Fort Nelson 20th Dec 2024
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Reception and KS1 went to our local Fort Nelson. We explored the Christmas Wish trail around the fort and then took part in 'puddin on a panto'!!

Moving Pictures 20th Dec 2024
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Year 2 have taken home their own designed and created moving picture Christmas cards, using mechanisms- levers, sliders and pop ups

Toys 19th Dec 2024
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On Friday, we conducted a short historical enquiry based on the question 'Have toys changed over time?'. The children brought in their modern day toys and explored these. We thought about how they felt, what material they were made from and how they were used. We then compared these to a variety of toys from the past. The children were very interested to learn most toys, in the past, were made from wood or metal but nowadays, most toys are made from plastic.

Nativity 19th Dec 2024
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Wow! We are so proud of all the children who partook in the wonderful Nativity 'Gabriel's Big Break'. They worked so diligently to put on a very entertaining production. Please enjoy these lovely photos of the children in their costumes.

Year 1 Waterproof Test 19th Dec 2024
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After reading 'The Gingerbread Man', Year 1 decided they wanted to help the Gingerbread Man cross the river. Using our knowledge surrounding materials, we knew we had to make him waterproof. The children conducted an investigation to find out which materials were waterproof and which were not. As a class, we concluded which materials the Gingerbread Man should wear across the river.

Nerys Levy inspired Antarctica Painting 17th Dec 2024
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Year 2 explored tone, shade and tint to create an Antarctic scene adding with their own penguin

Year 4 Design and Technology 16th Dec 2024
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The children have analysed a range of fishcake recipes. Using their knowledge, they then designed their own fishcake recipe. They said they were better than those bought in a shop!

Poetry Recital 15th Dec 2024
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To complete our poetry learning journey in English, we held a poetry recital. We read aloud our poetry to the class and we each analysed the content and presentation of our partner's poem.

Year 5 Christmas Enterprise 15th Dec 2024
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To help raise money for our chosen charities, we made some Christmas tree decorations to sell at the Christmas Market.

Researching National Parks 15th Dec 2024
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As part of our further research into our geography enquiry question, we researched national parks within the UK and recorded the information in mindmaps. We are using the information to create a fact file on our selected national park to gain further knowledge on why they are so important.

The Mary Rose Museum 15th Dec 2024
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We visited the Mary Rose Museum in Portsmouth Dockyards to see King Henry's favourite ship and the largest collection of Tudor objects in the world! Our visit did not disappoint; we were all fascinated from beginning to end.

year 6 Design and Technology 15th Dec 2024
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Absorbency Investigation 8th Dec 2024
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Continuing on from our role as festival organisers, we investigated what cleaning cloths would be the best to use for cleaning at the festival. We wanted a material that would be absorbent and hard-wearing.

National Parks Enquiry 8th Dec 2024
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In our Geography enquiry, we are currently investigating if national parks are important within the UK. We used Digimaps to compare the New Forest to Fareham and used our knowledge of symbols to tell us more information about the geography of both areas. Following on from this, we put together a questionnaire for our parents to complete, in order to gather data. This will help us to answer our enquiry question. We are currently researching a national park within the UK and looking at what tourism it brings in and how it attracts and protects wildlife.

Tudor Portraits 7th Dec 2024
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In art and design, we were inspired by King Henry’s official portrait artist, Hans Holbein the Younger, and sketched our own portraits of notable Tudor figures. We researched Hans Holbein and created an artist page all about him. Following this, we practised using different mark making techniques to show shadow and direction of light hitting features of the face. We also spent time considering scale and proportion, to ensure that the facial features for our final piece was accurate. We were given a selection of Tudor figures to choose from, some of us chose King Henry himself, others chose one of his wives, whilst some of us chose the famous playwright, Shakespeare! We are very pleased with how our Tudor portraits turned out, and each completed a reflection.

