Year 3 – RE: The Story of Moses

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Last week, Year 3 continued their RE learning around the Jewish religion and its stories about God’s promises. We learned about the story of Moses, from his escape as a baby in a Moses basket on the River Nile to his victory in leading his people out of slavery and through the Red Sea itself. To consolidate their learning, children reenacted scenes from the story and created story maps to retell the tale. Why not ask your child to retell you the story and see how much they can recall? Can they remember the ten plagues that God sent to Egypt to help Moses in persuading the pharaoh to release his slaves?

Extended Study – Are you up for the kindness challenge?

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Next week is NSPCC Kindness Week, to celebrate the week we are hoping to see lots of you demonstrating one of our HOWL’s – ‘Be Kind’ and showing lots of compassion.

There will be some added activities and challenges next week but to get us prepared let’s see how many of you can tick off some of the challenges on the kindness grid. You could even have a go at creating your own kindness grid for your crew to complete!

Can you share some photographs of how you have shown kindness this week? Remember to share your story in Crew next Monday!

Year 1: Phonics Drop In

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On Thursday 2nd October 3-4pm Year 1 teachers will be hosting a Phonics Drop In session in the school hall. We would like to invite all parents and carers of Year 1 children to join us to find out more about our school phonics programme, how you child is taught phonics in school and what you can do at home to support your child. Miss Schön and Miss Rodgers will be available to talk you through activities and resources and to answer any questions or concerns you may have. There will be lots of activities for you to take part in with your child. Phonics is a huge part of your child’s learning in Year 1 and we really hope you can join us!

XP Outdoors | KS2 Den Building Week

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This week, KS2 have taken part in our exciting Den Building Week. Armed with logs, branches, sticks, and plenty of imagination, every crew rose to the challenge of working together to create their very own shelters in the great outdoors.

What really shone through wasn’t just the impressive dens, but the way crews collaborated. Each year group showed amazing Craftsmanship and Quality – carefully thinking about design, testing ideas, and adjusting their builds to make them stronger, safer, and more creative. From problem-solving to making sure everyone had a role, our crews truly embodied teamwork at its best.

The results were fantastic: unique dens that reflected each crew’s creativity and resilience. More importantly, the crews had fun. Well done to all of KS2 – you should be incredibly proud of what you achieved this week!

Class 6’s visit to 1666

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Class 6 took a huge step back in time today with our Great Fire of London workshop. We were visited by Thomas Farriner and Samuel Pepys who gave us first hand information about the tragic event and who were both mightily impressed by the knowledge that the children were able to share. We also demonstrated our dramatic talents as the children became the wind, flames, houses and fire fighting citizens in ’10 second freeze frame’ activities. We had an amazing time!

I was very proud of the behaviour of ALL the KS1 children today and our visitor commented on the beautifully calm atmosphere as she moved through our school.

Well done everyone!