In Nursery we have been learning about: 

Lunar new year: making lanterns and rabbits, we then  made repeating patterns to hang in our restaurant, we learned how to use chop sticks.

Expressive art and design: we are exploring different textures, patterns and prints - see image with green paint and rolling pin.

We were learning how to be story tellers and can use different voices for the 3 bears. We can tell the story using language : Once upon a time/ the end and use repeated refrains "Who's been sitting in my chair"  and immersed our senses by making porridge.

This term we are learning the story of the Gingerbread Man, learning about the ingredients and how to make the dough.  Soon we will be learning about seasonal changes, exploring the nursery garden to observe changes as spring blooms and blossoms. 

YR are learning about real life heroes in our community. 

We are exploring different occupations and the people that help us in an emergency such as police officers, paramedics, doctors, fire fighters; challenging stereotypes and talking about the jobs that the children may like in the future. 

Through stories and role pay we are also learning about other people in the wider community that help us such as plumbers, electricians, crossing patrol and highways maintenance staff.  We have been linking many aspects of this to keeping safe on the road and knowing who to go to for help. 

We are continuing to develop our understanding of the natural world through our Forest School sessions and are making observations of seasonal changes, as spring is starting to blossom around us. Our teamwork skills are being developed through working together to use buckets and pulleys, we are learning about capacity and improving our resilience and co-ordination through climbing trees, learning what our safe limits are and encouraging each other to try new things. 

During February, Year 1 have been learning lots of new things!

In English, the children have been writing their own warning tales based around the story of ‘Paddington at the Circus’. They have particularly been focusing on character description.

In phonics, we have learnt lots of new phase 5 grapheme-phoneme correspondence (GPCs) and been recapping our previous phonic learning.

In science, the year 1 children have been exploring their five senses.

In history, we have started learning about Queens from the past including Queen Elizabeth I.

In geography, we have been looking at countries around the world including France, China and Australia.

Recently, we have also participated in a drama workshop called “Roar like a Ringmaster” and had a fantastic time performing circus tricks in our amazing SPLATs workshops.

Year 1 &  2 took part in a drama workshop this term! The session was an introduction to dance and the performing arts. These workshops are sponsored by Perform - the UK's leading provider of drama, dance and singing workshops for 4-12 year olds. Every child who had attended a Perform4ALL session received a flyer.

This half term’s year 2 play leaders are:

Nile: Leon and Sky

Amazon: Oscar and Lily

Danube: Rory and Folan

Thames: Archie and Phoebe

Extra Curricular Activities:

Please keep sending photos in of any clubs your child attends so they can earn house points for their team and their photo will be displayed to encourage others to be more active outside school! 

In Year 3 for our English unit, we are writing suspense stories and learning how to create suspense and tension for the reader. 

The children are also enjoying their History topic about Ancient Civilisations where they are looking at the locations and different writing and number systems that were used in each civilisation. 

In Geography, our key question is 'Where does our food come from?' and is all about how food travels around the world and how certain foods go on a journey to reach us here in the UK. 

In French, the children are learning how to say the names of different fruits and which ones are their favourites. 

This half term, the children will also be making some healthy pizzas in DT and continuing to improve their sketching skills in art!

​In English, we are currently working on our persuasive letter writing unit. 

Within history we are currently learning about the Romans, most recently looking at Boudica's revolt. We will also be linking this to art, after recently creating Roman helmets, children will next be looking at creating a Roman mosaic. 

During French lessons this half term, we will be looking at classroom objects and commands. 

Geography is looking at village settlers and researching the meanings behind the names of towns, eventually leading to children designing their own villages based on geographical locations. 

Finally, in our RE lessons, the overarching question is "why do some people think life is a journey?"

Currently in History, Year 5 are learning about the Mayans. In the last lesson we looked at religion and beliefs. We will be looking at everyday life and organisation in the next lesson and later finding out the decline and fall of the Mayan cilvilisation.

In English, Year 5 have been looking at the different features of a fear story. They have watched a few clips from well known films and focused on how we know someone is scared/worried without telling the reader. 

In RE, we have been discussing 'if God is everywhere, why do we go to a place to worship?' and learning about different religions and their places of worship, such as Christians- Church, Sikh- Gurdawara, Jewish- Synagogue and Hindu- Mandir.

In art, we have been looking at the artist, Andy Warhol, who is famous for creating 'pop art'. We will be creating our own 'pop art' and have all created a class pop art piece of ice creams!

This half term, Year 6 will continue with their learning of WWII during history and English. We will focus on the evacuation and blitz which will lead up to an exciting WWII day at the end of March. 

Linked to this topic, pupils will be creating clay sculptures during art and deciphering codes in computing. 

In science, our topic is 'electricity' where pupils will be investigating with electrical circuits. We are also looking forward to our forthcoming science week which provides an opportunity for pupils to undertake fun investigations and to present their own research about a scientist.