This week has been a really fun and important one in the school calendar where we have got stuck into the full timetable and been working with the children closely to establish where they can be supported best. We’ve also been spending time establishing classroom...
We've all loved coming back after the summer break and it's been fantastic to welcome back all the children and to welcome some new faces to the school too. Years 3 and 4 are working together for some of the time, and last week they had fun team-building and taking a...
How exciting to leave the classroom for some alternative education about graffiti! Our guide Kia, a street artist himself, led us to all manner of sites to explore this colourful and controversial art form. We learnt the names of some of the most prolific artists...
What a lovely gallery of self-portraits the children in Year 4 have created as part of their home learning projects. Well done to all the children for their amazing work!
This year, International Women's Day fell on a Sunday, so we decided to celebrate last Friday after a super World Book Day the day before. This year, we focused on women artists and classes learnt all about their chosen artists and their work. We had talked in...
Anni Albers wonderful weaving inspired us to do some of our own in Reception. She was our chosen artist for International Women's Day and we LOVED making our own weaving frames and working with different sorts of fabric, just as she did. The children enjoyed finding a...
The relentless rain meant that Forest School last week was cut short for Reception Class. They made the most of the bit of time they had there, collecting sticks for our weaving looms, and using the secateurs to cut them to a good size. As you can see there was also...
We are proud to celebrate International Women's Day and we started assembly by recognising this special occasion. It was heartwarming to hear children so mindful of the need for equality and fairness, but we also believe that there is some way to go and children need...
This morning we were visited by the children in Year 6 who came to read us stories for World Book Day. We all really enjoyed this and it was nice to chat to the older children and get to know them a little better 🙂
