Be a SMARTY with E-Safety

20th February 2026L Chisholm

As part of Safer Internet week we completed some Safer Internet Day Assemblies and Boo Gets Cyber Smart workshops.  We had a special visitor join us last week to talk about the importance of being safe online. Rebecca from Big Foot Art Education came in and told us all about how to be a SMARTY.  We looked at the rules needed to keep us safe online and how we can recognised cyber bullying and unsafe materials.  We also  talked about how to spot a fake account and how much time is recommended per day for us to be online without causing tiredness, blurred vision and loss of focus.

What a week!

16th February 2026C Machin

This week we have been looking at Roman pottery and mosaics in our Learning Means the World theme “You’re Not Invited”. The children have made some fabulous Roman slab pots using clay and different tools and created some fantastic mosaics are using an IT program. We are so happy how they have turned out!

A Pirates life.. made easier!

16th February 2026L Chisholm

As part of our Land Ahoy topic we looked at the life of a pirate and decided to design and create a remote control that would make his journey across the seas easier. We added a button to tell us about the weather, tv screen to watch their favourite show whilst steering the ship, voice recogniser so we could talk into it and relay instructions to the crew below deck to name just a few of the amazing adjustments we would make. We even talked about how to make it water proof, they are sailing the bumpy seas you know!

Year 5 – Roman pottery!

16th February 2026lhockings

We have had a wonderful week in year 5 doing some lovely art work and fantastic music lessons. This week, in Learning Means the World as part of our “You’re Not Invited” theme we have been looking at roman mosaics and roman sculptures.

We then designed and created some fabulous and very creative roman clay pots using different skills they had learned throughout the week. Some of us then carved mosaic patterns into our pots. We think they look wonderful!

We built this city!

13th February 2026N Sikka

In LMTW as part of our DT lesson 1 Red lots at various types of buildings and homes in our city.  We talked about the different features each building had what its purpose was and what material they were made from.  The children then all worked together to use various materials to build different structures, many of the children drew a picture to go with their models.

2 Red’s Pirate Design Project

13th February 2026lgeorgiou

2 Red have been working as designers this week to create a remote control for a pirate. After discussing our design brief, completing our needs analysis and conducting some product research, we finally planned and made our own designs.

2 Red were so creative in their ideas. Some remotes could link up to the telescope in the bird’s nest of the ship, fire the cannon, steer the ship, locate enemy pirates through sonar devices an even project the commands of the pirate through the ship’s speakers.

Is it full or is it empty?

13th February 2026N Sikka

Today in Math’s we focused on volume, we used various classroom objects to fill and empty different containers and used the associated vocabulary to describe the children’s findings. The children used their prediction skills to say how many objects would fill a container and then compared results.

The children understood that ‘the most important thing we need to know about volume is it is how much space something takes up.’

 

Reception busy bees as always!

6th February 2026K Richardson

An extremely busy week in Reception. Lots of creativity, building, drawing and using our imagination to create stories! Great maths. Jobs combining groups and amounts. We had some fabulous independent writing, it is fabulous to see the children really using their Sounds Write skills! And this week lots of children pretending to be teachers which was amazing to watch and listen to 🤗⭐️👏🤗⭐️👏

 

2 Red’s Waves Breaking

6th February 2026lgeorgiou

Today in 2 Red we looked at the famous, French artist Claude Monet. We loved how lots of his work was inspired by his love for nature. We had such a peaceful and calm afternoon, enjoying painting our own version of Waves Breaking.