In RE, Denmark Class have been learning about the Jewish celebration of Shabbat. The children were fascinated to find out how Jewish people maintain a day of rest each week and all of the things that can and cannot be done during Shabbat. To end our learning, we baked our own Challah bread to share together.
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Classroom Olympics
As part of our topic on Ancient Greece, we did a little Classroom Olympics which involved: plate discus, paper straw javelin, bean bag long jump & horse chariot (mini toy cars). Did you know that in the Ancient Olympics they used weights to propel themselves in the long jump?
BONUS: Dress as your emotion day
Last week was Children’s Mental Health Week and the theme was belonging so we made a map of where we belonged and what makes us happy.
Written and photographed by Adam & Caleb
Spring One in Year 6
We are halfway through Year 6! Here are a selection of photos from the last few weeks. These include: creating our own artwork to show different emotions, using mixed media; learning gymnastics shapes and sequences with Mrs Mooney; fun extra-curricular PE days doing karate and a sponsored bounce; and doing some great written work about the heart after a dissection lesson – including some fantastic pencil sketches.
The class have been working really hard this half term – and we’re very much looking forward to the residential next half term!
Have a great week everyone!
Reception w/b 23/02/2026
Our story will be: Chicken Clicking
Our rhyme of the week will be: Old Mother Hubbard
Our maths work will focus on: Building 9 and 10
We will also be: Learning how to stay safe online, experimenting with floating and sinking (and building boats!), writing our own stories, and doing some foil painting.
Science – Heart Dissection!
The class had a brilliant Science lesson this week. Dr Clare, a local GP, came in to do a dissection of a pig’s heart for us! We used the desk camera to show the details of each part of the heart on the board, while matching them up with the diagrams that we had used in our previous learning. Seeing a real example really helped to bring our learning to life, and the children were amazed at being able to see the different veins, arteries and chambers, and imagine how the blood flows through them. Whilst there were several shocked faces at first (see picture!), it was a fantastic session and every single child came up to touch it at the end – with gloves of course! One of the girls asked if we can do a brain dissection next… but we’ll stick with the heart for now!
Year 2 Gymnastics
We LOVED using the equipment in PE during our gymnastics learning! Over the last few weeks, we have practised travelling in different ways and learnt to hold a balance in different gymnastics shapes. We began by learning how to do these on the floor, then progressed to low equipment and finally to the wall bars! Hooray!
Year 2 DT- Mechanisms
France class have really enjoyed the start of our DT unit of Mechanisms. We learnt about how wheels move with fixed and rotating axles. Then we experimented with making these in preparation for designing our cars! It was great fun and we used the technical vocabulary brilliantly!
Nursery w/b 9.2.26
Our story will be: The Suitcase
Our rhyme of the week will be: Hickory Dickory Dock
Our maths work will focus on: Giving and taking 1, 2 and 3.
We will also be: adding to our suitcases, writing invitations and preparing a tea party for a visitor. We will use a world map to locate places in the world and talk about places we would like to visit. We will also learn about Valentine’s Day and Pancake day!
Reception w/b 09/02/2026
Our story will be: Mr Wolf’s Pancakes
Our rhyme of the week will be: Oranges and Lemons
Our maths work will focus on: Learning about time
We will also be: Learning about Shrove Tuesday, making (and eating!) pancakes, playing ‘What’s the time Mr Wolf?’ and working on some artistic creations based on Kandinsky’s Circles.
A karate taster session
Year 1’s karate taster session was lively and fun. Through structured activities, the children participated in warm-up and basic techniques activities. Thank you, Verve Karate, for demonstrating the techniques and for building on the balance and coordination skills we previously learnt.
