Harvest Celebrations

As part of our Harvest celebrations we raised nearly £520 for Hereford Food Bank. Thank you for supporting the children and the local community and donating to this cause. The Food Bank are really grateful for this donation which will help in assisting those who need it at this time. Along with dressing in colourful […]

Separating Solids in Year 4

Year 4 have been looking at how to separate solids in science focusing on the skills of making predictions and investigating. It has been messy but fun!

Mummification in Year 5

Year 5 have had a go at mummification. Continuing on with our Ancient Egyptian topic we learnt how the Egyptians used to mummify their dead by covering their bodies in a special salt called Natron. We had a go ourselves using baking soda and salt. We even carved faces into the apples to make them […]

Castles in Year 1

This week we had fun virtually exploring castles using Google Expeditions.  We learnt the names for different parts of a castle and built our own.  We also used our crocodiles to compare numbers.

Remembrance in Year 2

In Year 2 this week we have worked hard on a Remembrance Day project. We held our 2 minute silence at 11:00am on the 11th and we remembered them.

Shape in Reception

During our independent activities this week we chose to make rockets out of coloured shapes. We glued them onto the paper to turn our shapes into rockets. We also used natural materials to make rocket shaped pictures. The children use lots of mathematical language, including big, small, ginormous and tiny. We made triangles, rectangles, squares […]

Remembrance Day 2020

The pupils across the whole school have created a beautiful waterfall of poppies for our Remembrance of WWI, WWII, The Falklands and more recent conflicts.  All pupils created a poppy which was then attached in our Reception Area.  

How To Catch a Star in Reception

We have been reading How to Catch a Star in Reception and making our own rockets to try to catch our own stars! We’ve also been talking about Bonfire Night and creating our own pictures of the fireworks we’ve seen.

Solids, liquids and gases in Year 4

This week, Year 4 have been learning about solids, liquids and gases. In small groups, we categorised different materials into a solid, liquid or gas based on their properties and discussed whether some materials could fit into more than one.

Blood in Year 6

The circulatory system is the Year 6 topic in science this half term.  Our first lesson involved taking a closer look at blood and its contents.  We created our own using cheerios and red food colouring for red blood cells, marshmallows for white blood cells, hundreds and thousands for platelets and orange squash for the […]