This week, RL have been thinking about spring and what you see happening in the natural world at this time of year. For some spring art, the children painted a tree and decorated it with bubble wrap printed blossom. In addition, they made tye-dye flowers by twisting a baby wipe, adding rubber bands and decorating…
Dear Parents At the end of a week which has involved several visitors, online quizzes and a raft of superheroes, the children are clearly enjoying being back at school whilst feeling the energy levels wane a little! School is tiring, it would seem! So much has returned to normal and I am delighted to report that…
In our science lesson this week, we made light graphs/diagrams. We set up a torch and had a mirror, then put a piece of paper underneath. Next, we marked out the location of the light and the mirror, and also marked the direction on which the light travelled with an “x”. Then we joined the…
This week we have been talking about St. Patrick’s Day. We have been decorating some four leaf clovers, getting messy with some leprechaun cloud dough and really enjoying making a messy rainbow. The children have also loved talking to each other using their walkie talkies.
This week in Phase time, we had the pleasure of being joined by Mr Jason Alexander, who is the founder of Rubbish Walks, which is based in Ipswich. It has a group of volunteers nicknamed ‘The Wombles’, who go on litter picks and organise beach cleans. Jason showed Phase 3 the importance of always putting litter…
Golden Awards Golden Awards are made weekly to individuals in each class based on the Golden Rules. The child receives a Golden Award badge to wear for the week. The presentations are made weekly in the Pre-Prep assembly. The following children received a Golden Award this week. Reception Proud Clouds Maddie A, Teddy T Year…
On Thursday 18 March two teams in Years 5 and 6 competed in the General Knowledge Quiz Club Semi-Finals. Quiz Club is a national inter-school competition and the heat was hosted live online by a professional Quizmaster. The show was very much like a television game show, with instant onscreen scoring making it thrilling entertainment, watched by…
Pupils in Phase 3 have returned to find some new additions to the library. We have some lovely new books on display about nature, which we received earlier this year as part of a box full of goodies from the Don Hanson Charitable Schools Programme (it also included seeds and resources to build a bug…
We have decided the competition winners and they will be announced in Assembly. Thank you for all of your entries, they were amazing. Red Nose Day has gone very well; the superhero costumes looked great. Thank you for all your support. Harry S (Land Charity Rep), Jack R (Air Charity Rep), Holly S (Water Charity Rep)
This week, Year 2 has been finding out about how some creatures are adapted to living underground. The highlight was the creation of a wormery by Mrs Watkins! The children look forward to finding out more about worms by making observations of them in their home.
