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!

It was lovely to have our first SEND parent workshop this morning. Katy and Louise from DiAS spoke to us all about their service, which is impartial, confidential and free. They can advise parents about any aspect of special educational needs and can signpost parents to further sources of support. It was a very informative session, with time for questions afterwards. Thank you to all those of you who were able to attend.

5K have been learning about ‘The Blues’ in Music this half-term. Here, they are playing the 12 bar blues along to a backing track using the chords of C, F and G.

Some of the Y5 girls attended a tag rugby tournament at THS this afternoon. Despite not being too confident at the start, they all tried their best – showing great teamwork and sportsmanship. The ‘A’ team came fourth in their league and the ‘B’ team came third in theirs.

Miss Pearson’s class enjoyed their first forest school session. They are working in pairs to build an Anglo Saxon house. They completed stage one by creating the frame. Next week they will be making the mud walls. Everyone had great fun.

Year 3 and 4 have been learning about the Anglo Saxons in History. Last week they had to write in less than 80 words the message they think Pope Gregory sent with Augustine to give to King Ethelbert.

‘Toasting marshmallows for S’mores over the fire – what a great way to finish Forest School this term for 3/4MP!’

Reception had a lovely trip to Tiverton Museum on Wednesday 17th January. The children were very well behaved and enjoyed seeing all the different parts of the museum. The highlight was seeing and being able to go on to the Tivvy Bumper. We saw a variety of different types of transport including a horse drawn fire engine and carts, a mini and lots of different bicycles including a Penny Farthing.

3/4MP have been enjoying Forest School on Fridays this half-term. They have been making mini Anglo-Saxon huts out of sticks and weaving twigs to make the walls. Despite the cold and (lots of) mud, great fun was had by all!

6S have been learning about ‘Big Data’ in Computing this term. This week they learnt about bar codes and QR codes and went on a QR treasure hunt. They were very enthusiastic and completed the quiz in record time!