11 months ago
Posted on 21st Jun 2024 by Vicky Keeling

Refugee Week

In class 1 we had a presentation on Refugees. We used a world map and examples to show the children about refugees and who they are within our community. We linked this to our current topic of ‘People who help us’ as refugees have become police officers, actresses, Olympic swimmers and much more. The children engaged well and shared comments such as ‘We need to be kind to them so they feel safe here’, ‘we can be friends with them as they had to leave their friends in their home’ ‘we can give them our old toys if we have too many or we grow up’ when discussing refugee children.

12 months ago
Posted on 06th Jun 2024 by Vicky Keeling

Thankyou to the PFG!

When the student council had a meeting they decided that it would be nice to have more games and activities in class for when it was a rainy playtime. They wrote letters to the parent fundraising group to ask if they would be able to help in purchasing a few things for each class …….. they were not disappointed!!

We would like to say a massive thankyou to our Parent Fundraising Group who have kindly purchased new toys and games for the children to use on wet playtimes.

2 years ago
Posted on 16th Jun 2023 by Vicky Keeling

Class 10 Weekly Update

Class 10 have been superstars enduring the hot weather this week and we are really proud of their resilience!

In Reading, children have finished reading Pig Heart Boy by Malorie Blackman and have started their new book entitled Floodlands by Marcus Sedgwick. We are only 2 chapters in and are on the edges of our seats already!

Everyone has been very busy in Writing this week, writing a story from the perspective of a refugee. The standard of writing the children have produced is exceptional and it has been a pleasure listening to their stories.

In Maths, children have selected a holiday destination they would like to visit and are applying their mathematic skills to calculate a range of factors such as petrol costs, airport parking and hotel meals.

End of year events:

The prom will take place on Thursday 13th July at 5.30pm and invites went out today.

Next week, we will begin our rehearsals for the leaver’s assembly that takes place on Tuesday 18th July. The children cannot wait to get started!

Class 10 will be starting a community project soon where they will be renovating the garden area outside class 9 and class10. The area is looking shabby and Year 6 pupils have the exciting challenge of bringing it back to life. Once complete, we are going to invite the local elderly community in on Friday 14th July to have tea and cake in the new garden area.

During the last week, we will be arranging an end of year water fight – more details to follow.

Sports Days:

On Monday19th June, please can children come to school in their PE kit as we will be having a sports day practice. The main event will take place on Tuesday 20th June in which parents/carers/relatives will be invited to come along to spectate.

We hope you have a lovely weekend.

Best wishes

Mr Walker and Mr Al-Asmar

2 years ago
Posted on 11th Mar 2023 by Vicky Keeling

Class 10 Weekly Update

This week has been another fantastic week in class 10!

In English, we have started to look at a new text ‘The Happy Hedgerow’. The story is a moral tale, with a message about taking care of our environment and the impact it has when we do not do this. We have taken part in a number of drama activities to help us understand the characters and their relationships and the plot. We are working towards writing our own moral tale this half term.

In geography, we are focusing on the United Kingdom. So far, we have learnt that the UK is made up of 12 regions, which we can name and locate on a map. We have also learnt the names and locations of several UK counties and cities. This week, we focused on the 8 point of a compass. We learnt that there are 4 cardinal points (N, S, E and W) and 4 ordinal points (NE, NW. SE and SW). We worked in pairs to give, and follow, instructions to locate landmarks at different points on the playground.

In RE, we are learning about what difference the resurrection makes Christians. We recorded evidence from gospel passages which prove Jesus’ resurrection and wrote witness statements from the perspective of Mary and the Disciples.

We hope you all enjoyed the snow while it lasted and have a lovely weekend.

Mrs Duncan and Mr Walker

2 years ago
Posted on 17th Feb 2023 by Vicky Keeling

Class 10 Weekly Update

We can’t quite believe that this is the end of another half term!

We have had another fantastic week and have worked extremely hard; we have been completing SATs practice papers and have shown great resilience.

We have also been making waistcoats in DT. We designed our waistcoats, cut out our templates and we are now in the process of joining the back and front pieces using running stitch. When we have finished our waistcoats, we will share some pictures of our finished products.

We hope you all have a lovely half term.

Mrs Duncan and Mr Walker

2 years ago
Posted on 02nd Feb 2023 by Vicky Keeling

Arthog 2023 Day 4

The children have been superstars and had an amazing day! Unfortunately, we have been unable to upload any pictures this evening due to a website issue but once the problem has been solved, we will post them up.

This evening, children are completing a picture treasure hunt and will be packing their bags for the journey home. They can’t wait to see you all!

2 years ago
Posted on 01st Feb 2023 by Vicky Keeling

Arthog 2023 Day 3

Well, it has been another fantastic day today! We have been hill walking, canoeing, climbing and problem solving. We have just finished dinner and are preparing to go orienteering. Tonight, we are planning on having an early night to prepare for another busy day tomorrow!

2 years ago
Posted on 31st Jan 2023 by Vicky Keeling

Arthog 2023 Day 2

What a brilliant day!

Today, children have been gorge-walking, rock climbing, scrambling, raft building and have completed a treasure trail. This evening, we will have a night walk and put our torches to good use!

2 years ago
Posted on 30th Jan 2023 by Vicky Keeling

Arthog 2023 – Day 1

We have arrived!

After a two and a half hour journey, we arrived just before lunch. After lunch, we enjoyed some team games and our first visit to the beach. We have had a delicious dinner of pizza and chips and are just about to embark on a night line adventure. Everyone is happy and we have had an amazing first day.