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As part of their DT topic Year 1 and 2 visited the Wedgewood Factory in Stoke. Here is what they had to say:

Ava DC- I loved painting my pot.

Ethan- I've never been on a school trip before, it was fun!

Reggie-The best day ever.

Archie- I liked walking around the factory…

As part of their DT topic Year 1 and 2 visited The World of Wedgewood museum. They had a great day and here are some of the things they had to say about it.

Ava DC- I loved painting my pot.

Ethan- I've never been on a school trip before, it was fun!

Reggie-The best day…

The arboretum trip was amazing because Mrs Howard taught us some new things about WW1. We learnt how big the tanks were and we demonstrated the size of them by holding hands to show the space. My favourite memorial was the parachute regiment because it had Pegasus the horse.

Sophie – Year…

Swimming returned to the curriculum this September due to the changes in the Covid regulations and the children have loved it!

I’ve really enjoyed swimming this term because we did loads of different strokes such as back stroke, breast stroke and front crawl.  I also enjoyed jumping into…

We have had a fun and busy first week back. In Design and Technology our topic is all about pizzas. We have taste tested different types of bread and talked about what would make a good pizza base. Tasting different pizza toppings was also a highlight. Some of them we liked and some we really…

We have settled back into routine in our first week back after half term. We are all really excited for the next 6 weeks whilst we study WW2 in history, knitting in DT, Earth and space in science as well as many other fantastic subjects.

During our English lessons this week, we have begun…

Well done Class 3 for a fantastic first week back to school after half term. In English we have started our learning focused around the famous text ‘Escape from Pompeii’ which links with our Geography learning all about Volcanoes. We have been writing sentences using subordinate clauses and…

This week in Care Club the children have cooked leaf shaped biscuits and iced them, made Autumn leaf wreaths using paper plates and bird feeders using lard and different seeds. The children have also enjoyed colouring pictures, using stencils, playing many board games, using the toy kitchen to…

The highlight of our week was the orienteering trip to Cannock Chase. We worked in groups mixed with children from The Howard and St Mary’s and had a great time. Fantastic behaviour and teamwork was demonstrated by all. Not all groups were successful in finding all of the checkpoints and some of…

We’ve had a lovely week in Class 1 once again! We have continued our short topic of ‘Autumn’ by focusing on the book ‘Room on the Broom’, which the children have loved! We have story mapped and acted it out lots of times this week. The children have also been making broomsticks out of…

It has been a brilliant last week of term in Class 5 and we are now all ready for a week of much needed rest.

This week in maths, we have been investigating common factors and multiples of numbers. In English, we have continued to do work around the poem - The Highwayman. We have all now…

We made it Class 3 to the end of our first half term and you have all settled in wonderfully. It has been another busy week full of writing, using charcoal and working as team. In English, we planned our own adventure stories linked to our focus book ‘Leon and the Place Between’. Everyone worked…