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Our 4 Forest School Areas
As you will know our trained Forest School teachers have been busy over the past few months developing and extending our Forest School areas, thank you to everyone who donated items for this. Below are some photo’s we wanted to share with you. As you will see there are 4 main Forest School areas…
Space - Plans for our Sundials (Year 5)
As a 'hook' into this terms Science topic of Space, the children designed, made, tested and evaluated their sundials.
WW2 (Year 5)
Year 5 WW2 day!
From air raids to baking rock cakes the children had the best time being WW2 evacuees. Here are some photos of our day. The children all looked amazing!
Inspire Day Paralympics (Year 5)
Inspire day Paralympics
Year 5 have been in awe of the Paralympians and the variety of sports included at the Paralympics.
The children have shown compassion and gained a greater understanding of inclusion and the importance of perseverance. Here are some pictures showing just a few…
Sports Day 2021 (Year 5)
Sports day 2021
A fantastic day full of competitive sports and teamwork.
Year 5 had a wonderful time trying lots of sports.
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Learning about human impact on our oceans (Fledglings)
Fledglings have been learning about the human impact on our oceans and today we saved the sea animals from an oil spill!
We learned about the catastrophic effects of pollution on our seas, and what can happen when petrol, oil and chemicals end up in the oceans. We discussed what can happen to…
Active Maths (Year 5)
Active maths is really important to us in year 5. We took our maths outside for NSPCC numbers day. First, we recorded the time it took our friends to run from one end of our field to the other and then we collected data on how many animals we could spot including minibeast. From the data gathered…
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Something Fishy Going On! (Fledglings)
Our learning about sea creatures reached new depths this week...
Our poor classroom will never smell the same again!
Miss Riggs presented us with a mystery box. We used our senses of touch and smell to explore what we could before the lid was removed and we could use our sense of sight too!
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Welcome to Term 5 (Year 5)
A super start to term 5 for year 5! Our first week back and we have participated in our first ukulele lesson, learning about body percussion and the parts of a ukulele. For PE we are focusing on athletics. Today the children had a go at shot put. We were then happy to welcome Mr Kemp to our class…
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Diving Under the Sea! (Fledglings)
Fledglings have taken a deep breath this week and dived under the sea! We now know that some animals have gills and can breath under water. Some have blow holes and just hold their breath. We’ve loved watching octopus move, and also learned about them squirting ink when they are scared. Check out…
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Easter Service (Year 6)
We went to St Mary’s Church in Eastry, on Tuesday 30th March, to take part in an Easter service with Father David and Reverend Sandra.
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Learning about blood (Year 6)
What is our blood made of? What is the function of platelets, red blood cells, white blood cells and plasma? Can we recreate blood with the correct percentages of platelets, red blood cells, white blood cells and plasma. Don't worry - it's not real!