School Blog

As part of Children's Mental Health Week, Investigators class created their our own islands full of places where they feel like they belong.

As part of Children's Mental Health Week, the whole school joined a live assembly from Picture News which was all about the theme 'This is My Place'. During this we discussed what it meant by belonging and how we can look after ourselves. The live assembly also included a children's author Katie Hopper, whose books… Read more: Children's Mental Health Week

December was a very busy month indeed, filled with lots of lovely festivities which were enjoyed by all. From nativity performances and our volunteers tea party, to the Christmas cake raffle, school disco, whole school pantomime trip, reindeer run, Christmas lunch and even a live story time with Santa!

On the last day of term and with a last minute change of venue due to the wind and heavy rain, we celebrated our Christingle service at school. The children sang songs and showed off their makaton learnings. Year 6 did a brilliant job in telling us all about the meaning of Christingle and what… Read more: Christingle Service

In DT we have been looking at various ways to make a picture move using levers and linkages. We practiced making different mechanisms to create movement like oscillation and rotation before designing a moving picture based on our stone age topic.

On the 21st of October, our Year 3 and 4 adventurers travelled back thousands of years during an incredible day at the immersive history field centre at New Barn. From the Stone Age to the Iron Age, they discovered how people lived, worked, and adapted as new materials like bronze and iron transformed their world.… Read more: A Journey Through Time at New Barn!

The children had a fantastic time at Friday's disco, filled with sequins, smiles, and some impressive dance moves on display.

We were kindly donated a selection of narcissus and crocus bulbs from Taylors Bulbs. Felicity Down also joined us this week to help us plant them. We are looking forward to seeing them all come up next spring time!

On Tuesday 30th September, Creators class visited Carymoor Environmental Trust and travelled back in time to become Anglo-Saxons. Several of us wore Anglo-Saxon tunics all day. We read runes to find chocolate coins, ground grain to make flour as well as made plates from willow.

Investigators have been looking at the different habitats and animals you would find at the coast. This afternoon we created our own rock pool with animals! 

Adventurers joined a live science lesson with Hillary Lucas about magnets, electricity and nuclear fusion. They took part in activities including trying to make a paperclip float using a magnet and designing a way of generating unlimited electricity. Hillary also answered lots of our questions about what it takes to be a woman in STEM… Read more: A live science lesson!

Investigators have been looking at seed dispersal in science. They used clay to create seeds that would disperse by sticking to animal fur, they designed their own seed packets, and built seeds that would disperse by the wind.

We are very pleased to have received our Gold Award for the School Games 2024/25.

Investigators class have been outside enjoying this lovely spring weather by creating prints from man-made and natural materials. Thank you to Jones Building Group for supplying us with these resources.

Investigators class have recently become Waste Warriors, Biodiversity Buddies and Energy Experts after chatting to a local farmer and finding out how we can look after our environment! 

In geography, over the course of two weeks, we made volcanoes of different sizes based on the types of volcanoes that we have been learning about in class and then, using a solution of bicarbonate of soda and vinegar, erupted them on the field.

In science, we investigated the process of fossil formation using sweets as the fossils and bread as the layers of rock and observed how over time the layers build up and leave the imprint of the animal or plant behind. We discussed that if this imprint fills with water, minerals are deposited and that is… Read more: Science with Adventurers

As part of our work on the Early Islamic Civilisation, Creator class have made their own paper.

Last week Investigators discussed which materials would be best to build a house from, we decided hard materials would be best. We ventured outside and around the school to find suitable materials and had a go at creating our own. This week we have had fun creating houses out of food, would you like a house… Read more: Investigators have a go at building houses!

In DT, pupils in Adventurers class practiced printing using different tools and objects to see what patterns they can make. This was finished off with a printed cushion cover which they also had a go at sewing on once they had done their printed pattern.

This week in Explorers, we continued with the Magic Porridge Pot and together made two big paintings by mixing colours to show magic potions. We also had great fun acting out The Enormous Turnip.

Explorers made a delicious Chocolate Beetroot cake. They followed the recipe from BBC good food: https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/beetroot-chocolate-cake We also made a Vegan Chocolate Beetroot Brownie (gluten free):

As part of our science, we immersed eggs in different liquids and left them for a week to observe what the damage will be. We used eggs because they have a similar chemical construction to human teeth. After a week we wrote down the changes we saw before concluding the best and worse liquids for… Read more: An Eggsperiment with Adventurers!

