Last week the pupils were busy with DT (Design and Technology) and the topic this term is Pneumatic monsters. The children learn lots of skills from DT, firstly they had to decide what sort of Stone Age monster they wanted to make and design it. Next they have to be able to follow their [...]
The children in Year 3 have been visiting Murton Park this week, learning to live like Stone Age Man. They have been taught how to hunt and forage for their food. Tend their crops and protect their tribe from outsiders. They created their own thumb pots and practised their art work. All the children [...]
Our annual Book in a Box Competition has returned for World Book Day and we have some wonderful entries. There are books from the traditional tales, to more recent authors like David Walliams and some children have based their creations on this term's reading book. The standards were high as always, making it difficult [...]
Each term we have Stay and Read in every year group. This is an opportunity for parents and carers to come into their child's class and have a lesson with them. The children love it and enjoy showing their parents how things have changed since the olden days! First was the turn of Year [...]
This years Christmas performance by Years 3 and 4 was a production called Lights, Camel, Action 2. The Sequin - a sequel to a previous years play. The Audience were treated to music from the School Orchestra first and then were able to watch the fabulous play. The children all performed brilliantly and the [...]
The children have been looking at Mixed Media in Art Club and have come up with some stunning art work. We are so proud of it that we have put it in our corridors to showcase it. [...]
The below images show the progress that our pupils are making in Art. They are asked to draw something without any instruction and then are asked to look more carefully at the item. Techniques are explained and demonstrated - such as light and shade, proportion, perspective and observing. The pupils are then asked to [...]
This year pupils from our nurture group have been busy along with Miss Wilks making the decorations for our tree as part of the Christmas Tree Festival at St John's Burlington Methodist Church. Each year groups, clubs, schools and businesses decorate a tree and everyone is welcome to come and see them. They make [...]
Yesterday, Year 3 had a visit from Dr Alison Buxton for a special day of Design & Technology, with a little bit of science thrown in for good measure. The children had to do 3 key processes: Make their frame Design and make their panels Make an electric circuit to power an LED to [...]
Today we have had some visitors to school as part of our careers initiative. We had separate assemblies for all the year groups and the children had to try and identify the jobs that our guests do by asking closed questions with only a yes/no answer. The children did very well and managed to [...]
