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Reception have been busy this week making a St Bridget’s flower to display at the back of the church in celebration of St Bridget’s feast day Mass. Today, we took our flowers to the church, ready for the Mass on Monday.

This half term, Nursery are reading stories by Julia Donaldson. They have enjoyed sharing her stories and creating crafts. This week they made masks like the Highway Rat wore, using collage materials. 
 

Our Nursery children have been practising their fine motor skills by cutting spaghetti and jelly cubes with scissors. Outside, they have been making obstacle courses and using bats and balls. Lots of opportunities to develop their skills and build on their teamwork with others. 
 

This week in Reception gymnastics, the children have been using a range of equipment to practise their jumping and balancing skills. They have been working on moving with control, developing their coordination, and building confidence as they explore different ways to travel and hold balances.

Year 3 were investigating which surface caused the greatest friction on the car wheels. We tried Lino, carpet and tarmac. We have grass and wood to test on Monday. 

Which surface will the car travel furthest on? The surface with the least friction. Which one will it be?

To be…

In Art this week, Year 4 have been learning about tertiary colours. The children discovered that tertiary colours are created by mixing a primary colour with a neighbouring secondary colour, opening up a whole new world of colour possibilities.

Through experimentation, the children mixed paints…

This week, our Nursery 1 children have been reading the story The Smartest Giant in Town. We talked about how the giant looked in his different clothes and discussed how kind he was when he helped all of the other animals.

At the end of the week, the children drew pictures of the giant,…

Years 5 and 6 have been enjoying the Football Frenzy games at lunchtimes this week. Miss Iliffe and Mrs Byrne awarded Green Team the certificate this week for outstanding performance. Well done Green Team!

A huge congratulations to Georgia, who has officially completed the entire Maths Whizz programme! This is an outstanding achievement and one we are incredibly proud of.

Georgia has shown remarkable dedication throughout her journey, working relentlessly and tackling challenging problems…

Year 5 have been learning about reduction printing. First, they carved a pattern into a polystyrene tile. Then they printed with it. After that, they carved more of the pattern away and printed again. This process is called reduction printing because the tile gets smaller each time.

Their…

Year One have enjoyed learning about structures in their Design and Technology lessons. We have looked at different types structures around us and around the world including the Eiffel Tower and Leaning Tower of Pisa. We were very excited to explore building our own structures using a variety of…

As part of our DT topic on knowing what is really in our food, we made pizzas completely from scratch. We used just flour, natural yogurt, water, tomato and cheese to create our own bases and toppings.

We were all surprised by how easy and quick it was to make pizza dough with so few…