Self-Portraits Art Exhibition 7th Dec 2024
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To celebrate our artwork, we displayed our self-portraits in an exhibition and invited our family members. Our self-portraits were inspired by the artist Chuck Close. He typically started with a photograph and used a grid on the photo to help him with proportion and scale. We used the same process to support us with accuracy or proportion and scale.

Tudor Cooking and Banquet 7th Dec 2024
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In design and technology this half term, Year 5 designed a Tudor menu and cooked/baked all dishes to enjoy at a Tudor banquet. We started our journey of learning by researching seasonal produce and the importance of using it. We also learned about the origin of our food, and identifying whether it was grown, reared, caught or processed. We then researched a typical Tudor menu at Hampton Court to inspire our own choices of dishes. We adapted the dishes to ensure they all used seasonal produce. We enjoyed trying all the food we had made and completed an evaluation for each dish.

Year 4 Christmas Enterprise 3rd Dec 2024
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Year 4 have begun making their Christmas products in preparation for the Christmas market.

Baking Gingerbread 29th Nov 2024
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As part of our imersion in to the traditional tale, The Gingerbread man, the children became bakers and over 3 days, all children prepared the gingerbread dough, rolled and cut their gingerbread men, baked and decorated them...then of course, they taste tested them!

Visit to St Philip Howard 27th Nov 2024
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During RE, the children have been learning about the different places of worship people go to to celebrate their faiths. In preparation for attending our first school Mass during Advent, Canon John hosted us for a visit at St Philip Howard Catholic Church. We were able to explore the church and learn about God's house, listen to some music and listen to Canon John talk to us about the Mass and the different jobs people have during the celebration. Some of us even got to Role play as a priest, alter server and reader. We were even treated to a biscuit and a drink in the hall like the parishioners get to do after Sunday Mass.

Investigating shadows 26th Nov 2024
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Using our bodies to create a range of shadows.

A Gingerbread Man Mystery 25th Nov 2024
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Today, we have walked into a big mystery. On Friday, Mrs DeBoo baked some Gingerbread men for the class but when she arrived this morning she found a big mess in the classroom. The children have been busy today looking for him and his friends all over the place today. It looks like this mystery may take us all week to solve. Take a look at our CCTV footage captured by Mr Lynes!

Oscar Romero Rangers 24th Nov 2024
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Our Oscar Romero Rangers from Year 2 up to Year 6

Snow! 21st Nov 2024
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Well, when we get snow we have to make the most of it and get outside to experience the cold, beautiful flakes! The children were so excited to look through the windows at the snow falling, and they all loved feeling the snow falling on them and catching some in their hands. We did not stay long outside as our hands were all so cold

Art Workshop Session 3 20th Nov 2024
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Reception took part in 3 workshop sessions with Artworx. They explored the season of autumn, creating outdoor art and using a range of art skills to use their autumnal collections to create final pieces.

Year 4 Art 18th Nov 2024
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The children explored the art of Roy Lichtenstein and created their own portrait in his style.

Resilience 17th Nov 2024
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We read "Almost anything" and the children made their own magic hats!

World Nursery Rhyme Week 15th Nov 2024
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The children in Pre-school and Reception came together everyday this week to celebrate World Nursery Rhyme Week culminating in a Dress Up and Sponsored Signing event.

Odd sock day 2024 14th Nov 2024
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Respecting each other and celebrating our differences.

History artefacts 14th Nov 2024
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We used historic artefacts to learn more about the Stone, Bronze and Iron Age.

Art Workshop Session 2 13th Nov 2024
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Reception took part in 3 workshop sessions with Artworx. They explored the season of autumn, creating outdoor art and using a range of art skills to use their autumnal collections to create final pieces.

