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This week Rainbow class have been learning all about Florence Nightingale. 

"She was a famous nurse and she helped soldiers who would have died." - Ada

"She cleaned the hospitals." - Lily-May

"She looked after the soldiers." - Arham

"She was called the Lady with the Lamp because she…

This week we have enjoyed following instructions to make our own gingerbread men. We baked them on Monday and left them in the oven to cool down for Tuesday. On Tuesday morning they had vanished. Sunshine class put on their detective hats to investigate who had stolen our gingerbread men. We had…

A good week of phonics and literacy support this week, with a bit of SATs preparation thrown in for good measure. Children from year one and two have been working on developing their knowledge and awareness of the letter sounds and names. We have been learning the Vowel Song and writing the vowels…

I hope that you all had a fantastic New Year. I have been very impressed with the level of maturity and the quality of work produced this week in Gold class. The standard has now been set for the rest of the year!

In Maths, we have been learning how to find the perimeter and area of a variety…

The end of our first week in 2018 has already ended. We have been very busy in diamond class. We have started lots of new topics in our subjects. In English for the next two weeks we are looking at narrative poetry. In science we are looking at the life time of a human being, from birth to…

We have been continuing to read our class novel 'Charlie and the chocolate factory' this week. 

"We have been writing about Willy Wonka." - Drew

"Willy Wonka is as funny as a clown." - Arham

"Mr Wonka did a roly poly in the story." - Philip

"He had a tall, red hat as red as a robin's…

We have started our new term thinking about the new year and making our own New Years resolutions

"I want to help my mummy tidy up" - Filza

"I am going to make my bed" - Joshua

"I am going to spend time with my family" - Iyla-Rose

After reading the gingerbread man and talking about the…

‘Happy New Year’ to all and welcome back to school, for what promises to be a very busy half term. The groups that have been working with me this week, have all been finishing off our analysis project from last half term…it got very rudely interrupted by Christmas!

The junior groups have…

Well folks, it's nearly here! Only a few days left in school and then Christmas day will be upon us. I would like to take this opportunity to wish all of you a very safe, happy and fun Christmas time. 

The production of Peter Pan at the Winter Gardens yesterday certainly helped to put me in the…

Well this week didn’t go according to plan.

The weather got the better of us this week, with four days of rain and ice.

We did get outside on Friday for some fresh air.

The upper juniors enjoyed one big game of football, with Harrison’s team winning 4-2. It was a great game with some…

I was star of the week. I have enjoyed watching the film, Rise of the Guardians, and I have learnt that lava rises out of volcanoes.

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This week we have started writing an autobiography. An autobiography is when you write about yourself.

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Well, what a crazy busy week we have had. On Monday the children started to learn about the film ‘the snowman’ the children enjoyed retelling the story and I must admit they used some wonderful adjectives to describe.

‘The snow dazzled for the bedroom window.’ (Dylan)

‘James woke early and…