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Before our trip to Bendrigg year 11 have enjoyed a Duke of Edinburgh Carousel morning. 

Our first visitor was Mrs Jones. Mrs Jones demonstrated some basic first aid skills that we might need whilst we are out and about in the countryside. We got to have a practice on things like broken bones,…

During our D of E carousel we had visits from different teacher. They spoke to us about some of the things we will need to know to help us prepare for our trip to Bendrigg. 
 

Our first talk was with Miss Bentham, during our talk we learned about the country code. We had a talk about how we…

Chestnut class have had another busy week!

We started the week with Remembrance Day. We explored poppies and painted our own poppy pictures using potatoes. 

On Wednesday we made friendship bracelets! We threaded coloured pasta onto string to match a pattern. We've practiced our turn taking…

9P had a lot of essential learning experiences this week, which included: 

- learning about Remembrance Day and showing our respect by participating in a one-minute silence as a whole school 

- learning about Friendship week and participating in odd socks day as part of this essential…

9P had a fantastic week this week! 
 

We did our usual community visits of attending the library and going swimming. 
We celebrated bonfire night by creating our own bonfire crafts. 
We had two lovely visitors who read with us for their Duke of Edinburgh experience. 
 

We had such a good…

Welcome back after our half term break, we worked so hard in Autumn 1 that we all earned a little time off, but now we are back and ready for Autumn 2!

Our main theme ‘This is me’ is continuing right through for this half term and we will build on our independence skills with dressing and…

This week we started off in quite a different way. We completed our usual morning routine, and then headed outside to listen to Mrs Chaloner play the last post. What a beautiful way to honour those that have served for our country and those who are still in service.  

Miss Hendy spoke with…

Friendship week in 7P.

All this week 7P have been celebrating “Friendship Week” in different ways. 

In food tech, whilst half of 7P went to Asda, the rest made some Friendship cookies.

The learners made sure that they made enough cookies for them to take one cookie home and…

In 9A we have been starting to learn about ‘coding’ in our Computing lesson. Pupils learned all about giving good instructions and how someone can misunderstand instructions that are given. They then took turns giving their friends (who could not see where they were going) instructions and…

This week in Maple Class we have been enjoying lots of fun and celebrating significant events.
 

On Monday, for Remembrance Day we went outside to listen to the coronet being played at 11 o’clock. We took part in lots of Remembrance Day activities such as searching for poppies and creating…

On Monday it was Remembrance Day. All of 7A went outside with the rest of the school and our very own Mrs Chaloner played the Last Post on her cornet. Everyone was extremely respectful whilst observing the 2 minute silence.

We had music with Miss Troughton again this week and drummed along to…

This week beech class began to explore our new topic ‘once upon a rhyme’. Our chosen rhyme this week is ‘incy wincy spider’.
During our continuous provision, we explored spider webs using different sensory materials such as foam, glitter, flour and paint. We also used magnifying glasses…