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Monthly Archives: May 2021
Fruit Salad
The children in Reception have been reading a story called ‘Oliver’s Fruit Salad’. We decided to use some of the fruits in the story to make our own fruit salad. At one point in the story Oliver tries to balance a pineapple on his head! We tried to do it too – but it is… Continue Reading
Year 3 Pentecost Liturgy
Today we had a wonderful liturgy for our parents and guardians to finish off our topic on ‘Pentecost : Energy.’ We have recorded our liturgy and uploaded it on youtube for all our families to watch at home. All children read beautifully and showed reverence. Please click on the link below to view our special… Continue Reading
Butterfly Garden
Nurture Group is currently looking after some caterpillars which will grow into Painted Lady butterflies. To make sure they have plenty of food when we release them, we have planted a butterfly garden in the Key Stage 1 yard. This is mainly made up of herbs such as marjoram, oregano and thyme which apparently these… Continue Reading
Finding out about the Holy Spirit
The children in Reception have been hearing about how Jesus sent the Holy Spirit to guide and support us. They heard the story of how the apostles experienced the Holy Spirit as a rushing wind. They found out about the power of the wind out in our Outdoor Area as they blew bubbles and made… Continue Reading
Seven Stories
It has been delightful to welcome Megan from Seven Stories back into school. We had enjoyed stories from Megan via Zoom before and immediately after lockdown – but having her back in school has made the sessions even more exciting. Thank you Megan and Seven Stories for this fabulous opportunity. Continue Reading
Exciting Experiments in Year 1
We had an exciting experiment in Year 1 this week. We investigated the density of different liquids by carefully pouring them into our containers. We started with honey followed by golden syrup, washing up liquid, coloured milk, coloured water and finally vegetable oil. Look at our results below!!!! Continue Reading
Zoolab Visit Year 1
We had an amazing afternoon with Rob from Zoolab. He came into our classroom with a variety of animals for us to examine. This helped us with our work on classifying animals into different groups. With Rob, we looked at a snake, a giant land snail, a frog, a tarantula, a hissing cockroach and two… Continue Reading
100 Challenge in Year 2
Year 2 are learning to skip as part of our 100 challenge for the Year of Saint Joseph. We are following in the footsteps of St Joseph to do good for others . If we achieve our goal of doing 100 skips in different ways, Mr Brown has pledged to donate £100 to our school… Continue Reading
Planting in Year 2
This week Year 2 have been learning about the things which plants need to grow. We have planted sunflower seeds and we are excited to see how they grow. Continue Reading
