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Today we had a visit from a Buddhist Monk, Kelsang Pagpa. All Buddhist monks are named Kelsang which means ‘fortunate one’ and his name Pagpa means ‘realised ultimate truth’.

He wore orange robes which are meant to symbolize simplicity and detachment of materialism.

He spoke to us about how…

Well that’s the last of the Bank Holiday weeks for us. We continue to get busy in 8A. Our whole class trips took us to Astley Park this week. The weather was kind to us as we walked there and enjoyed some time on the park. The clouds began to appear so we set off back to school to miss the rain. 
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This week was very exciting in 7A… we were decorating our Coronation cakes in our Bake Off competition!

Everyone found their designs and got to work on their masterpieces. We rolled out icing (some may have been eaten along the way!!) and cut out pieces to make the designs. We had different…

Good afternoon all,

Well it’s been another busy and action packed two weeks. Despite the shortened weeks the due to the bank holidays the Chestnut pupils have been very, very busy. Last week we celebrated Earth Day by looking at the Creation story which was adapted into a sensory experience for…

What a busy few weeks 7P have had! 
 

We have started well on our swimming! We have seen lots of improvements since last half term, some of us even going further into the deep end or not wearing our arm bands! 
 

In P.E we have started basketball! Miss Hendy is really enjoying teaching…

On Thursday and Friday, we celebrated Eid across school.

Eid marks the end of the month long fast, Ramadan.

To celebrate each class held their own feast. Primary pupils used communication boards to request preferred items. Secondary pupils stepped out of their comfort zones and took the…

What a fantastic first week back!
Everyone was happy to be back at school and has settled back in to their routines extremely well.

7A visited Astley Park on Thursday afternoon. 

They left school and walked to the park showing their road safety skills along the way. Everyone stopped at each…

In 9A this week, we’ve been learning about Eid. 

The children enjoyed our focused lesson about Eid and Islamic Culture. 

First of all, we discussed what Eid is: a festival to celebrate the end of Ramadan. We recapped what Ramadan is and other important Islamic traditions and aspects of…

Welcome back ! 
Hit the ground running this week with some amazing digital art work . The children looked at digital images and used their words to talk about what they could see. The children then recreated the art work by using colours on the same image and adding in a printed photograph of…

Our last week before the Easter break and we have been very busy!

We have made Easter cards using our colouring skills or painting our hands, which we hope you like.

Wednesday- the day we have all been waiting for - photo booth day… it didn’t disappoint! We had a absolute blast as you can…

7P have had a lovely last week filled with fun Easter activities. 

We have made our own cakes and baskets to take them home in. We even made Easter cards for our family members. 
 

7P went on their usual trip to the cafe which 7P showed some brilliant crossing skills and spotting dangers. 
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Oak Class have had a very busy week! 
 

We have explored the story of the ‘Zoo Vet’ with sensory experiences. We have worked hard on expressing ‘I see…’ and ‘I hear…’ across contexts.

We have also explored string instruments in our Charanga sessions. Confidence was gained during food…