Year 3 & 4 Girls Football

Burghill took a quick 2-0 lead but Scudamore managed to hold on for the remainder of the match. The girls came close to scoring several times but unfortunately couldn’t find the back of the net. The girls played exceptionally well together considering it was their first match as a team. 

Investigating Heart Rate in Year 6

This week in Year 6, the children have worked in small groups to plan and carry out their own investigations to find out the effect of exercise on our heart rate. Every group chose something different to investigate – an example of one was ‘Will your heart beat faster if you run around the playground […]

PE in Year 5

This week Year 5 had a bit of a different PE lesson. All classes were mixed and in small groups, the children worked together to create their own small PE game or activity that they could demonstrate to their peers. Surprisingly, we were interrupted by a flurry of SNOW!

Western Power Distribution

Today Years 4,5 and 6 has a very interesting and informative visit from Honey from Western Power Distribution. She taught the children all about electricity, including the dangers surrounding electricity and what you can do if you spot something outside that might be an electrical hazard. We all had a go at spotting different hazards […]

Forest School in Reception

Reception have been enjoying their Forest School sessions in our wonderful on-site Eco Garden.  The children have been busy pond dipping and observing tadpoles, as well as learning about birds.  They collected sticks, moss, leaves and feathers using wooden pegs (‘beaks‘) then created their own bird nests. The children also made bird feeders by coating […]

Ukraine Day

On Wednesday 23rd March, we had a day dedicated to raising money to go towards tackling the crisis in Ukraine. We wore yellow and blue colours to show our support of Ukraine, talked about what is going on and how we can help, and lots of children brought in generous donations. As a school, we […]

Displays in Year 5

Over the last week or so Year 5 have been really busy creating fantastic artwork to display around our school. During science week, we looked closely at water pollution and what it means for the ocean and all things in the ocean. We were quite upset about what we found out, and we created some […]

Outdoor Play in Nursery

The Nursery children have been enjoying the beautiful sunshine this week with lots of time spent outside.

Football in Reception

During our PE lesson this week Reception focused on foot work. After a brief movement warm up, we used the footballs and did some close dribbling around the cones learning to keep the ball close to our feet. If the ball rolled away we had to stop the ball by putting our foot on top. […]

Daffodils in Year 2

In Year 2 this week, the children have been learning all about Still-life art. They were tasked with sketching a daffodil and then evaluating their piece of work. We then discussed the daffodil and the shapes of the stem, trumpet and petals. From there we thought about how we could improve our still-life drawings. Here […]