Wellbeing and Emotion Support Team (WEST)

This afternoon we had a visit from this incredible team where they spoke to the children about what they do and how they can help them. They talked a lot about feelings and how all feelings are acceptable, but also how we can control them or recognise them. We all practised some ‘Rainbow Breathing’ and […]

Colour mixing in Year 1

Year 1 have been looking at mixing the primary colours to create secondary colours. We experimented with different materials and then created our own artwork inspired by Jasper Johns.

Christmas Card Winner!

Daisy in 1M has been awarded a reindeer cuddly toy for her fabulous Christmas card design. Daisy’s card was voted as the best design in a national competition for Class Fundraising. We are super proud of Daisy and her fantastic artwork!

Christmas movie message from all the staff

We wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.  Stay safe and we will see you back at school on Thursday 5th January 2023. We made this little video Christmas card from all the staff to our wonderful pupils, parents and school community. Enjoy!

Messy Play in Year 1

As part of our advent treat the children in Year 1 had a morning of Messy Play! We got the paint, playdough and glitter out to create some Christmas creations on a large scale. Great fun!

Debugging in Year 1

This week the children discussed how to debug an algorithm. We looked at a map and followed the instructions given. When we discovered a problem with the instructions (algorithm) we debugged it by removing or changing the step given.

Nationwide visit Year 1

This week some people from Nationwide Building Society visited us. They talked to us about different coins and bank notes. They discussed how to budget and save and where was best to put our money. We came to the conclusion that hiding money underwater wasn’t the best plan, but putting it in a piggy bank […]

Pudsey visits Lord Scudamore

On Thursday Pudsey came to visit us at school. The children were very excited and high fived and waved to him. We then raised money for Children in Need by dressing in bright colours and spots on Friday. Thank you for all your donations and colourful clothing.

Year 1 Hapa zome

During our Forest School sessions in Year 1 the children have been using a technique called ‘hapa zome’ to create leaf prints on fabric. This involves ‘bashing’ the leaves with a hammer onto some fabric for the natural colours in the leaves to imprint onto the fabric. We have also been creating nests for birds […]

Windmills in Year 1

In DT we had to design a windmill for a mouse to live in from the song ‘A Windmill in Old Amsterdam’. The children were given templates and had to think of what would appeal to a mouse – CHEESE! They then assembled their structures making a cylinder base. Following on from that we then […]