Blog Author: Mrs Crouch

Today we have celebrated the Hindu festival of colour in 7R. We read the story of Holika and Prahlad to find out why some Hindus light a bonfire before Holi Festival and then we learnt that Holi marks the beginning of spring and is celebrated with lots of colour! We threw powder paint to create…

During our "understanding of the world" lesson this afternoon, our classroom was transformed into a French cafe. We tried orange juice (jus d'orange), bread (pain), pain au chocolat and criossants. We used french vocabulary and when Mrs Crouch asked if we wanted to try a food, we responded with…

In our "Understanding of the World" lessons this afternoon, we will be learning about where foods come from with a geography focus. Last week, we learnt all about foods that come from Italy. We tried pizza, mozerella cheese, risotto and spaghetti. We then went into groups and found Italy on the…

The last two Superflex sessions with Miss Della-Fera have been great! We have met Energy Hare-y who doesn’t sit still and Worry Wall who might not be able to concentrate, eat or sleep because he is so worried. We talked about how these unthinkable characters might effect us and talked about how…

A big thank you to all the parents and carers who were able to join us this afternoon for our Calvert Trust celebration “sharing our learning” event. The learners all received a special certificate for their achievements at Calvert Trust. We enjoyed sharing photos in our individual photo albums…

Today we all came in different coloured clothes for Rainbow Day but we didn’t really understand why. We had a discussion about LGBT History Month and why it is important that we celebrate Rainbow Day. We learnt what LGBT stands for and what the words mean. We then played a circle time game,…

Our last day at Calvert involved cycling and a walk. First we travelled to a cycle track. We got our bikes and helmets and cycled around a fantastic old airfield. We had a couple of races round the track with Jacob winning the first race and Jake winning the second! It was so much fun and we…

We needed our waterproofs and wellies on day 2 at Calvert! In the morning we went to Goldscope Mine. This involved a walk and a trip inside a dark mine. We used torches to guide us through the mine and we looked for metal in the roof. We talked about what it might be like to work in a mine and…

We spent our first full day at Calvert doing some very challenging activities!

After breakfast, we went horse riding at the stables. Some of us were nervous but everybody had a go (even Mrs Crouch!). The horses were lovely and the staff looked after us really well. We played games and learnt…

It was Kristen’s birthday on the day we travelled down to Calvert. We celebrated with birthday cake and time in the pool after tea! 
 

On Saturday, a group of our super swimmers took part in the charity Swimarathon at All Seasons Leisure Centre to raise money for our school charity, FAPS. Our school charity will receive a portion of money raised via sponsorships, with the rest being divided between other local charities. The…

Today 7R celebrated “History day” as we missed it last week due to our Calvert residential trip. We have had a fantastic day!

This morning, Mrs Crouch split us into research teams. Each team was given research questions to find out the answer to. The teams had to delegate roles to decide a…