6 How we do Crew in XP Outdoors


Today in Year 6, we explored how we do Crew in XP Outdoors and thought carefully about what it means to work together as a Crew. We then designed and decorated our own wooden cookies, using colours, symbols and patterns to represent Crew and what it means to each of us. It was a fun and creative way to show how important collaboration, respect and kindness are in our learning community.

Crew Council Celebration!

Yesterday, some of last years Crew Councillors went to Thorne Memorial park to see their final boards being displayed. At the end of last school year, the councillors worked with members of Thorne and Moorends Town Council to create some boards to keep the new play area safe. They enjoyed seeing it completed and helping to put them onto the gates.

I’m so proud of all of their hard work last year and I’m looking forward to working with Thorne and Moorends Council with our new Crew Councillors.

KS1: Visitor

Key stage 1 will be taking part in an interactive drama workshop, which will be delivered by an organisation called ‘The Drama Hut’. It will be taking place at school on Thursday 25th September. It won’t affect any of their lunch time. 

The workshop will link directly to their expedition work and will help to enhance their knowledge of The Great Fire Of London, as well as being lots of fun! 

The cost of this workshop works out to be £6 per child. Please make the payment for this on ParentPay before Thursday 25th September. 

Thanks again for your support

Mrs Shaw and the key stage 1 team.