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  • 17/03/25

    Precise Preparation

    As we continue our new Design and Technology unit, the children have been learning a variety of ways to prepare vegetables for their soup. The children learnt how to use the bridge and claw method for precisely chopping vegetables. They learnt how to use a peeler to remove any unwanted skin from...
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  • 14/03/25

    End of Spring 2 Week 3 - Messages and Updates

    What an amazing week we have had this week. The children have tried their best during a week of assessments. They should be incredibly proud of their efforts as they have shown excellent behaviour and effort despite the change to the school day. As well as the assessments, we were also lucky en...
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  • 09/03/25

    End of Spring 2 Week 2 - Messages and Updates

    What a wonderful week we had last week. The children worked hard and there were some superb highlights. We enjoyed another good set of spelling results, finished re-drafting our discursive writing, enjoyed a range of activities during World Book Day and started some new topics in design technol...
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  • 07/03/25

    Satisfying Soups

    We kicked off our new Design and Technology project with soup tasting! Our new project will be based on designing, creating and evaluating a soup, for a cafe owner at the base of Mt Kilimanjaro.  In our first lesson this week, the children began their research by tasting and evaluating a...
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  • 03/03/25

    Geographical features

    The children have started their new Geography unit - Mountains! In our first lesson, we re-capped on continents of the world and then used a map and atlas to find key features of the UK such as mountains and rivers.  We then used our problem-solving skills and resources to figur...
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  • 03/03/25

    End of Spring 2 Week 1 - Messages and Updates

    What a wonderful first week back we had last week. The children came back in good spirits and hit the ground running with their work. We enjoyed another good set of spelling results, finished drafting our discursive writing, completed our Earth and Space topic in science and started some new topics...
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  • 10/02/25

    End of Spring 1 Week 5 - Messages and Updates

    Last week was a great week in school. We had great fun learning about the phases of the moon (some Oreos were consumed), we carefully considered the impact of the Normans on life in Britain and we were introduced to discussions which we thoroughly enjoyed taking part in. Notices: The chil...
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  • 03/02/25

    Dazzling Dance

    The children have been thoroughly enjoying their dance unit of PE this half-term! There have been some truly showstopping numbers from the children, who have got stuck in and given their routines their all. The unit begins with "Dance by Chance", which starts with creating...
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  • 03/02/25

    End of Spring 1 Week 4 Messages and Updates

    Another super week at school last week, topped off by 5M winning the attendance award again on Friday with a cracking 100% attendance all week - Mr Hayes must be giving serious thought to renaming the trophy the 5M attendance award as we seem to win it most weeks! Notices: The children...
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  • 25/01/25

    End of Spring 1 Week 3 Messages and Updates

    As our term continues, we continue to enjoy great moments of success - this week the highlights were another set of fantastic spelling results, some excellent creative narratives and some brilliant art work. Notices: The children need their P.E. kits on Thursday next w...
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  • 24/01/25

    Earth and Space!

    The children have enjoyed exploring deeper into our Earth and Space topic this week! We have been learning all about how the position of the Earth creates the day and night cycle, as well as the seasons. We looked into why we get less hours of daylight in the winter and more in the summ...
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  • 17/01/25

    Tech She Can

    The children thoroughly enjoyed their special Tech She Can lesson this week! They learnt all about living in space, the different careers linked to tech in space, and the different technologies used in space. The children turned into tech product designers, they discussed their day-to-day hobb...
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