Year 1 have been learning about algorithms by using the Bee-bot online app.

Year 2 have been using the coding app ‘Scratch Jr’ to create a program telling their favourite joke!

Year 3 and 4 have been learning about the importance of Holy Week and Easter for Christians, this half term. We have learnt about what happened to Jesus on Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday.

We have explored why Good Friday is called this even though it is a sad day.

On Friday we welcomed Reverend Humm into school to talk to us about how Christians celebrate the various days in Holy Week.

Miss Higginson and Mrs Soper took 14 Year 6 children on an eleven and a quarter mile walk as part of their training for the Exmoor Challenge.  They all arrived to start at 8:15am at Lowdells car park at the far end of the Grand Western Canal and walked the whole length of the canal.  The wonderful weather, helped keep spirits up as the children learnt how to read and orientate their maps to the landscape and work as a team. Looking forward to next walk to Bickleigh!

We are proud to have celebrated World Downs Syndrome Day today by wearing odd socks.

Our Eco Committee had a lovely time at the Spring Garden Open Day at Blundell’s. They completed a senses game, which they found rather challenging! They made biodegradable plant pots and planted seed in them, which we will be looking after and planting in the summer term!

Year 3 & 4 had a great morning at THS taking part in a mixed football tournament.  Team A reached the final and were the runners up, while Team B narrowly missed out on the final and achieved third place. ‘Player of the Match’ for Team A was Flynn for being a great team player, while ‘Player of the Match’ for Team B was the WHOLE TEAM for showing fantastic teamwork, great communication and superb sportsmanship – Mrs Warren was very proud of them all!

Special mention goes to Matthew and Flynn for great team management and to Travis and Grace R for superb football skills.

Well done everyone!

Today, we had a special visitor from Sciencedipity to celebrate Science Week. She made explosions, elephant toothpaste, changed the colour of water and Mrs Sullivan even set fire to her hands! We all really enjoyed the show and are excited to explore more science this week in our lessons.

We had a wonderful day celebrating World Book Day at HPS. We had staff and children alike who embraced the characters through the day – from Harry Potter, to Where’s Wally, Mary Poppins and The Midnight Gang…and everyone in between!!!

The children loved sharing their favourite authors and books with us and they were so excited to be able to take home a brand new book (especially written for World Book Day 2024).

Thank you to all our wonderful parents who supported us in creating costumes and promoted the  love of reading.

In PE,  Year 3 & 4 have been working on counter-balances, supporting each other to create different shapes and balances.

The children  have worked well with different partners and enjoyed creating these different balances.