Year 5 - PSHE
Year 5 learned about the challenges and the power of team work by making a tower only using 6 pieces of paper and some sticky tape. This task involved children working together, communicating, compromising and problem solving. The children did a wonderful job of exploring some innovative ideas and engaging in friendly competition.
Year 4 - Our Representation of the 4 Barney’s Be’s
Today we looked at our four Barney’s Be’s and what they mean to us and how we perceive them to be. The children thought of some wonderful ways to show respect, be ready, be safe and show kindness. They then added these to their very own posters. This showed us how important these four rules are and how much the children value them.
Year 4 - Team Building & Problem Solving
As part of our settling back into Year 4, we completed problem solving and team building activities. The children worked brilliantly together showing encouragement and perseverance in order to complete a variety of challenges.
Year 1 Maths: Sorting Objects
Year 1 tried really hard with sorting objects into groups of either colour, shape or size. We were really impressed with how fast they could figure out the groups. Some children even found that some objects can be sorted into multiple groups.
Year 5 - Art
In Art, Year 5 worked together in teams to plan and build 3D art installations using objects around the classroom. The art needed to communicate a message that had been agreed upon by the group and focused on creating surprising and surreal juxtapositions. As you can see, Year 5 combined their imagination with their engineering skills to crest some very interesting pieces.
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Year 6 - Collaboration
Today, as part of their first day back, Year 6 took part in a fantastic collaboration challenge linked to our PSHE topic, ‘Me and My Relationships’. Working in teams, the children were challenged to design and construct a bridge using only paper. The children had to think carefully about how to strengthen their structures so that their bridges could withstand as much weight as possible. The challenge was not just about building a strong bridge, it was about recognising the bridges we build with others to develop positive relationships. The children had to communicate, listen to one another, share ideas, solve problems and work together as a team. It was brilliant to see so much creativity, teamwork and resilience on display.
Behaviour Update
Dear Parents and Carers, welcome back everyone! It has been wonderful to see the children looking so smart in their uniforms and being ready to learn. They have all come into school beautifully and behaved so well in worship this morning. A special welcome to our new Reception children who settled so well this morning and we are looking forward to our second group of children this afternoon. It was fantastic to see so many of our previous Year 6 children as they came to say hello and have a hug before starting at high school tomorrow. We wish all of our previous Year 6 children all the luck in the world as they start their high school journey this week. Remember, keep achieving great things and living life in all its fullness! Please find attached to class dojo a behaviour update document, which details some exciting updates to our school behaviour policy. We officially launched this new system during worship this morning! Because of this, you may have already noticed instant notifications popping up on your Class Dojo app today when your child was awarded a point. As outlined in the letter, we are moving away from our traditional "values points" and will now be using Class Dojo points to track and reward positive behaviour across the school. This means you will no longer have to wait for physical values awards to come home; instead, you will be able to see daily updates of your child's wonderful behaviour at the click of a button. Please take a few minutes to read the letter in full to learn more about: *How children earn points (such as following the "Four Be's" and demonstrating our Christian Values). *The exciting new individual, class, and house rewards. * Important adjustments to our Friday Celebration Worship and how we celebrate out-of-school achievements. Thank you for your continued support and we welcome your feedback!
Our First Day in Year 2
We had a fantastic day welcoming all the children back to school and into their new Year 2 classroom! 🌟 Mrs Lyons and I were so impressed by their maturity, wonderful manners and positive attitude towards learning. We recapped our school rules, enjoyed some practical maths activities, worked on sentence accuracy and even kickstarted our new Art unit, Sculpture! Well done, Year 2 — you have made a brilliant start to the new school year! ✨
Welcome Back Worship
It was wonderful having all of the children back today in worship. Mrs Ham welcomed everybody back to school and reminded us of our Christian values. We linked them to our school rules and recapped how to show our best behaviour around school. We also learnt about our new class dojo behaviour system. Some of the children were invited to the front to demonstrate their favourite morning greetings, and we ended the worship with our much-loved school rules song.
Our First Day in Year 3
We’ve had a lovely day of settling into Year 3. We discussed our school rules, Barney’s 4 Bs, and thought of examples of people showing readiness, kindness, respect and safety. We then played a game of corners. We also learned how to log in to TTRockstars and had some fun playing on Jamming. After choosing our reading books we completed pieces of a group jigsaw then put them together to reveal a picture. Oh and we earned lots of Dojo points along the way!
Happy first day of school! 🌟
We’ve had a brilliant day together and the children have been absolute stars. We hope you have a great time tonight hearing all about what they got up to, and especially why they earned their Dojo points today! 🏆 Thank you for such a great start to the term. See you all tomorrow! 💙
Our First Day in Year 1
What a fantastic first day we have had in Year 1 today. Miss Woods and Mr Gudgeon have been so impressed with the children’s behaviour. They have settled in so well and are becoming more confident navigating the classroom. They accessed the continuous provision areas and completed some amazing challenges. We are looking forward to all the great things that they will achieve in this academic year!