Year 2 and 3 have been reading and writing poems around the theme of space this term. We have all enjoyed learning more about space through poetry as well as practising our rhyming, riddle skills and limerick writing. We had a poetry reading session where the children could stand up in front of the class...Read More

There was a super atmosphere in school today as children arrived dressed in red and wearing silly noses. A huge thank-you to all the parents who donated cakes for the cake stall. We will let you know next week how much we raised.Read More

The Y5/6 children had a super morning making pancakes-they were delicious. They also completed mathematical questions all related to pancake day…  Read More

  In their Science Topic on Evolution and Inheritance the Y5/6 children have been studying the work of Charles Darwin.Part of Darwin’s voyage included a visit to the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific Ocean, close to South America. Islands form a very important piece of evidence in Darwin’s theory, because they isolate populations from each other....Read More

Year 2 and 3 have been exploring light and shadows in science lessons this term. We have been learning all about how shadows are created when the light from a light source is blocked. We used our knowledge of shadows to create some exciting shadow puppets, blocking the light and only allowing the light to go...Read More

The Y5/6 children had a super day on Wednesday which began with a trip into York on the local bus! As a church school we are invited annually by the York Diocese to learn more about our Cathedral,however we usually take our children on a two yearly cycle. During interractive workshops and guided tours the...Read More

In year 2 and 3 we have been learning all about the world we live in including all the cities, counties, countries of the UK. To help us learn about the four countries which make up the United Kingdom (and their respective capital cities) year 2 made some aerial maps out of play dough, using...Read More

Last half term our topic was Kings and Queens and in the final week of the half term children enjoyed a Kings and Queens Day! Children competed in a hobby horse race, pin the tail on the corgi,  hoop throw and a version of duck, duck goose that we named king, king queen! We also...Read More

Year 2 and 3 have been investigating how light travels in science lessons this week. We have previously discovered what a light source and a reflector are and used our prior knowledge to test how light travels. The children used card cutouts, mirrors and torches to test whether light travels in straight lines. We concluded...Read More

This morning, years two and three took to the stage to show the school and their parents all the fantastic things they had been learning about in class. They talked about learning about light in science lessons, writing letters in literacy, studying the Great Fire of London in history and they also sang a very...Read More