Y5 enjoyed a super trip to Newcastle Racecourse. We started a busy day with our BHA workbooks, followed by the weighing room, on the course looking at the fences and then the paddock! We learned a lot about the maths involved in all these areas. We were lucky enough to see the racehorses in the parade ring and we watched them race. Great experience for all. Thanks to Carrie and Toby for their support! Year 5 had a visit from our Police friend. She talked to use about 'county lines' and the dangers of becoming involved with this. Our children approached this with great maturity and asked some very insightful questions. A super first week back!

As part of their DT topic, Year 3 visited the children in Year 1 to ask them some questions about favourite colours and interests. Year 3 will be designing and making their Year 1 friends a party hat! Year 3 also enjoyed time in our fantastic library this week. Year 3 have been working really hard in Maths lessons this week. They have been practising times tables, completing arithmetic tasks and have looked at fractions.

Year 6 enjoyed discussing some controversial topics in English this week in preparation for writing a balanced argument. Year 6 have had a great first week back! They finished the week by making eco-friendly bird feeders and hung them around the grounds to help the birds in these freezing temperatures!

Year 4 have started looking at what we already know about Poetry for their English topic this term. We have also recapped the 7 continents in geography - we even placed the continents in size order and had a little sing-along to the 7 continents song!

Year 2 have been investigating how exercise effects our bodies, here we are observing the change in our heart rate before and after physical activity.

Year 1 loved creating different shades of the same colour by adding different amounts of a bright colour to some white paint. We noticed how the colours gradually became darker and darker. We can't wait to use these skills to create some fantastic shaded blossom tree pictures.

We have loved being back at school seeing our friends and playing with all the Reception toys.

We explored the topic of ‘Winter’ in Nursery. We researched all about different kind of artic animals and had fun playing with them in water and ice. We loved playing in the winter wonderland role play area.