Blog Author: Mr Challinor

This term we have been studying a text called The Shadow Cage by Phillipa Pierce.  It is a suspense story and in our English lessons we have been looking at what makes a story really hook a reader.  We then planned our stories using the boxing up method and a storyboard.  We are really proud of…

Congratulations to all the athletes who took part in the annual cross country running event last week that was held at Richard Crosse.  16 runners from various age groups took part in the event which was made up of the 7 schools in our trust.  It was such an amazing sight to watch so many runners…

Class 4 visited the Memorial Arboretum to celebrate Anne Frank day recently.  They took part in workshops about The Holocaust and also looked at some fascinating artefacts.  The day finished with the children having an opportunity to take part in a wreath laying ceremony at Anne Frank's memorial…

The annual TSSMAT cross country event took place at Richard Crosse recently.   With 5 schools and almost 100 children taking part it was a wonderful event with the masses of spectators enjoying some extremely competitive racing.  Every athlete received points depending on their finishing…

With raceday fast approaching, we have been busy putting the finishing touches to our 2 cars: PACMAN and SUMMER VIBES.  Having completed the bodywork designs it was time to fix them to the frame of the car.  This was quite a tricky process and involved lots of teamwork to ensure it was fitted…

To celebrate the 100th birthday of Davis Attenborough Class 4 decided they wanted to learn more about some of the most deadly creatures on the planet.  After we had completed our research on our chosen creature, we had to present our findings with a focus on creativity.  The creatures ranged from…

On Wednesday this week, we staged the annual Staffordshire Schools boccia festival.  With 40 children taking part in the sunshine, from across the KS2 age range, the spectators in attendance were served up a treat of exciting sport.  All the children showed outstanding sportsmanship and…

We have been making good progress with the bodywork for our Greenpower cars this week.  We chose to use our art topic of graffiti as a theme for our designs.  As you can see, Group 1 chose a pacman design while group 2 used the summertime as inspiration.  The next phase will be attaching the…

Class 4 had to use their science and DT skills this week to make a 'steady hand game'.  Once we had created a circuit we had to be creative in how we incorporated it into a game.  The results were really pleasing.  

This week, as part of the History topic on The Vikings, we have been looking at the invasion of Lindisfarne.  This is often seen as the most significant raid by The Vikings and we carried out a research task to try and piece together exactly what happened, where it happened and why it happened. …

During our topic on habitats we have been looking at the World map and labelling places of significance.  Over the last couple of weeks we have been looking at extreme weather and population distribution.  As you can see from our work we have been developing keys and also discussing any patterns…

We travelled to Richard Crosse recently to take part in the TSSMAT annual netball tournament.  The team did brilliantly to come away undefeated.  As the games progressed the teams confidence grew.  The passing and movement was excellent.  We now move on to the final where we will take on All…