Blog by Tag: 2024-2025

This week the children have worked really hard. We have celebrated international mens days! We have talked about positive male role models in school and positive male role models in our life at home. We had an open class discussion about who is special to us and why. 
In PE we have worked on…

Yesterday 11A visited Queens Park, each group was given a map of the park with the markers to find. We looked at the map and used locations around us to help us navigate where in the park we were, we used things like the pond, buildings and structures to help us understand where we were and where…

Before we can go and take part in our expedition at Bendrigg, we've had to complete some training for our Duke of Edinburgh award.

Our first visitor in the morning was Mrs Fisher, who talked about personal hygiene and we discussed some of the things that we would need to take with us on our…

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…

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…

On Monday morning we learnt about Remembrance Day. We talked about why we commemorate Remembrance Day and what happens on each year on the 11th November. We then went down to the cage at 11 o'clock to listen to Mrs Chaloner playing the Last Post on her trumpet. The whole class were very…