A Wonderful Spring Term ! 

As we reach the end of spring term, thank you to all our parents and carers for your wonderful support. Your attendance at school performances, help with community events and trips, and time volunteering with our pupils has been invaluable. This term we've made great progress with our oracy work, and we were pleased to welcome successful visits from our school improvement advisor and executive head. Our teachers and staff have worked incredibly hard, and our children have shown such resilience and joy in their learning. It's been a pleasure to see them flourish. We look forward to welcoming everyone back for the summer term, where we'll continue building on all the wonderful progress made this year. Wishing you all a restful break. 

We hope you enjoy this week's newsletter...

This term in Year 1 Music, the children have been enjoying learning the song “Round and Round” by Joanna Mangona. They have been developing their singing skills, building confidence, and exploring rhythm through fun activities.

As well as singing, the children have begun learning how to play the glockenspiel, using three notes to create simple melodies. Some children have even started to learn how to play “Mary Had a Little Lamb,” which has been very exciting to see.

They have also taken part in lots of movement activities, combining singing and dancing to help them feel the music and keep in time.

Healthy Eating in Class: Making Our Own Wraps

This week, the children enjoyed a healthy eating activity where they made their own wraps. They explored a range of fresh ingredients and learned how different foods can be combined to create a balanced and tasty meal.

The children helped to plan their wraps by choosing ingredients they thought would taste good together. They talked about flavours, colours, and textures, and practised combining different foods such as vegetables, protein fillings, and healthy spreads. After making their wraps, the children had the opportunity to taste them and share their thoughts about what combinations they liked best.

You may like to try making wraps at home together. It is a simple and healthy meal, and children often enjoy choosing their own ingredients.

Eagle Class had a fantastic time in their D&T lesson, where they developed important cooking skills and learned how to use a variety of kitchen equipment safely. They were introduced to tools such as chopping boards, knives, peelers, graters, and more, and were taught how to handle each one carefully to ensure they stayed safe while working.

The children practised a range of techniques including chopping, peeling, and grating. They explored how to prepare different vegetables such as potatoes, cucumber, bell peppers, red and white onions, spring onions, radish, asparagus, and avocados. They learnt specific methods for peeling and cutting each type of vegetable, building both confidence and independence in the kitchen.

To finish the lesson, Eagle Class put their new skills into action by creating their own vegetable tarts using puff pastry. They chose which vegetables to include, added cheese, and then baked their creations in the oven. The lesson ended on a high note as the children proudly took their delicious tarts home to share and enjoy with their families.

Year 5 have had a wonderful end to a busy and productive half term! We kicked off the week by visiting our Pop Up Book Shop, where the children were able to collect 2 books and a bookmark to take home! The amount that Year 5 students are reading at home is steadily increasing, and as a result, we are seeing a steady improvement in their creativity and grammatical accuracy in their writing! This should continue being a priority throughout the holidays! We also developed our Oracy skills in Science by producing presentations explaining why the Earth has day and night. They included key words such as orbit, axis and rotate in their presentations, in groups! I was very proud of how the class listened to each other, as well as the way everyone projected their voices and spoke clearly! Well done and have a great break!