The children thoroughly enjoyed being back outside in the local environment to play, explore and learn new skills.

Our first Forest School session was cancelled today due to the stormy weather. Mr Farrell kindly came in to class to discuss different types of shelters and their purposes. The children answered questions with logical thought and asked thought provoking … Continue reading →

Using the strategy Guess, Check and Improve the situation to solve a problem.

As a school we have been working from the PM writing approach to cover the learning and teaching of different writing genres and their structure. To complete our ‘Informative Report’ block of writing the children created posters and leaflets all … Continue reading →

What a fantastic job P6 done in planning and creating a wide variety of Christmas themed activities and products. They used their skills of budgeting, marketing and team work to make their experience so successful. As a result of their … Continue reading →

For extended writing, We have been covering the genre of informative report writing. We have focussed on purpose and audience and the structural components required to write an informative report. The children used digital technology to research their local community … Continue reading →

The children worked in mixed ability pairs to solve Mathematical word problems. They decided on the most appropriate strategy to solve a multi-step word problem. They selected from bar models, empty number lines and standard algorithms (calculations).  

A huge well done to Freya and Daniel who are our class winners. They will both go on to represent our school at the final competition at St. Luke’s in the near future. We are all very proud of them! … Continue reading →

Today P6 took part in the official KNEX challenge. Children were tasked with designing and creating a bridge that had height, could hold the weight of a textbook and was 50cm long! They demonstrated great collaboration skills and engineering mindsets. … Continue reading →