World Book Day 2023
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Today all the children looked fabulous in their costumes celebrating a whole range of book characters including Harry Potter, Aslan,...
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Year 4 & 2 Sharing Books
As part of World Book Day, Year 4 shared books with children in Year 2.
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Year 5 Making Bridges
In Year 5 we spent an afternoon exploring making bridges as an introduction to our topic 'Rivers and Bridges'.
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Year 2 Riverside Walk
As part of their exploration, From Barum to Barnstaple, year 2 went on a riverside walk to investigate the geographical features of...
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Year 1 What Happens to Food
Year One have had a visit from a food scientist to help us learn about what happens to food after we have eaten it. We all helped by...
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Eco-Council
Eco-Club have been trying to encourage more birds into our local area so this week they have made bird feeders from empty plastic bottles...
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Golden Table
We have now had the Golden Table for a short while and we have been seeing a vast improvement in how the children show our Respect value...
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Reception Measuring things
This week we have been measuring: the length of our feet, how tall we are, how much of each ingredient to mix into our potions and how...
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Year 3 Settlers
Year 3 have been developing their understanding of why communities settle where they do through playing a version of Settlers of Catan....
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Year 1 Big Schools' Birdwatch
Before the half-term break, Year 1 took part in the Big Schools' Birdwatch. We had lots of fun spotting different birds and were really...
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Year 6 Hand Prints
As part of children’s mental health week, year six have designed their own hand print which demonstrate and celebrate everyone’s unique...
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Year 2 Let's Connect
As part of Mental Health Week, the children in foxes class have been thinking about the theme ‘Let’s Connect.’ The children have been...
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Year 6 The Ice Bear Book Covers
Throughout this half term, Year 6 have written and published their own stories based on The Ice Bear by Jackie Morris. They have created...
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Year 4 D&T Day
On Wednesday, year 4 had a D&T technology day where they were tasked with making some recyclable biscuit packaging. Firstly, they had to...
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Year 3 Stone Age Workshop
Year 3 have enjoyed taking part in a Stone Age Drama Workshop from visiting performer Rob from Entertainingly Different. The pupils took...
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Year 1 Printing Techniques
During the last few weeks, Year One have been looking at different printing techniques. We have really enjoyed making animal footprints...
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Year 4 Let's Connect
In Year 4, for Children's Mental Health Week, we looked at the theme 'Let's Connect.' After talking about how we are all connected- the...
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