Year 3/4 cross country stars!
Some of the children from class 3 gave up their time to represent our school in the Tamworth cross country event. They were all superstars who showed great determination to complete the 800m distance race. We are very proud of you all! A special mention to the girls who won overall!
Making Wedgwood Pots
Class 2 have worked incredibly hard creating Wedgwood inspired pottery. It was messy but fun work! They are now patiently waiting for the clay to air dry before applying their colouring mixing skills to paint their pots the perfect shade of Wedgwood blue. Watch this space!
Which materials are absorbent and how do we know?
Class 2 have enjoyed investigating which materials are absorbent and explained how they knew. They also looked at the importance of fair tests.
Investigating the properties of materials.
The children had lots of fun learning about the properties of different materials. They then created their own version of the well loved story, ‘That’s not my rocket.’ Fabulous science everyone!
Wonderful storytellers
Class 2 have worked hard over the past few weeks to learn the story, Dear Zoo. They have studied all of the different animals that the zoo sent the writer, retold the story to their friends using a given story map and have created their own story map of the text ready to write their version of the…
A fun way to start the day!
Some of the children have had a great time completing their morning tasks. Who doesn’t love a bit of dough disco to warm up our hands ready for handwriting practise?
What is it like where we live?
What a beautiful afternoon we had exploring our pretty village! The children had a lovely time looking for human and physical features in our rural village, Elford. We visited the church, walled gardens and the river where the children drew some of the features of our village. Well done…
Colouring mixing
Class 2 have experimented with mixing primary colours to make secondary colours. They then explored tints and shades before finally making the perfect Wedgewood blue!
Wonderful learners
Class 2 have settled into KS1 beautifully. They are embracing the challenges and enjoying the exciting lessons that they have been having. This week they have shown their growing phonics knowledge by making phonics crowns, learnt about where we live, started their study on Josiah Wedgewood and…
Fabulous first week of fun!
Class 2 have had a wonderful first week settling into their new class and learning the new routines. There has been so much fun and learning already! We can’t wait to see where this year will take us.
Fabulous Phonics!
Reception have had an amazing year mastering the basics of phonics. They are all such superstars and managed to move words around the make sentences that they could read! Well done everyone!
Amazing animal experience!
What a fabulous animal experience we had! We learnt about different animals, their features, their habitats and what they eat, all whilst holding these fabulous animals!
A huge thank you to our wonderful PTA for funding and organising this wonderful experience for our school!