Wheels, Words and Wonderful Learning in Nursery!
This week we continued our transport topic and the children explored their creativity using the interactive whiteboard to design their own cars. They carefully chose the colour of the body, selected the type of wheels, added numbers or motifs, and even decided what...
Positional language professionals
Owls and Robins classes explored positional language in their maths learning by creating 3D models using cubes. Working in pairs, the children used words such as left, right, above and below to describe how to build their structures, carefully listening to their...
Transport Adventures and Sports Day Fun!
This week we have introduced our new focus on transport, and the children have been exploring this theme in lots of creative and hands-on ways. During snack time, we enjoyed reading a range of transport-themed books, which sparked discussion and curiosity about...
Virgin Money Make £5 Grow
Today, Year 6 were delighted to welcome Clare and Jen from Virgin Money, who introduced the exciting Make £5 Grow project. Over the next few weeks, the children will take on the role of young entrepreneurs as they learn how to invest money and develop ideas to...
Leaf Man Inspires: A Week of Creative Learning
This week, we concluded our It’s Not a Stick focus with a creative and highly engaging playdough activity. The children worked collaboratively to follow a simple recipe, carefully measuring, pouring, and mixing ingredients to make black playdough. They were fascinated...
Super Shape Investigators!
This week in Maths, our Reception children became enthusiastic Shape Explorers, investigating how shapes can move and fit together. They rotated shapes to see how they change, created imaginative pictures by composing shapes, and carefully decomposed them to...
Tree Detectives: Discovering Nature Around Us
This week the children enjoyed a lovely mix of group time and learning through play. During a Circle Time we began with a short songs warm‑up using familiar action songs such as Let’s Go Walking and Funky Monkey, helping to build confidence, relationships and a sense...
A Week of Imagination, Independence and Outdoor Learning in Nursery
This week in nursery we have continued exploring the It’s Not a Stick book and theme. Children added to our It’s Not a Stick display through lovely 1‑to‑1 conversations and mark‑making sessions, and outdoors in the sandpit they used a stick to mark make, saying, “It’s...
Turning Simple Materials into Big Ideas!
This week in Nursery, we continued to support our new friends by helping them become familiar with daily routines and understand how to access all areas of the nursery. The children are growing in confidence and independence as they settle in and build relationships...
Balancing Act in Y2 Maths!
We’ve been getting hands‑on with measuring mass using balancing scales. We started by using cubes to compare objects – adding cubes until the scales balanced to see which items were heavier or lighter. Once children understood how balancing works, we moved on to real...
This Is Me: Creativity and Confidence
We would like to extend a very warm welcome to all of our new children and their families. It has been a pleasure watching everyone settle in, and we are incredibly proud of how our “older” children have welcomed, supported, and nurtured our new starters. Their...
Owls and Robins reach 100
This week in KS1, our Owls and Robins have been busy growing their number confidence all the way up to 100! The children have been partitioning numbers into tens and ones, helping them really understand what numbers are made of rather than just recognising them. Using...