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This week has been a really busy week as we have saved one of our best topics until last - levers and linkages in D and T. The children had to create an Easter card that had different moving parts to it, and they had to design all of the mechanisms and movements by themselves. They worked very well on the project and came up with some very creative ideas. It was brilliant to see their creativity in full flow as they produced some excellent designs. The final results were bril

This week the children have made and decorated an Easter tree. They had a super fun forest school lesson with Mrs Longstaff and celebrated Easter at our end of term service in church. I hope you all have a lovely break and look forward to seeing the children next term .

This week in maths the children have moved onto learning about measures of length and height. They have used centimetres and metres as standard units of measurment. The younger children have focused on the language of comparison of length. The KS1 children had a great time at forest school with Mrs Longstaff. We have had a design technolgy week , where the children have planned , constructed and evaluated some fabulous Easter cards . Well done class 1 - have a lovely weekend.

At forest school for the last few weeks we have discussed fire etiquette in order to light a fire safely. We have practised using a flint and steel to create a spark and reminded ourselves of the fire triangle. We have toasted smores and also cooked bread on the fire on a peeled green stick. We have also learnt a lot about how to keep ourselves safe when using tools. Children have practised whittling using peelers and hand knives, peeling bark, practising a stop cut and a thu

This week the sun finally started shining and we made the most of the good weather by going outside and looking for mini-beasts. In science we have been studying different types of animals and creating classification keys, so we went outside to see which types of creatures we could find and then think about how we could sort them into different groups. We are really lucky to have such a great outside space to use and the children loved exploring all of the little nooks and cr

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This week, we've been doing some very important skills around how to deliver first aid and what to do in an emergency. Here we are carrying out a practical and putting our first-aid knowledge to the test. We were also very fortunate to have Bethel church come back to deliver a different workshop on the life of Jesus. They went through Jesus' life in order and brought it to life by having people play roles from the stories. We got to do a bit of drama by acting out the scenes

This week in maths the EYFS children have been exploring doubles . They have made a display of doubles butterflies . KS1 children have been counting in 2s , 5s and 10s and looking at the relationships between them . As part of our world religion we have learnt about the Hindu spring festival of Holi and produced some fantastic art work which is up in the classroom . The EYFS children enjoyed the story Dear Zoo and each produced their own page which we have proudly displayed .

What a great day we had celebrating books new and old in school. This year's was one to remember with all the activities going on in school. We had an author visit, chocolate bars being sold, North Stainley came to visit and all sorts of fun activities throughout the day. Well done Class 3 on their excellent costumes

We have had such a busy week ! The children looked amazing in their costumes yesterday . Our visiting author ran a super workshop based on the book Where The Wild Things Are. In RE the EYFS children have been acting out the story of Palm Sunday using palm leaves that they cut out themselves. The KS1 children have been sequencing the Easter story and talking about the significance of each part . Thank you for all your support . Have a lovely weekend everyone.