A fantastic first day- the weather has been glorious and the children have had a brilliant day. It was quite entertaining watching them put duvet covers on their beds; they all enjoyed lunch ( baked potatoes with various fillings and salad). The children are happy with their dormitories and their groups for the activities so...Read More

There has been a super atmosphere across the school this week as the whole school community worked together to put on a fantastic musical production. The children sang their hearts out and thoroughly enjoyed themselves- A big thank you to all the friends and family members who supported the school either by coming along to...Read More

The climbing wall is always one of the highlights of the school year and what a super treat after all the hard work rehearsing for the school production. The leaders commented on how confident our children were at both the climbing and the archery with a high percentage managing to scale the tower and press...Read More

In our science lessons, year 2 and 3 have learnt about lots of different forces. Last week we learnt about how friction is a force and that it is the action of one surface rubbing against another. We planned an experiment to see which surface caused the most friction when a toy car rolled on...Read More

Year 2 and 3 have been studying the art of Paul Klee in art lessons this term. We have looked at how he uses colours and shapes in his abstract artwork. We used oil pastels and a paint wash to re-create one of his most famous pieces “The Castle and the Sun”. The pieces look...Read More

Some of our Year 5 and 6 children took part in a Kwik Cricket tournament this week with 5 other schools from the cluster. They played three games and did brilliantly winning one game and losing another by just one run. All our sporting teams play together with tremendous spirit and resilience.Read More

Miss Tubb our fully accredited Forest School Leader has led some fantastic sessions with all the children across the school. This term they have been identifying insects and mini beasts. The children love learning outdoors and their enthusiasm is infectious.Read More

The children had a wonderful afternoon with members of the Royal Canadian Airforce in school, who talked to them about the local Second World War base, Eastmoor, and the Canadian airmen that were stationed there, on the 75th anniversary of the air base. The children were fascinated to hear about the work of the RCAF and...Read More

This week years 2 and 3 have been measuring the force it takes to move objects. We have learnt that force is measured in Newtons, named after one of our favourite scientists Isaac Newton! We worked in groups using force meters to measure the force it took to make different objects move. Many children were surprised at...Read More

Last week we were visited by Alex from Circusology who was gave us a splendid show of all his amazing circus skills, entertaining everybody during morning assembly! Later in the day we all got to take part in a circus skills workshop. In year 2 and 3 we had a go at juggling, plate spinning and...Read More