On Display...

The displays around school are an excellent way of celebrating our children's super work. Here are just a few taken today we thought we'd like to share with you...

Weekly report by year 3

We have had a very busy week!  We have enjoyed playing basketball in PE.  Our favourite part of literacy was writing our reports and we enjoyed our poster competition.  Our geography rain guage was AWESOME!  We are enjoying counting up how much rain has fallen.  We have voted for our school councillor today.

We are looking forward to finding out who is going to be our school councillors.

More from us next week!

By: Natasha, Ehren, Issac, Akil, Lennon, Ether

Year 4's patio garden

Spurred on by our successful entry in this summer's 'Southampton in Bloom' competition entry, Year 4 have moved on from growing flowers. This year we will have a vegetable plot instead. We have now sown some winter vegetables, along with spring bulbs too. By covering the plots with fleece, we're hoping to deter cats (and small people!).

Green finger's crossed for a harvest later in the year!

Year 4 Evacuation Day

It was time to turn back time in year 4 on Thursday 21st June. The class (and adults) came to school in '1940's' dress ready for Evacuation Day. During register the sirens sounded and we quickly went into the air raid shelter. We were horrified to see the bomb damage to the classroom when we returned. For our safetey we were evacuated to other classrooms. During our evacuation, we cooked with rations (thank you Mrs S!!) and painted war posters with watercolour.

In the afternoon, we held a VE party celebration in assembly, sharing the work we have done over the past half term.

Hands on - it's Science Day!

What an exciting day to end the half term! Each class moved round their keystage investigating a range of different questions from Do bigger bubbles fall faster than smaller ones? to How high will my rocket fly? to Is it a liquid or is it a solid? plus many more.

The children worked well in teams, using their scientific knowledge to work out the answers and conduct their testing. Very impressive work everyone :) We finished the day by sharing our findings in an assembly.

Interclass potato competition!

Every class is competing to see who can grow the highest yield (most weight) of potatoes by the beginning of July! The children in each class have planted 3 seed potatoes and it is up to them to care for their potatoes well.

Will your class have the highest yield?

Good luck everyone!

Y1 visit Y3s FUN FACTORY!

Following Year 3s market research visit to Toys R Us recently, the children then made their own games using either magnets or springs to make parts move.

Year 1 have now visited our 'Fun Factory'. We began by showing some of our power points created to advertise our games. Then Year 1 got to work - having fun and testing the games. Much laughter and cheers and our visitors left covered in stickers having won so many games. Well done Year 3 for all your hard work!

Celebrating Year 3 topics!

Last week a crowd of Year 3 parents came to join our 'mini carnival'. The children performed 'jump up' to steel pan music and wore the printed tabards and masks they had made. The colours and designs were very striking. A range of poems were performed too - our own limericks plus poems from the Power of Reading book we'd been studying.

This week we are undertaking market research at Toys R Us, investigating toys that use magnets and springs and what makes some toys more eye-catching than others!

Florence Nightingale visits Year 2

Florence Nightingale came to Year 2 and the children were able to ask her questions. They learnt about the key events in her life and what happened when she went to the Crimea.

Dragons invade Year 3!

Year 3 have been working hard designing then making dragons that move - using pneumatics. Some children used syringes and some balloons to make various wings, mouths or even shooting flames move!

We look forward to showing the school our dragons in the forthcoming Dragon Show on the morning of Friday 11th February. Year 3 parents are invited too.

Year R's 3D shape hunt

Year R went on a 3D shape hunt. They were looking for hidden shapes. Some of the children could spot these shapes in objects and equipment. Super hunting Year R.

Year 5's exciting new classroom!

Year 5 have now settled into their new classroom! A new carpet and freshly painted walls have transformed our classroom completely! We have a newly decorated and furnished book corner, which the children have already been enjoying, and we are looking forward to a new display board on which we can show off more of our fantastic work! Keep a look out for our next posts on what we have been getting up to whilst learning about the Victorians!

Last, but not least, congratulations to year 5 on winning the attendance award this week! We are very proud of you all!