Shackleton's Drama Day 12th Nov 2024
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What a wonderful day Year 2 ! First we discovered a mysterious bag filled with the belongings of the legendary explorer Ernest Shackleton, the whole class then took a step into his world. Together, we will constructed the majestic Endurance ship using cardboard boxes, nets, and colorful props, filling the entire classroom! Each child adopted a real character, interviewed for their role on deck, and selected a prop that would bring their job to life. With music, movement, and performance, we immersed ourselves in the thrilling journey aboard the Endurance, sailing toward Antarctica. As we ventured through this dramatic experience, the children discovered fascinating facts about Shackleton, his crew and dogs, the harsh Antarctic climate, and the power of positivity and teamwork in overcoming any challenge!

Trip to Fort Nelson 11th Nov 2024
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Year 1 took a fantastic trip to Fort Nelson. We learnt all about hospitals and how they cared for soldiers pre-Florence Nightingale, as well as what life was like in the barracks. We were able to explore the changes made by Florence Nightingale and the impact she made.

Armistice Day 11th Nov 2024
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The children have been learning about Remembrance Day and why we wear poppies. Year 1 painted these beautiful poppy pictures.

Shackleton's Cocoa 8th Nov 2024
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Children tried to experience what life would be like on Shackleton's expedition by making and trying cocoa. As you can tell some did not like it!

Stonehenge 7th Nov 2024
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Investigating the structure and features of Stonehenge by using biscuits!

Science 7th Nov 2024
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Studying rocks and investigating their properties.

Forest School 7th Nov 2024
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Learning to live like hunter gathers.

How to Wash a Woolly Mammoth 7th Nov 2024
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We made our own Woolly Mammoths inspired by our class text.

Art Workshop Session 1 6th Nov 2024
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Reception took part in 3 workshop sessions with Artworx. They explored the season of autumn, creating outdoor art and using a range of art skills to use their autumnal collections to create final pieces.

Maths 6th Nov 2024
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The children practised their measuring skills to find the perimeters of a variety of objects around the school.

Year 4 Forest School Week 1 5th Nov 2024
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The first week of Forest School gave Year 4 the chance to put their map-reading and compass skills into practice.

Materials Investigation 3rd Nov 2024
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In science, Year 5 are currently learning about the properties and changes of materials. We have been assigned as festival organisers, and part of this role has led us to conduct several experiments. The first, involved us carrying out a scratch test on different materials, to see which material would act as the best chopping board. We wanted to ensure our food was hygienically prepared, so the chopping board with the least scratches to harbour bacteria was found to be the best. We then conducted an experiment into which type of material would act as a good conductor to keep drinks warm. We measured the temperature of boiling water in intervals for 10 minutes to test which remained the hottest. Our recent experiment, has involved testing paper strength to check which would be strongest to hold take away food. We added marbles to a yoghurt pot attached to different types of paper, to see which would hold the most marbles before ripping. We will continue to carry out experiments, to test materials and learn more about their properties.

Tudor Artefacts 3rd Nov 2024
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We had the opportunity to handle some Tudor replica items, to support us in our learning of what life was like during the Tudor era. First, we observed and handled the artefacts and predicted what each item was, who may have used it and what its purpose was, before learning the factual information. We commented on how in today’s world, there is no need for some of the objects, such as pomanders and pattens.

Maths Facts Homework Reward Afternoon 25th Oct 2024
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Children who received the 'Golden Ticket' for Maths facts this half term had a fabulous afternoon playing board games.

Living Things including Humans 25th Oct 2024
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Year 2 have researched what different animals need to stay alive. We know that all living things need food, water and air to stay alive.

Chipatis 25th Oct 2024
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It's Diwali so Mrs Kaur taught us how to make chapatis.

Autumn Soup 25th Oct 2024
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After Reading the text Pumpkin Soup and to finish off our Autumn topic, the children took to the kitchen to prepare and cook a warming Autumn soup.

Physical Development - developing gross and fine motor skills 24th Oct 2024
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The children have been singing, doing actions and signing lots of songs and rhymes this term. They have developed hand-eye co-ordination skills and manipulation skills whilst using playdough, magnets, tweezers, scissors, mark making tools and hammers.