This half term, Year 3/4 have been studying painting. We have practised colour mixing and the ‘wet-on-wet’ technique. We also learnt how to use a viewfinder to sketch landscapes and then used still-life to sketch, colour- wash and add pen detail to our paintings.

In PHSE year 3/4 have been learning about hopes and dreams. We have been working in teams to create funny potatoes. We had to use all of our TRAIN values to create our models, overcome  disappointed when some of ideas were not included.

These are the contestants in the funniest potato competition.

We are thrilled to share our new books heading into the library this week.

They are all thanks to your generous spending at our last two book fayres – this has enabled us to spend nearly £800 on new books.

From exciting authors like Percy Jackson and Michael Morpurgo, to visited authors like MG Leonard. We have books about football, animals, adventure stories and books to support us with our emotions.

Year 2 have been practising their word processing skills in Computing this half-term.  They have been creating newspaper reports using images and text from the nursery rhyme ‘The Gingerbread Man’.

Miss Pearson’s class enjoyed their second session of forest school. The children are making great progress with their Anglo Saxon huts. They used mud to create the walls and next week we hope to make a roof. There were many times today when children were in the learning pit but they all managed to get themselves out of the pit by using the resources and skills they already have.

This week Nursery have taken part in the RSPB bird watch. We have enjoyed making bird feeders to encourage more birds into our outside area. We have tried really hard to be quiet outside and used binoculars to spot different birds.  We have also enjoyed watching a brave, cheeky squirrel who is visiting us daily to eat seeds from our bird box. He is very funny!