Adventurers had a fantastic time at Bristol Museum and Art Gallery last Wednesday. They saw a variety of Greek artefacts as well as some impressive fossils and crystals. In the workshop we were able to handle real Greek artefacts and make observations about them.

On Wednesday 6th November Creator class had a magical adventure! We started our visit to Harry Potter with a workshop on writing screenplays where we were extremely lucky and were able to handle actual props from the films. After that we embarked on a tour of the studios, dodging the Death Eaters who were roaming,… Read more: Creator class visit the Harry Potter Studio Tour!

Adventurers had a fantastic afternoon making pizzas. They used our own home grown tomatoes for the passata and tomato toppings as well as our beetroot, onions and herbs, all grown here at school!

Investigators had a furry visitor last week. Unfortunately, they had already left before we saw them! So we had to go on a hunt to see if we could follow the footsteps but as you can see, we came across a few obstacles. We discussed how it felt walking through sand, mud and water and… Read more: Investigators went on a hunt!

We have been looking at light and we know that it travels in straight lines, so we were testing that idea looking at which way the mirror reflection shone if you changed the angle or the light.

Last week Adventurers class have been settling in with new staff and, for some, a new classroom. We have already started our class novel 'Who Let the Gods Out' by Maz Evans which links with our history topic of the Ancient Greeks as well as getting stuck in with English and Maths. As a first… Read more: First week back for Adventurers

Investigators class had the opportunity to see just how quickly and easily The Great Fire of London spread from house to house by burning our own! 

We have kicked off art week by creating a whole class piece of London before the Great Fire destroyed the city. We are excited to show our amazing work at the end of the week! 

In Investigators class, we have been learning about the Great Fire of London in Literacy and History. We have looked closely at Samuel Pepys and his diary that he buried to stop it from being burnt. We decided to write our own diaries as if we were there, using tea to make our paper look… Read more: The Great Fire of London

Earth Day 2024 Thank you to all who came to take part in the Earth Day celebrations, we had a fantastic time and the weather was kind to us in the end! We had a very busy afternoon making paper plant pots, creating bug homes, tasting dandelion jam and honey and making wildflower seed bombs.… Read more: Earth Day 2024

As the final part of our WWII topic we made teddy bears by repurposing fabric and old pillows. We had to design our bear’s shape, make the template, sew the bear, turn it inside out, stuff it and then sew up the hole. This was a challenging but fun activity!!

We have been making our reading time even more enjoyable by getting comfy and sitting how we feel is best. This has made reading fun in Investigators class! 

We have been exploring capacity of containers and comparing volumes of different containers.

We have been exploring watercolours over the last few weeks and today we are having fun creating our final masterpieces! 

We have been developing our programming skills using the micro:bits. After learning how to show a simple message and making a step counter; we went on to programme them to play rock, paper, scissors. We had lots of fun learning how to programme the micro:bits and many of us are keen to keep learning this… Read more: Micro:bits

Creators travelled back in time to 1940s where they experienced life as a child during WWII. They dressed up and found out about food and homes as well as experiencing the sounds inside an Anderson shelter. We had lots of fun, sang songs both from the 1940s and as a singalong on the coach ride… Read more: Class trip to Nothe Fort

We have had a fun afternoon programming bee-bots and exploring all the tricks they can do! 

As part of our science topic on light, we investigated how light could be reflected. We worked out how to build periscopes and then ‘hid’ from each other, spying on them using our periscopes!

We have been writing and performing poetry today using verbs, adverbs and adjectives! 

In Investigators class, we have been writing songs explaining the properties of different types of materials.  They have really enjoyed finding out about what materials are made up from and what would happen if the tables were made of jelly, or the chairs were made of chocolate!

In Investigators class, we have been designing and building bridges for the 3 Gruffalos to cross safely. We have used recycled materials to construct strong bridges. The question is, will they stay up when put to the test...?

In Investigators class, we have been busy making poppies to remember the fallen soldiers who fought in the war. We wrote little messages down lollipop sticks of what we would say to them. We also researched the meaning behind the different colours of the poppy and what they represented.  We have been busy starting rehearsals… Read more: November 2023

Today the Year 5s learnt how to measure angles using a protractor - lots of fun was had by all!

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