Reception Maths - Comparing amounts
This week, our Reception mathematicians have been busy comparing quantities up to 10 by mastering the key vocabulary of more and fewer. Through hands-on activities like matching groups of objects and lining them up, the children are learning to identify which sets are larger or smaller.
Year 4 PE Relay Baton Exchange
In our PE session today we were focusing on Sportshall Athletics, but in particular the baton exchange in relays. The children worked super hard on their exchange between each other and developed their techniques in various ways over the course of the lesson .
Year 4 PSHE Preparing for Mental Health Awareness Week
Year 4 have been working hard on their Mental Health Awareness Week Worship which they will lead next Friday morning. In our PSHE lesson we have being using our oracy skills to project our voice and ensure that we are loud and clear when we speak. We can’t wait to share it with everyone and highlight the importance of good mental health.
Year 1: Special Visitor
As part of National Storytelling Week, we invited parents and carers to come into school and read. Year 1 were very excited as Annie’s mum, Natalie, came and read to us. She chose to read Monkey Puzzle by Julia Donaldson, one of our favourite authors! Thank you Mrs Eccles, the children absolutely loved the story!
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Whole School Worship with Rev Ben
Today's Collective Worship with Rev Ben started with a guessing game where half of a celebrity's face was covered and the children had to guess who it was. The last celebrity was Mrs Ham and we learnt that working out who people are is important, but not always easy! Our Bible story today told us something important about Jesus. Jesus could make sick people well. Jesus wanted to help the man in the story and he told him that his sins were forgiven but the man was lame. Jesus said this to show how he can help people with what’s wrong on the outside and the inside.
Year 6 Junior Jam - Computing
In Computing, year 6 have been working in pairs or small groups to write a CV for a superhero that they have created. They used the Keynotes app to design slides of information, which had to include: a title, a description of their hero and their CV, their superhero emblem and some animation. Next week, the children will present their work to the rest of the class.
Year 5 - PE
In gymnastics, Year 5 worked in pairs to apply the rolls, jumps and balances they have been learning in order to make a coordinated routine. The children incorporated different forms of travel and body shapes (e.g. tuck and pike) into their routines. Next week, they will perform their routines and give feedback to and receive feedback from each other.
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Year 5 - Storytelling through rap
As part of National Storytelling Week, Year 5 learned about how to tell a story through rapping. We discussed how to use a 4 beat structure to build our rap lyrics around, going faster with more words and slower with fewer. The children then wrote and performed their raps to the class, using rhyme, alliteration and phrasing to tell the world about their amazing super powers.
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Online Safety: Supporting safe use of AI
AI is becoming a familiar part of young people’s online experiences, with a growing number of school tools and entertainment platforms now using it. This #WakeUpWednesday guide breaks down what AI really is, helping adults explain it clearly and realistically so children don’t overestimate its abilities or trust it unquestioningly. With Safer Internet Day coming up on 10th February, it’s the perfect moment to start meaningful conversations about how AI systems work, where they appear online, and why understanding them matters for safe, confident digital use. Download your FREE copy here >> https://vist.ly/4qaac
Reception: Mystery Reader
Thank you so much to Becky for visiting Reception class during National Storytelling Week. We thoroughly enjoyed hearing you read The Koala Who Could and The Dinosaur Who Pooped a Rainbow. The children listened attentively and were delighted to have you as our mystery reader. We truly appreciate you taking the time to share these stories with us.
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Year 4 - National Storytelling Week Activities
In celebration of National Storytelling Week, our Year 4 class took part in a live webinar about rap and using rhythm and poetry to tell stories. The children loved joining in with the rhymes and actions, and sharing their ideas. We also had a mystery reader come to visit. We want to say a huge thank you to Mr Foy for coming in to share a special book, Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes. He read three of the twisted fairy tales and the children thoroughly enjoyed these silly and gruesome stories.
The W.O.W. Group - Messy Church
Our fantastic W.O.W. Group have been busy planning and this week was our first messy church of the year. The theme was “promises” and the session began with a reading of the Parable of the Two Sons. The attendees compared the two sons in the story - the one that promised to do a job for his father but never did it, and the one who originally grumbled but then decided to help - and agreed that promises don’t mean anything if they are not kept. The W.O.W. Group then led an activity in which participants decorated promise jars and wrote down a promise that they vow to keep. They then drew messy church to a close with a prayer asking God to help us to keep our promises.