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  • Drama Hut Workshop - Year 5

    Published 01/05/24

    Year 5 had a fantastic time imagining what it was like to be a strong, courageous Viking. They listened to information about Viking clothing and homes and then, using their team work and communication skills, they used their bodies to get into the shapes of those items. Everyone now feels they could row in a Viking longboat as during the session everyone practised their rowing skills and learnt a rowing song. Finally, they listened to a Viking story about Thor and his hammer and in small groups acting out a scene.

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  • Drama Hut Workshop - Year 1

    Published 01/05/24

    Year 1 enjoyed travelling back in time with Amelia Earhart who shared her passion for adventure as the first female pilot to fly across the Atlantic ocean. They listened to information about Christopher Columbus, Bessie Coleman, Nellie Bly and Neil Armstrong to name a few. The children explored what makes an explorer, who they are and why they explore. They learnt about the explorers through improvisation, role play and movement. The workshop ended by taking part in a short, quick fire quiz about the explorers.

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  • Year 5 - Buddhism

    Published 26/04/24

    On Wednesday, Year 5 had a Buddhist Nun come and visit our classroom. We practised meditating, focusing on our breathing. We learnt about what her life is like as a nun. We learnt about the shrine and what each element means in the Buddhist culture. This exciting experience will help us when we come to learning  more about Buddhism. 

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  • Year 5 - National Space Centre

    Published 26/04/24

    Year 5 enjoyed a trip to the National Space Centre in Leicester. We had a planetarium show, which was so interactive. We enjoyed learning about the moon and it's phases. We climbed to the top of the rocket tower and explored the Centre. 

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  • Year 1 - Windmills

    Published 17/04/24

    In Design and Technology this half term, Year 1 have been creating and explaining a suitable design, making a stable and strong structure with a functioning turbine and evaluating and testing their own windmill's for a mouse.

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  • Hands on Science

    Published 28/03/24

    On Monday 18th March, ‘Hands on Science’ delivered workshops for Year 2,3,4,5, and 6. Year 2 took part in the CSI biometrics session. Year 3 enjoyed fireworks science.  Year 4 did a CSI blood spatters workshop. Year 5 looked at the concepts behind black holes and Year 6 completed a circulation and heart dissection workshop.

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  • World Maths Day

    Published 27/03/24

    Last week the children engaged in a range of activities on World Maths Day, specifically focusing on the use of money.

     

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  • Year 4 Burghley House

    Published 27/03/24

    Today Year 4 travelled to Burghley House to create wonderful wire sculptures of dragonflies.  They used wire and wire cutters to create beautiful creatures.

    Year 4 explored the adventure playground, Garden of Surprises and the Sculpture park.

    We had a lovely day!

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  • Year 4 - Peterborough Cathedral

    Published 20/03/24

    On Tuesday 19th March, Year 4 travelled to the Cathedral to learn about the Easter Story.  We took part in lots of discussions, acted out Palm Sunday and created art to share our ideas. After lunch, we thought about symbols connected to our learning and created clay tiles that we brought back to school.

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  • Year 2 - Capacity

    Published 20/03/24

    Year 2 have been learning about capacity. They experimented with the different containers and practised measuring how much each one held. They were able to read the scales and were working on estimating the capacity of each container.

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  • Reception - St John the Baptist Church

    Published 20/03/24

    On Tuesday 19th March, Reception class visited St John’s Church – their very first school trip! The children all listened very carefully to the church warden, who told them about some of the different things that can be found inside a church. The children then explored the church in a small group and identified the stained-glass windows, font, pulpit, lectern and pews.

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  • World Book Day

    Published 12/03/24

    On Thursday 7th March, we celebrated World Book Day in school. The children were able to dress up as their favourite book or book character and it was so lovely to see all the fantastic efforts that had gone into these outfits. We started our day with a whole school assembly and the children then completed lots of World Book Day themed activities in their classroom. We then got together again in our outfits to have a whole school photo taken to remember the exciting day we had.

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