Mar 19, 2026
In Art Eagles and Hawks have been experimenting with different media, creating a variety of layers and textures in preparation for their final pieces. Imaginative and innovative children!
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Mar 19, 2026
Squirrels and Hedgehogs have enjoyed lots of activities this week. We started a new circus dance in PE - we loved that the sun was shining so we performed our dances outside 🌞
We have read the story 'Paddington at the Palace' and have been learning to write letters to Aunt Lucy in the style of a diary.
In RE we have been learning the Christian Easter Story!
Mar 18, 2026
🌟 What a fantastic half term in PE for Badgers, Foxes & Otters! 🦡🦊🦦
Our pupils have been showing off their creativity and confidence through dance 💃🕺—skills that have really shone through while practising for our Production this half term! 🎭✨
We’ve also been busy developing our netball skills 🏐, and it’s been brilliant to get outside in the lovely weather this week ☀️🌿. The children have loved playing matches outdoors!
It’s been wonderful to see such great progress in their passing, movement, and teamwork 🤝👏—they are really starting to play as a team and support one another on the court.
Well done everyone—we are so proud of your hard work and enthusiasm! 🌈💪
Mar 18, 2026
We have been continuing to develop our play over the last few weeks with our play ambassadors! Have you seen some of our incredible play zones?
They include our 3 playgrounds and field, our quadrangle and Y1/2 exploration zone, our Woodland lodge and our new forest area.
We are currently replenishing play with our OPAL bingo - thank you to everyone who has donated things. If you have anything on our Bingo card that you don't need, we would love to rehome it!
Mar 18, 2026
This week we are exploring all things dinosaurs! Outside, we have created a dinosaur tuff tray where the children can become explorers and discover different dinosaurs through sensory play and investigation.
Inside the classroom, the children will be using several dinosaur skeleton puzzles to match and complete. This encourages problem-solving, fine motor skills, and an understanding of how dinosaurs were structured.
For our Reception starters, we are continuing to focus on letter recognition and letter formation. The children will be practising identifying letters and forming them correctly.
In maths this week, the children will be creating their own shapes and patterns.
Mar 18, 2026
It’s been a busy and exciting week in Robins and Starlings! We’ve been exploring continents and oceans in geography, sorting and investigating different materials in science and getting creative with foil painting to make our own moons. To top it all off, we blasted off in Baby Bear’s rocket and enjoyed a delicious picnic on the moon!
Mar 15, 2026
🍰🦊 Foxes Class Bake Sale! 🧁🍪
Join us this Friday after school for a delicious bake sale run by our fantastic Foxes Class!
There should be plenty of tasty treats to choose from -- perfect for an end-of-week treat! 😋
Bring some change, come along with friends and family, and help us raise money to support our school. Every cake sold makes a difference! ❤️
📍 After school on Friday
🧁 Lots of homemade goodies
🏫 All proceeds support the school
We hope to see lots of you there! 🎉
Mar 15, 2026
We are looking for new play resources. To make this a little more fun, we are introducing class OPAL Bingo. This will be played over the next few weeks until Wednesday 1st April. The class who can gather the most things on the Bingo card will be the winners and win a fun class activity.
Thank you so much for all your ongoing support - the things you provide and donate really do make such a difference to our children's play experience.
Mar 13, 2026
Science Week 2026 in Robins and Starlings has been all about turning our curious children into curious scientists. Presented with questions about space really got their brains activated and this led to thoughtful discussions that were full of interesting facts. A mystery moon bag, exciting experiments and rocket making encouraged them to explore the wonders of space further. We definitely have some budding scientists in the making! 🚀🔬
Mar 12, 2026
Eagles and Hawks have really got into the swing of British Science Week this year. We've investigated Murphy's Law by seeing if toast really does always land butter side down, we've mapped the blind spots in our optic nerves, we've asked curiosity questions such as 'Why do we have fingernails?' and Year 6 got to spend time with Colyton Grammar, building different electrical circuits. Using the soldering iron seems to have been the highlight!
Mar 12, 2026
Last week we celebrated World Book Day, and the children all looked amazing!
We started our week with a little science experiment, trying to create rain from clouds. We talked to the children about how rain is made — how water evaporates, condenses into clouds, and eventually falls back to the ground as rain. The children were so fascinated! We then created a rainbow by adding more colours into our experiment.
We have also started our Mother’s Day crafts. The children are very excited to share their cards with their special person.
Mar 12, 2026
💻🌟 Coding Creators in Action! 🌟💻
This half-term in Computing, our fantastic Foxes 🦊, Badgers 🦡 and Otters 🦦 classes have been exploring the world of HTML coding! They’ve been learning how websites are built and discovering the language behind the internet.
This week, the children have taken their learning even further by starting to design their very own websites using HTML. From adding text and headings to thinking about layout and design, they’ve shown brilliant creativity and problem-solving skills.
We’ve been incredibly impressed with their effort, teamwork and determination as they support each other and experiment with their ideas. Well done everyone – we can’t wait to see how your websites develop! 👏✨
#ComputingInSchool #FutureCoders #Teamwork #PrimaryComputing
Mar 11, 2026
We’ve had a fantastic start to the week in Hedgehogs and Squirrels as we celebrate Science Week! 🔬✨
The children have been busy asking lots of curious questions and exploring the world around them. One of our favourite activities so far has been looking at zoomed-in images of everyday objects and trying to guess what they might be. The children loved sharing their ideas and thinking like real scientists!
Today we explored the question: “How do you make the best paper aeroplane?” ✈️
Everyone worked incredibly hard to design and make their own paper plane. We then tested them to see how far they could fly, carefully measuring the distance each one travelled.
We were amazed by the results, and our winning aeroplane flew an impressive 108 mm!
Mar 11, 2026
A moon-mad bear with yellow space boots and a love for picnics is helping Robins and Starlings explore the universe and beyond! With daily space-themed curious questions, moonstone counting, and our Whatever Next! drawing club story tuff tray, we’ve definitely gone a little bit space crazy. 🚀🌙
Mar 6, 2026
World Book Day 2026 in Robins and Starlings was full of fantastic costumes and imaginative story writing, inspired by ancient maps, feathers, glitter, a photo and a mysterious key. We enjoyed watching the Masked Reader before the big reveal in assembly and were read to by our buddies. A great day all round! 📚