Blog Author: Deb Appleby

It was lovely to hear the children in KS2 share their achievements today. We celebrated tournament winners, man of the match and improved player in football. We also heard about a level 6 achieved in Ice Skating, improvements in Cheer-leading and someone who completed a Reading Challenge over the…

It was fantastic to hear about all the brilliant things you have been doing outside of school including; swimming, painting and football tournaments.

Well done everyone.

Wow what wonderful achievements this week! 
It was fantastic to hear about all the brilliant things you’ve been doing out of school: from swimming successes, to artwork, to football awards. Thank you for sharing in our assembly today.
 

This term we have been learning and talking about commitment in religion and we have been comparing how Sikhs and Christians show commitment to their faith.

We invited Mrs Deller from the local Baptist church in to speak to us about how she and other Christians show commitment to their faith…

Well done to children who have told us about their achievements this week.

We enjoyed hearing about your successes in football, gymnastics, running the 5k Race for Life, Ice skating, swimming and performance poetry!

This week we had a number of children from Y3/4 who shared with us their fantastic achievements from clubs and activities out of school.

It was lovely to hear about your achievements in gymnastics, running a 5k, football and swimming. Well done children.

This week, whilst some children have been away at Castleton, the children at school have been learning about the symbolism of the Olympic Rings and the Olympic Flame. 

Using the symbolism and imagery of the Rings and Flame as a starting point they have explored colour, shape and pattern to…

It was lovely in today's assembly to hear from children, who wanted to share what they have achieved and accomplished out of school.

We loved hearing about your achievements in swimming, indoor rock climbing and lyrical dance.

The children in Y5/6 designed and made felt mobile phone cases.

First they had to decide on the design criteria and specification (the intended user, the aesthetic appeal and functionality) . Then they created annotated drawings to show what it would look like from the front, side and…

On Friday 18th March we held our Let's 'Go Wild' day to raise money for Comic Relief and the DEC Humanitarian Appeal for Ukraine. We paid a donation to come to school in our favourite animal print clothing (or non-uniform), animal ear headbands, painted faces or just came to school in non-uniform…

We have mastered the art of using compasses to draw circles. We then created patterns inspired by traditional navigational compass designs and mandala patterns. The next tricky stage was to transfer our designs to polystyrene press print. Once our design was ready we selected our colours and…

Today all classes in Y5/6 took part in an interesting and enjoyable online lesson with Amy from the WWF (World Wildlife Fund). She talked to us about how the planet is heating up and how this is affecting life for all plants and animals - including humans. We built on what we have been learning…