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Primary Diversity Day

We started the day by talking about the Islamic festival of Ramadan and what it means to fast. Class One were very fortunate to have two children whose families are currently fasting and they were able to give us some first-hand experiences that themselves and their…

Primary Diversity Day

In class 2, we started the day by looking at the Christian festival of Easter. We listened to Reverend Sue talking about the celebration of new life and then made our own Easter gardens.

We then looked at the Islamic festival of Eid. We learnt about Ramadan…

Primary Diversity Day

In Class 3, we started the day by looking at what diversity means. 

It means understanding that each individual is unique, and recognising our individual differences. These can be along the dimensions of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socio-economic…

Have you seen any signs of new life recently?

In Class 1 we have been learning about our new topic, Spring and Growth. We talked about signs of new life and decided to explore our playground and field using our 5 senses to see what we could discover. The children did some artwork to show…

Spring Optical Art

With the return back to school on 12^th March 2021, after the third lockdown, we explored a brand new adventure of optical art within the continent of Europe.

The children first looked at how Dutch artists use foreshortening to give the illusion of perspective. They drew…

Easter Fundraising

As part of our Easter fundraising, on Friday we sold Easter lego sets. Class 3 thoroughly enjoyed working as a team to complete the tricky sets. 

Well done Class 3!

Our Easter Service

This afternoon we held our whole school Easter service in the playground. It was a wonderful, joyous service with each class contributing. We enjoying singing and sharing our experiences of Easter together. 

A huge well done to our Easter hamper winner! And a huge…

Since returning to school in class one we have started reading Little Red Riding Hood. We have been enjoying reading the story and it is providing us with lots of inspiration to help with our writing!

Before coming back to school during lockdown we learned all about Lent in RE, now we are…

Commas in a list

We are learning how to use commas in a list. 

We watched a very exciting video on golden eagles. Thought by the ancient Greeks and Romans to be messengers of the gods, golden eagles are large, powerful and majestic birds of prey. They are formidable hunters. They are able to…

Islam

Today, we learnt about Islam. Islam is a very important World Religious as 1.6 billion people around the world follow this religion. We learnt about what Muslims believe and the origin story behind Islam. 

The Life Cycle of a Butterfly

This term, Class 3 are looking at explanation texts. Today, we began looking at the key features. If you haven't completed this lesson yet, click here to complete it. 

Explanation texts include:

• Title
• Introduction
• Technical vocabulary
• Pictures or…

'A journey of a lifetime starts with the turning of a page.' - Rachel Anders

Why you should read books

• Books improve your brain
• Books improve imagination
• Books develop critical thinking
• Books reduce stress
• Books motivate you
• Books build self-esteem
• Book improve…