British Science Week

This week is British Science Week! We began on Friday when Ruth Morris from Welsh Water visited KS2 to teach us about what Welsh Water do in our community and all about the water cycle. The children listened really well and several of them got to join in with the assembly. Ruth then ran workshops […]

Animal Encounters

Last week, Year 5 had a very exciting visit from Animal Encounters. Every child had the opportunity to hold the rainforest animals, from a Giant African Bull Frog to a Bull Python and even a curly-haired tarantula! They learnt lots of interesting facts and thoroughly enjoyed the visit.

STEM Club

In the Autumn term, a group of Year 4 children had the opportunity to take part in STEM (Science Technology Engineering Maths) club. They took part in a variety of activities to develop their thinking skills, all of which they thoroughly enjoyed. These activities involved designing a marble run, making and investigating bath bombs, programming […]

Year 5 bring balance to the force

Last term our Year 5’s made life seeking Mars rovers and  pulling robots as part of their STEM project ‘Journey to Mars’. As you can see, they modified the code in their computer programs and adapted their models to improve the power and friction to make the best possible robot for tug of war.   […]

Safety Talk

In October class 3S visited a Speller Metcalfe site on Rotherwas.  They learnt about how to stay safe on site and met their mascot Buzz Sitegear.  They built an eco patch bug hotel which will encourage bees and insects to visit the site.  Today in assembly we were visited by Buzz and Norman who talked […]

STEM Club

In the Autumn term, a group of Year 4 children had the opportunity to take part in STEM (Science Technology Engineering Maths) club. They took part in a variety of activities to develop their thinking skills, all of which they thoroughly enjoyed. These activities involved designing a marble run, making and investigating bath bombs, programming […]

Wye Valley Falconry visit

We had an amazing visit from Wye Valley Falconry. Luke introduced us to some birds of prey – Mario the Kestrel, Florrie the Barn Owl, Aztec a Harris Hawk, Trench a White Faced Owl and Aero the Falcon. The children loved learning about what they like to eat, how they hunt and their natural habitat. […]

Autumnal Conker Walk

Reception and Year 1 went for a walk this week to look for the different signs of Autumn. We had lots of fun searching for conkers and different coloured leaves, and even collected some to take back to school with us.

Techniquest – Year 4

Year 4 have just completed a fantastic day at Techniquest , Cardiff using their scientific knowledge to investigate. To end the day they took part in a mathematical reasoning workshop.

Bristol Trip update

Year 5 have had another fantastic day in Bristol, visiting the Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, the Aquarium and Giraffe for a delicious tea. We stopped to have our lunch in the sunshine, outside Bristol Cathedral.