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Year 1 Library Visit
This week, Year 1 visited the Orton Library. We found out all about the library and how to use it, lots of our class had been there...
Mr Carson-Doughty
Nov 12, 20211 min read
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Children in Need 2021
This year we will be supporting BBC Children in Need on Friday 19th November by having a Non Uniform Day here in school. Children will be...
Mr Carson-Doughty
Nov 10, 20211 min read
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Science Selfie Competition
November 10th is World Science Day, which aims to show that although you may not be a scientist or a researcher — science is all around...
Mr Carson-Doughty
Nov 5, 20211 min read
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Year 1 kick off the year exploring number.
Year 1 have had a great few weeks learning so much numeracy! They have been expanding their understanding of number, to include tens and...
Mr Carson-Doughty
Oct 4, 20211 min read
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Year 3 immerse themselves in the Stone Age
Year 3 have been immersed in their learning about the Stone Age this week. The children have been reading a story called The Stone Age...
Mr Carson-Doughty
Sep 30, 20211 min read
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Forest School Adventures
What a beautiful sunny September it is turning out to be so far! The afternoon sunshine in the canopy of the woodland trees is very...
Mr Carson-Doughty
Sep 30, 20212 min read
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Year 4 Dynamos Cricket
This half term our Year 4 children have all been participating in the Dynamos Cricket programme, which is developed and delivered by the...
Mr Carson-Doughty
Jul 21, 20211 min read
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Howzat?! Cricket in Full Swing
In PE we have been able to develop our batting ability during Cricket. In Key Stage 1 children have been using batting tees to support...
Mr Carson-Doughty
May 14, 20211 min read
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Roman Mosaics
As part of Year 3’s theme of 'The Romans' they have been looking at how long ago mosaics have been around and also how they were made. ...
Mr Carson-Doughty
May 14, 20211 min read
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Our Garden is Waking Up
Mother nature is warming up and is beginning to show us her colours! Last year during the autumn the children planted some native...
Mr Carson-Doughty
May 14, 20211 min read
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Year 6 Transition
Miss Sayle and Mrs Ambrosio will be in Year 6 on Monday afternoons to support the students with their exciting (and of course, nerve...
Mr Carson-Doughty
May 14, 20211 min read
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Our Garden is Growing!
This week we have had some heavy lifting activities for Year 6 and Year 3 in the garden. For a number of years our garden has played host...
Mr Carson-Doughty
May 5, 20212 min read
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London's Burning, London's Burning... in Year 2!
Over this term in Year 2, we have been delving into the Great Fire of London. Our journey started when we were still at home during...
Mr Carson-Doughty
Mar 23, 20211 min read
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New Books in School!
Thanks to funding from the Literacy Hub, we have been lucky enough to order lots of brand new books for every class in school! We worked...
Mr Carson-Doughty
Mar 19, 20211 min read
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Year 4 Scientists Investigate!
Year 4 absolutely loved British Science week! At the start of the week the children made electrical circuits which was an introduction...
Mr Carson-Doughty
Mar 18, 20211 min read
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Year 3 Pollinator Houses
Now we have all been able to be back in school, we have been celebrating British Science week by building our innovative and creative bee...
Mr Carson-Doughty
Mar 12, 20211 min read
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Guest Speakers welcomed by Year 6
After looking at how learning changed during WWII and the pandemic, Year 6 have been inventing their own Classroom of the Future and...
Mr Carson-Doughty
Mar 12, 20211 min read
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Year 1 British Science Week
Year 1 have loved being back in school this week and have had a lot of (messy) fun experimenting with different things. First, we thought...
Mr Carson-Doughty
Mar 12, 20211 min read
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Spring is on it's way!
Spring is arriving and our Forest School outdoor areas are turning green! There are signs of Spring everywhere with bulbs growing, buds...
Mr Carson-Doughty
Mar 8, 20211 min read
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School Gardening Award
It's been an exciting beginning to the half term in forest schools as a big box of gardening seeds arrived in the post - our prize for...
Mr Carson-Doughty
Nov 9, 20201 min read
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