SATs week is always a full-on time for year six. They have sat multiple exams and worked in such a studious manner, with dedication and commitment - they have absolutely done our school proud. jubilant scenes as the SATs were declared over for 2026 - well done year 6 - you're awesome In our history lessons, we've been studying how farming was crucial to the survival of the Maya. They lived in a hot, tropical climate with wet and dry seasons. In order to yield the best harves

This week the children have been using adjectives and concentrating on using full stops and capital letters in their writing. They have written diary entries today . In maths the EYFS children have been exploring recognising the amount of 6 and 7 as 5 as a bit more. In KS1 the children have continued to learn about time . This week they have focused on hours in a day and looking at quarter to the hour. The children have each made a flower or something colourful to decorate t

Once again the sun has (sort of) been shining and between the hail and the rain we've managed to get outside and to keep working on our tennis skills with Mr Whitford. The children have been improving their serving skills and learning how to get the ball over the net (they've also been getting it over the school fence a few times too so I'm sure there are now some tennis balls rolling around in the village!). They have loved the sessions though and we have some amazing player

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This week both EYFS and KS1 have enjoyed forest school sessions with Mrs Longstaff. In maths the KS1 children have been counting in 5s to tell the time and the EYFS children have been looking further at double numbers and relating that to odds and evens . We have looked at how London is different because of The Great Fire Of London and have produced some great writing by sequencing the story of Little Red Riding Hood . In RE the KS1 children have listened to sories about Prop

We're now quite knowledgeable about the Maya - we've learnt about their Gods and how they lived their whole lives to please them. We've ben studying their cities in greater detail, looking at what remains and finding out what they were. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zq6svcw/articles/z2yttrd#z6944xs Our task is now to recreate a civilisation, historically realistic but all out of Lego. The children need to research the types of buildings, look at their purpose and loc

This week has been filled with exciting enrichments. The KS1 children enjoyed a Fire of London workshop and everyone had a wonderful time today with our Art workshop. In KS1 maths we have continued learning to tell the time and in Reception we have been looking at subitising (recognising a quantity without counting ) values to 6 . The children had a fantastic day exploring life in 1666. We began with an enthusiastic discussion about clothing from the period before moving on t

We've been studying the volume this week in maths. The children have learnt the process of finding the volume and to try and make maths as engaging as possible, we like to have a bit of fun with our calculations. We know the process to calculate it, but will it work? We found the volume of containers and then measured the exact amount of water out and poured it into a container... however, we needed a brave volunteer to sit underneath said container while we poured the water

This week we have been busy working away on our local history topic all about Fountains Abbey. We have been using maps of the local area to work out where the abbey is, and how we could get there from our school (the children are definitely better at not getting lost than I am!). The children have also been looking at how the monks lived and what it would have been like to have been in the abbey when it was a working building. They were pretty shocked to discover what the foo

We've been reading Kensuke's Kingdom, which is based on a family who decide to pack up and go on an around-the-world tour (if only!) however, they're doing it in a tiny boat and sailing across the Atlantic with only basic experience. The story's centred around Michael, an 11-year-old boy who blogs about his trip. We've been writing as Michael inventing our own blogs using Purple Mash. The children have really enjoyed writing their own, reading others and leaving supportive co

It has been lovely to see the sun this week . Mrs Longstaff held another fantastic forest school session but in the sunshine rather than the rain ! In English the KS1 children have been writing in the form of a diary , practising writing in the first person. In RE EYFS have looked at photographs of our village church and talked about the special features inside and outside . KS1 children have explored where Muslims feel they can see God (Allah ) and drawn pictures of some exa

Thursday is everyone's favourite day of the week as the children have their music lesson with Mrs Longstaff. Over the term the children will be creating their own pieces of music using a range of different instruments and focusing on different styles too. The children really enjoy getting all of the instruments out and have a great time playing together and being creative. We can't wait to see what they come up with!

This week, we've been brushing up on our angles understanding. Using the protractor to measure precisely and then had lots of fun to estimate freehand and see how close we were. We've also used our knowledge to solve angle puzzles where protractors aren't needed. We've also begun are much-anticipated history unit on ancient Maya. As with all history units, we studied where this period fits in with British chronology and compared the two. We then, located the Maya regions with

It was lovely to see all the children after the holidays. We have had a very busy first 4 days back . In maths we have started a topic about time , starting with days of the week and months of the year. The EYFS children have been exploring doubles and odd and even numbers . In RE the KS1 children are starting to learn about Muslims and what they believe and the EYFS children are learning about special places . Everyone has been very enthusiastic about our history topic all a

It was great to see everybody again this week and to be able to welcome the children back to school. It was also lovely to actually see some sunshine and we made the most of it by getting outside at every opportunity. On Tuesday the class had their pe session with Mr Whitford and they started by taking part in some very energetic warm up sessions- I wish I had their energy! Some of the children also got the chance to take part in some extra pe sessions thanks to an initiative

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 .