Year 3 - RE: Preparing for Harvest
To finish our Harvest unit in Year 3, we created a class prayer about thankfulness. Miss Craig and Lenny helped us all learn how to sign some parts of our prayer with Makaton so that we can perform it in church next week.
Year 3 - RE: Born to Lead
In their new RE unit, the Year 3 class will be taking a walk through the Bible and a walk through history to learn about the story of Moses and his connection with Ancient Egypt. This week, they began learning about Moses’ early life and how God was preparing him for a special job. They explored significant Bible verses from the book of Exodus and created storyboards to recall the most memorable parts of the story so far.
EYFS Stay and Play
A huge thank you to all the parents who joined us for our stay and play session! At the end of the session, it was wonderful to see the children light up as they shared their phonics knowledge with you, enthusiastically showing off the sounds they have learnt alongside all the matching actions. A real highlight of the session was listening to them proudly retell the story 'The Something' through song, where they amazed us all by weaving in fantastic vocabulary like remarkable, peered, delighted, and wondered. They were equally excited to play teacher and explain the four key parts of a story using our friendly characters—Octopus Opening, Build Up Bear, Problem Penguin, and Elephant Ending. We are so grateful for your continued support and partnership, and we hope you enjoyed seeing your children's learning in action. Our next Stay and Play session is on 12th November at 2.30pm.
Worship: Black History Month
Our Black History Month worship began by inviting the children to imagine a huge book containing the history of the entire world. We discussed how some pages would be familiar to us, while others would tell stories we had never heard before. The children were then challenged to identify significant historical figures, including Samuel Pepys, Neil Armstrong and Adolf Hitler. We then introduced a selection of influential Black individuals. The children recognised Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks, but were less familiar with the other figures. This provided an opportunity to reflect on whose stories we learn about and why it is important to celebrate and recognise the contributions of Black people throughout history. We watched a Newsround video explaining what Black History Month is, why it is celebrated and the importance of learning about Black history. Following this, we explained that each class would focus on a different significant individual each week, giving the children opportunities to discover new stories, learn about inspiring people and understand the impact they have had on the world. We concluded our worship by singing Make a Difference, encouraging the children to consider how they can make a positive difference in their own lives and communities. The worship provided an opportunity to celebrate Black history, broaden the children’s understanding of significant historical figures and encourage them to think about the importance of representation, equality and making a difference. A huge thank you to Miss Woods, our History subject leader for planning and leading the worship and follow up work.
Hello Yellow Day in Year 4
On Friday, Year 4 led a special Celebration Worship for World Mental Health Day. We shared our very special ‘ I wonder’ poems and highlighted how we can support mental health so that nobody ever needs to feel alone. The children all dressed in yellow and we completed activities throughout the day to raise awareness for the Hello Yellow day campaign.
Art -Recycled Sculptures in Year 4
In our final art lesson, the children used the recycled materials that they had collected to create some wonderful sculptures. We used lots of different techniques to join the materials in order to make them three dimensional. We also explored use of colour and texture before deciding how the sculptures should be displayed.
Craft Club
For the past 2 weeks at Craft Club, we have been working with air dry foam clay. The crafters have made artwork based on a theme of their choice. They have also used the clay to create very unique mirrors!
Year 1 Maths: Greater than, less than or the same
Year 1 have been trying really hard to understand the greater than and less than symbols. We use these in Maths as it is much quicker than writing the words. We read a story called Gavin the Gator which helped us to understand that the crocodile always wants to eat the bigger number. When we have the bigger number first, we use the greater than symbol. When the smaller number is first, we use the less than symbol. Year 1 arranged different objects and had to decide which symbol was the correct one to use.
Year 1 Black History Month: Mary Seacole
Year 1 focused on Mary Seacole for their influential person in Black History Month. They discovered that Mary Seacole was born in Jamaica and was taught by her mother in nursing. She wanted to help wounded soldiers in the war and set up a boarding house for them. Year 1 were inspired by her kindness, courage and bravery. They reflected on how they can help someone and be more like Mary Seacole.
Little Gardeners Club: Planting Food
In the final session of Little Gardeners Club, the children have planted some strawberry, garlic and lettuce seeds as well as beans. We are hoping these will grow and we will be able to have some for our snack or lunches. The children also decorated the troughs with beautiful pictures to make them stand out. We have had a blast this half term with our club!
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Harvest Family Church Service
A huge thank you to all our wonderful children and families who joined us for our Family Harvest Church Service this morning! It was fantastic to see so many of you there celebrating together. A special thank you goes to Rev Matt for leading such a lovely, engaging service—the inflatable game was an absolute highlight and enjoyed by everyone! We would also like to express our sincere gratitude to our Year 1 class parents for their incredible generosity in putting together the Year 1 Harvest hamper. Your contributions are truly appreciated. Over the next few weeks, we will continue collecting tins and non-perishable packets to support our local food bank. Any donations you are able to send in will be greatly received and will go a long way in helping families in our community. Thank you again for your continued support!
Year 5 - PE
Today we continued our cricket lessons by combining the separate batting, bowling and fielding skills we have been practising into a game of cricket. Bowlers focussed on being side on, raising a straight arm over their head and releasing the ball with accuracy. Batters stood side on, holding the bat low and straight while carefully watching the ball. It was great to see how the children’s skills have developed over the last few weeks.
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