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Welcome back to school. 
It has been a fantastic first week back after the half term holiday. We started the week with our Ancient Greek Day where we learnt all about the Ancient Greeks and difference between the Ancient Greece city states. We then looked at a few artefacts.  To end the day we…

This week the children have continued learning about bears across the curriculum. Did you know a Polar Bear is the largest species of bear!

We have learnt the story, We are Going on a Bear Hunt and performed it during assembly as part of national storytelling week. Have a look at the amazing…

This week in Beech we celebrated National Story Telling Week.

Using the text ‘I am Nefertiti,’ by Annemarie Anyang, we wrote our own poems, a diary entry and non-fiction fact sheet. 

We performed some of our work in assembly. 
Well done Beech Class! 
 

What an amazing week we had on residential at Borwick Hall! The children embraced every challenge with enthusiasm, teamwork, and big…

This week I welcomed year two into the forest. We chose our forest school name then made a necklace out of clay and carved a picture to match our name. We learnt about the life cycle of a frog so that each week we can keep a look out for frogspawn in our pond.

We were delighted to welcome the NSPCC into school today. They delivered engaging and age‑appropriate workshops with Year 2, Year 5, and Year 6, all focused on staying safe and looking out for one another.

The sessions helped our pupils understand how to recognise unsafe situations, how to…

Year 5 Learning Blog – This Week’s Adventures in Space!

We’ve had an exciting few weeks in Year 5 as we’ve continued our journey…

This week in Beech has been very busy indeed!

We have been trying out different axles for when we come to design and make our own Moon buggies.  It was lovely to see the children decide on the axle they thought would be the best.

Well done to the children that represented us in the multi…

We have learnt all about bears this half term. We went on a Bear Hunt this afternoon. The children orally retold the story as they followed the map to the cave. What was hiding there?

Have a wonderful half term.

We have had a lovely half term learning all about the animals of the world, different climates and about where some countries are. This week we have been bird watching this week, we didn’t see any flamingos, eagles or parrots but did see lots of other birds. 
We have shared our learning about…

This week in DT, Willow Class have been busy making their own scones as part of our 'Cooking across the UK' topic.

Before baking, we chose which fruit to add to our scones, selecting either sultanas, cherries, or just leaving it plain. We talked about the taste, texture, and look of our designs…