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Den Building Day!
Thu 28 Mar 2024Den building day was a huge success! Despite the wind, a den builder's worst enemy, the children were all AWESOME and demonstrated their Learning Powers fantastically! There were excellent examples of resilience, particularly when the wind kept blowing over some dens, incredible teamwork and cooperation and above all, it was amazing to see so many smiles on the children's faces. We have promised the children that as the weather gets warmer (and less windy) we will do more of this kind of activity as it was such a joy to see the children thrive whilst showing their Outdoor Learning skills.
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Virtual Reality Workshops for Years 4 and 5!
Thu 28 Mar 2024Year Fives were truly immersed in their VR workshop. Our first session was all about space. We travelled into the solar system and explored the planets on our way around. We loved showcasing our knowledge from our science learning so far and have gained so much more from this amazing experience. We also loved our eco-workshop in the afternoon!
Year 4 had a fabulous experience in our virtual reality workshops today. We learnt about climate change, how to protect our environment and about different types of renewable energy. Next, we explored the human body and how our digestive system works. We learnt about the chewing and swallowing process as well as how enzymes help us digest food. We were able to take a 3D virtual journey through the body to see what happens to our food at every stage!
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Choir perform at Wembley and Alban Arena
Tue 26 Mar 2024Our wonderful choir have had the opportunity to perform at a variety of different venues this term. From Wembley to Alban Arena, they have astounded us with their self-belief, respect and resilience. Their singing was awesome, their enjoyment was evident and the audience loved every minute!
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EYFS visit the local church!
Wed 20 Mar 2024Firetips enjoyed walking to our local church this week to find out more about Easter. We learnt why some Christian people celebrate Easter and spoke about how they might celebrate.
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Emperors share their learning!
Thu 14 Mar 2024Wow! What an amazing sharing assembly we had this morning from Emperors! They so confidently shared lots of learning including: fantastic writing about looking after planet Earth and living sustainably; wonderful artwork based upon the class’ Book Week text ‘Here We Are’; great explanations of written addition and subtraction; super science knowledge about what plants need to grow; amazing computing understanding of algorithms; respectful demonstration of Wudu (washing before Islamic prayer) and prayer; marvellous mechanisms in DT; great understanding of the continents of world shown through a catchy song; awesome explanations of some of the highlights of the 1960s; and more! Well done, year 2.
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Reverend Will talks Easter!
Wed 13 Mar 2024Hummingbirds, Emperors and Cardinals were very fortunate to welcome Reverend Will to our RE lessons today. We learnt about Palm Sunday and how Jesus was welcomed by the people as he entered Jerusalem. We also found out about the events leading up to the crucifixion. Many children demonstrated our learning power of curiosity by asking some interesting questions. We then made our own palm leaves and acted out the story of Palm Sunday. A big thank you to Reverend Will for visiting us today.
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Apollos open French Fruit Stall!
Thu 07 Mar 2024Apollos helped other classes practise their French speaking skills yesterday by running a French fruit stall. Children said hello, the piece of fruit they would like, please and thank you in French. The queue of customers was enormous!
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Book Week 2024
Mon 04 Mar 2024Book Week 2024 was a great success! As a school, we decided to focus our week around sustainability. We wanted the children to be engaged and immersed in texts that taught us the importance of respecting our precious planet. Each class centred their learning around a book, which had a strong sustainable message at the heart of the story. Some of these texts included: Dear Earth, A Planet Full of Plastic, Tin Forest, The Forest and Our Planet.
We kicked off the week with a very special assembly. A visitor from the council, Monika Koziara, came to talk to out about our waste. We learned lots of facts about rubbish, the impact it has on our environment, and how we can dispose of it in a more sustainable way. Year 3 and 4 were then lucky enough to take part in a workshop, from Monika, where they explored this further.
We also welcomed our parents and carers into our classrooms to read with their children on Monday and Wednesday. It was so lovely to have the classrooms full of friendly faces and to see the joy that sharing in a book has.
On World Book Day itself, the children had the chance to showcase their sustainable costumes, which were fantastic! We had our very own Margaret Wix fashion show to show off our wonderful creations!
As well as this, EYFS, Year 1 and 2 had some special visitors from Townsend School, who came to read a sustainable story with us. We loved sharing our own sustainable texts and learning with them too!
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Real writers inspire real books!
Fri 01 Mar 2024After reading Arthur Spiderwick’s Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You, Monarchs spent time before half term designing their own mythical creatures and writing non-chronological reports about them; Miss Abbott had them turned into our very own book! Now the book has arrived, we are all enjoying reading each other’s writing and are feeling super proud to be published authors!
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Water Safety!
Fri 01 Mar 2024Water safety awareness by PCSO Russo with Years 3 and 4 this afternoon. Lots of interesting information shared! Thank you for coming PCSO Russo.
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