Welcome to Robins
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School Bags: Children should bring their school bag every day.
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Toys: Please check that your child is not bringing toys into school.
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Reading Diaries: These should be brought in daily along with their ditty or reading book.
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Reading Rewards: On Fridays, we count how many times your child has read at home.
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3 times = 1 reward point
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More than 3 times = 1 reward point and a dip in the prize box
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Please make sure reading is recorded in their diary.
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Spellings: Children are given a set of spellings to learn each week.
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These are displayed on the classroom window and in homework books.
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Key Words: Your child has a set of key words to learn in their bag.
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Once they can read the words fluently, we celebrate their achievement and they are given the next level of words.
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Homework Books: Sent home on Fridays and should be returned by the following Wednesday.
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PE Day: Friday
Children should wear: -
Black shorts or joggers
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White t-shirt
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Trainers
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School jumper
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Labelling Clothes: Please ensure all jumpers, cardigans, and coats are clearly labelled with your child’s name.
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Lunch: If your child is having a school lunch, please ensure that payment is now done on Arbor. Please check Arbor for regular updates and information.
Making mammals
This week in science the children in KS1 learned all about mammals. We found out what features mammals have and even learned that we are mammals! Then we created our own mammals on paper using our mammal checklist. Article 28 - Access to education
Exploring the Human Form in KS1
This term, KS1 are exploring the work of Antony Gormley, a sculptor known for creating pieces that often focus on the human form. We learned how he uses industrial materials like metal, wood, and concrete to build striking, large-scale sculptures. To bring these ideas...
Key Stage 1 are digital artists!
Over the past 2 weeks, Year 1 and 2 have been exploring digital art. The children have had to use a range of tools and apply their mouse skills in order to create their own masterpieces inspired by Henri Matisse and Piet Mondrian. What a fantastic job they have done!...
KS1 make friends with some creepy crawlies
This term the children in KS1 have been learning about different animals and their habitats. As part of this, today we had some very special visitors. Guy from Bugsnstuff came into school to talk to us about a range of different minibeasts or as we are now calling...
Owls and Robins explore shape
Owls and Robins have been exploring shape. We have been pattern seeking and creating pictures composed of 2d shapes. We also sorted 2D shapes based on their properties.
Hands on fire safety for Key Stage One
This week Key Stage 1 were treated to a visit from Tyne and Wear Fire Brigade to support in our History and PSHE curriculum. Mark talked about the changes in fire safety since 1666 before allowing the children to explore the fire engine, try on a helmet and use...
NumBots – KS1
We’re excited to let you know that ks1 are using NumBots, a fun and interactive online programme designed to help children build strong foundations in number sense, addition, and subtraction. NumBots is all about helping children develop quick recall of number facts...
KS1 explore the Torah
KS1 have been exploring a very special book in Judaism — the Torah. We began by learning that the Torah is the most sacred text in the Jewish faith. It contains stories, teachings, and laws that guide how Jewish people live their lives. We discovered that the Torah is...
London’s burning, London’s burning!
Key Stage One had an amazing (though slightly wet) day when we saw first hand how destructive fire can be. We listened to Mark's safety talk and knew how to stay safe around fire. Mark then set up our houses to recreate Pudding Lane before we watched from a safe...
National Poetry Day 2025!
Let me be first to say, What a fabulous way! To have fun with rhymes And have a wonderful time On National Poetry Day! It was great to see the whole school enjoy National Poetry Day, with lots of fun activities going on in different classes. We even had poetry recital...
KS1 Athletics
Well done to our amazing KS1 students who recently took part in an athletics event! They played brilliantly, showing fantastic teamwork, effort, and enthusiasm throughout the day. We’re especially proud to share that the school was awarded the Self-Belief Award — a...
KS1 get programming
During KS1 Computing this half term we have been looking at creating our own algorithms. We have had great fun programming Bee Bots to move around the classroom and navigate obstacles. They worked in groups to give each other positional directions and then key in the...