We love celebrating the wonderful achievements of our pupils, this month we have had some wonderful sporting achievements, with lots of medals being won! We have also had some fantastic achievements in hiking and bravery during aerial assault courses as well as effort and achievement in leaning new skills including lambing! We love to hear about the wide and varied interests of our pupils.

Our Head Teacher Award winners enjoyed some hot chocolate and biscuits. Certificates were awarded for kindness, perseverance and being ready to learn. We are so proud of our pupils.

In health and well-being, the children took part in a fun and engaging hand washing experiment to learn about germs. We used pepper to represent germs on our hands and discovered when we put our finger in the water without soap, the “germs” stuck to us. However, when we added soap, the pepper quickly moved away, showing how soap helps remove germs effectively. We then created a hand washing sequencing to help people wash their hands correctly.

P3/2 participated in some outdoor learning in maths today. They worked together in pairs using metre sticks and rulers to estimate and measure the length of different objects. They measured the objects accurately using the correct instrument and units, recording their answers in metres or centimetres. This was a fun activity which helped children develop the skill to measure using the correct unit and instrument. It was lovely to take our learning outdoors in the sunshine ☀️

All classes have been celebrating disability awareness fortnight, learning about a range of disabilities and celebrating difference. Through our learning we have challenged stereotypes and developed an understanding of invisible disabilities. We have learned about the amazing and inspiring things achieved by disabled people. Today we had an assembly to share our learning, followed by a parade around the village, with banners to raise awareness.

P2/1 have started the new term with a new topic of learning that they are very excited about – Space! Children have been very enthusiastic about building rockets and learning about real life astronaut Chris Hadfield. They were most amazed to learn that when he was a little boy in 1969 most families didn’t have their own TV to watch the moon landing on!

While learning to write tally marks children went on a ‘space adventure’ to count the aliens, in art they worked together to design and paint their rocket, and during free play they showed great creativity and communication to build role-play rockets from everything including blocks, classroom furniture, garden equipment and always a large amount of imagination.

The children already have big plans for next week, when they want to fly their spacecraft to Mars to see what they find there!