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This week Reception have been exploring double numbers and looking at patterns. It always helps to learn new things in a practical way! 

We have lots of activities set up in Maple class to provide independent learning opportunities. We aim to spark curiosity, imagination, autonomy and teamwork. Here are some examples of some recent invitations to play. 

We displayed some fantastic teamwork playing a variety of games with the parachute. Our favourite was when we had to go underneath and swap places with a partner! 

We have continued our work in everyday materials in Science and tested a range of materials for absorbency. Some great observations and discussions! Then we went outside for some hands-on water play. Fantastic collaborative learning in action! 

In RE this week, we explored stage five of communion: peace and offertory. We walked around our class and shook hands with one another saying the words ‘peace be with you’. We discussed and recorded how this made us feel - protected, part of a community, accepted, relaxed and much…

This week, Willow thought really hard about what it means to live in our village. They discussed how living in a village is much more than its cleanliness and open spaces. They shared how it’s about a supportive community where everyone is welcome. Willow started planning their Best Village…

In English, Oak Class learned how to build suspense within their writing. The children used a range of features to rewrite the battle scene from the Greek myth, The Hydra of Lerna. The children then worked hard to edit their writing, carefully considering how to uplevel their sentence, before…

We have been busy this week planting seeds in our outdoor area. It was a fantastic opportunity to talk about how plants and flowers grow and what we need to do to look after them! 

Year 6 finished their unit of learning in maths by learning about volume. We used concrete resources to construct given shapes and help us calculate volume accurately. This helped to eradicate the common misconception of only counting the cubes that can be seen! The children soared with…

In English this week, the children planned, wrote, edited and published their formal letters. The children were tasked to write from the character point of view of King Eurystheus in the Twelve Labours of Heracles, which required us carefully selecting appropriate language choices to…

With the arrival of Spring we have taken the opportunity to  be learning outside. There are so many skills we can develop outside the classroom so we look forward to the warmer weather!