Wagtails have been hard at work trying to build their 3D stone age houses which are now nearly complete.  They used the nets of 3D shapes to make the basic shapes.  

Woodpeckers have been very busy this week, learning how to subtract using the column method. They demonstrated what marvellous mathematicians they are becoming!

The children in Puffins have settled  back into school well. New children have also started and are making new friends. The children have played with ice and in the mud kitchen. The children have made lollipops, melted snowmen and we are learning to mark make.

As part of our new topic in science (electricity)

 this week Year 4 pupils designed circuits. Pupils enjoyed using a number of different components. 

Year 4 have been practicing programming a micro:bit device. 

A micro:bit is a pocket-sized computer that introduces you to how software and hardware work together. It has an LED light display, buttons, sensors and many input/output features that you can program and physically interact with.

Year 3 had a fantastic day in Queen's Park, on the Faith Tour. They got to visit 3 different places of worship and learn about the different faiths and artefacts. Their behaviour was amazing and they were able to show they had remembered lots of things from their lessons back in school.

Woodpeckers had a busy first week back. They completed their Iron Age shield designs from last term, and also using maps, compared our local area to what it looked like in 1884. They discovered that both the school and church were not built in 1884, but the road looked very similar in shape. 

Parrots and Penguins have been enjoying our new maths topic 'Alive in 5!' 

We have been learning all about numbers 0 to 5 and finding out what those numbers look like. We have done lots of sorting and matching activities to show what we have learned. 

In Wrens the children have been investigating floating and sinking by testing out different materials. They made predictions first and then conducted their experiment to find out the results which they recorded. 

Thank you to all the parents and carers who came along to our Year 1 Maths cafe. The children really enjoyed playing lots of different games and practising their maths skills. 

Thank you to all the family members who attended the maths cafe today. The children enjoyed showing off their maths skills!

Woodpeckers have thoroughly enjoyed their work on rocks this half term. To end the topic, they learnt about the rock cycle using chocolate. They turned sedimentary into metamorphic rock, before turning metamorphic into igneous rock. They had great fun being geologists!

Woodpeckers had great fun using ordanace survey maps to find out about what is in their local area. They were excited to match symbols with places they already knew, as well as discovering some other facilities in the town they weren't aware of.

The Puffins have had fun with pretend snow and shreaded paper. The enjoyed wrapping prersents and even wrapped Mrs Burnage and Miss Goddard!

It was so lovely to see so many parents who were able to come in to listen to the children read this half term. Everyone really enjoyed sharing books with their adults and are already looking forward to the next event in the spring term!

Well done to the pupils for turning up in some fantastic Christmas jumpers.  Great to also see some of those without a Christmas jumper making the most of it by adapting their uniform with a Christmas theme!

We have been busy making gift tags and Christmas Tree decorations ready for the Christmas Fayre.  They are looking great and we hope you enjoy hanging them up at home!  The children enjoyed making Christmas hats today (while having a good old sing-along to some favourite festive tunes) to wear at our Christmas dinner.  Rehearsals are underway for the Christingle Service on Friday 20th at 9:30am.  We hope to see lots of you there!

Year Six are incredibly proud of their effort and progress with their writing this half term.  Based on the book 'Wonder' by RJ Palacio, they wrote an impactful diary entry from the first person perspective of August Pullman (the main character).  They have enjoyed reading their diaries out aloud in class so the rest of the class could hear the voice and personality of August reflected in their writing.

Having enjoyed the unit 'Making our Voice Heard' where we looked at expressing ourselves through art, including designing our own climate change posters, Year 6 have been busy exploring the meanings of paintings by famous artists.  They have recorded their opinions in their sketch books and have been fully involved in some still life drama to help bring the meanings of the paintings alive.  We are now busy learning how to use guidelines to help with the proportions of self-portraits.  These will be inspired by the work of Frida Khalo.

Christmas is coming to Puffins