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our Year R Fledgling class loves having a buddy from our Year 5 Panda class. Buddies help each other express our school values. Recently the taught us Maths games as part of NSPCC numbers day. Great collaboration and compassion.  

Our Year 5 Panda class have been learning to play the trumpet as part of the Deal Bold As Brass project. They have been enjoying their weekly lessons but felt especially privileged when they were visited by a Quintet from Trinity Collage London and Phil the director of Bold as Brass. Pandas are…

We made porridge when Goldilocks came to visit the classroom - we had to teach her some good manners and good to be green behaviour!

We have learnt all about the structure of the earth this afternoon!

Then we made our very own earth with each layer

We went on a walk around Eastry village, as part of our geography learning- on our return to school, we had to plot key human features of Eastry on a blank map.

Lots of collaboration this afternoon as we made our fantastic volcanoes!

We have used clay to mould and sculpt our own Pompeii ash victims.

They are pretty amazing, I think!

This term we baked gingerbread men ... that escaped to the Forest School area - maybe they didn't want to be eaten!

We have kicked off our term 3, year 5 Maths using manipulatives. Our focus is long multiplication and the children have used dienes and place value counters in an area model to help their deeper understanding. We are now securing our understanding on using the column method.  

These are pictures from our latest PE lesson where children were learning a new dance routine for 'Run Run Rudolph'. They learnt a new routine from scratch and the finished routine included cartwheels and a variety of catwallk poses!

Earlier in the term Panda Class invited their buddies to join them in Forest School. As always the children’s behaviour was exemplary and Year 5 were fabulous at supporting their buddies explore a new Forest School site. Mrs Harvey and Mrs Prestleton were extremely proud of all the children. Well…

Earlier in the term Panda Class invited their buddies to join them in Forest School. As always the children’s behaviour was exemplary and Year 5 were fabulous at supporting their buddies explore a new Forest School site. Mrs Harvey and Mrs Prestleton were extremely proud of all the children. Well…