Reaching high for the best for your child

Willow Class Homework

This half term, lots of the children have worked incredibly hard on their homework projects linked to our topic of island life. They picked different Caribbean islands to research and then chose how to present this learning. Mrs Barnett was absolutely blown away by the effor that the children put into these projects - here are a few for you to see!
It has been a brilliant half term is Willow Class so far and everyone is ready for a well-deserved break! See everyone on Monday 4th November!

Home Sweet Habitat: Year 1's D&T Animal Adventures!

This week, our creative Year 1 children have been hard at work in their Design and Technology lessons, learning all about habitats! To bring their learning to life, each student got the chance to build their own miniature habitat, carefully designed for specific animals. From hot and sandy deserts to the freezing arctic, the class explored the materials and conditions that animals need to thrive.

Black History Month

Challenging journey to school part 2

Here are the items you can use to help your journey to school. Don't forget to let us know if you are unable to print them off.

Challenging journey to school part 1

Sometimes, the hourney to school can be a challenging one for many reasons - tiredness, hunger, not feeling like attending, wanting to play at home and many more. To help make it a little easier, and to help those children who may be feeling anxious along the way, it is a good idea to play games to keep them distracted. There are a few games listed on the Halfords website https://blog.halfords.com/10-games-to-turn-the-school-run-into-a-fun-run/ which are worth looking at to make the start of the day a little easier.

WOW Day Antics!

We have had an absolutely brilliant WOW Day in Year 6! We started our morning by making our own periscopes which link to our science topic of light. We discussed how and when these are used and after we made our own, we wrote down instructions on how to do so for others to follow. To finish off our morning, we decorated them and then went to spy on some other classes - we were pretty stealthy but eventually, we were caught! During the afternoon, we watching the film 'Hidden Figures', which is based on a true story and links to our learning about Katherine Johnson for Black History Month. We found it moving and thoroughly enjoyed!

Poetry!

We discussed poetry and identified a shape poem about balloons, a list poem about cats sleeping and a rhyming poem about cakes. We loved looking at these poems and noticed that some poems had lines grouped together into verses. We understood that commas are used in lists. We can't wait to learn more about poems and write our own poems at the end of the week!

School Council Rep!

It was an exciting end of the day in Willow Class yesterday as we listened to all our applicants for the role of school council representative give their speeches. We couldn't believe that 16 of us wanted the position! Mrs Barnett was blown away by the effort put into our speeches and how clearly we spoke. It was a close call but this is our winner - please welcome Willow Class' school council representative 2024-2025!