With Christ at our side to guide us,
we shine in all that we do.

Sharing stories for Storytelling Week

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Storytelling Week

During Storytelling Week, our pupils teamed up across different classes for some shared reading. Children of different ages took turns exploring exciting tales together. It was a wonderful way to spend time together and celebrate the joy of books. What lovely reading we heard, too! 📚✨

 

Our New Peer Mentors

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A huge “well done” to our fabulous Year 5 pupils who recently completed the Peer Mentor programme.

The children recently took part in a series of workshops with Marie from The Healthy Minds Team. Marie was very complimentary about our wonderful pupils and the brilliant work they had produced. We are sure they will make excellent Peer Mentors, promoting wellbeing and positive mental health in our school.

Y5 Library Visit

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Year 5 enjoyed another trip to The Word this week for our library session. The children made lanterns to celebrate Chinese New Year and browsed for new books to loan. This time, it seemed to be all about ‘Little People, Big Dreams’ books, with many pupils choosing to take one of these titles back to school. I think we might have borrowed all of them from the library!

It’s wonderful to see the children engaged with some lovely non-fiction books. The library staff said it was lovely to hear the children talking so enthusiastically about their book choices, which put a huge smile on my face.

Keep up the brilliant reading, Year 5!

Mrs Usher

 

Y5 Computing at OpenZone

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Year 5 visited OpenZone @ The Word this week to take part in a computing workshop. We had the exciting task of creating film trailers using video editing on iMovie. The children did a wonderful job of working in their groups to record footage, select clips and edit their trailers together. I think we have some mini directors on our hands! Take a look of them in action in the photos below. We hope to also share their trailers with you soon.

Y5 and Y6 Party

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Times Tables Rock Stars – Battle of the Bands Tournament

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Well done to all the children who took part in our recent Whole School Girls vs Boys Battle of the Bands tournament on Times Tables Rock-Stars.

Overall, the Boys won the tournament but there were some very dedicated, hard-working children trying their best to score the most points!

The top 3 girls and the top 3 boys had a chance to show their “Rock’n’Roll” side for their winners photographs.

Congratulations to them all and well done!

Mrs Davis

 

Year 5 Science… with biscuits!

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This week, Year 5 learned about the phases of the moon. We learned when the moon appears to be getting bigger,
it’s ‘waxing’ and when it looks like it’s getting smaller, it’s ‘waning’. We then used biscuits to create a representation of the different phases of the moon.

After labelling and recording our fabulous diagrams, some of the ‘moons’ may have been eaten!

A Magical Visit from Father Christmas

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Today was full of Christmas magic as we celebrated Christmas Pyjama Day! The children arrived in their cosiest pyjamas, ready for a day of festive fun.

We gathered around the Christmas tree for a special storytime when, to our amazement, Father Christmas himself made a surprise appearance! The excitement was electric as he joined us by the tree to share one of his favourite stories, The Gruffalo.

After the story, Father Christmas answered some of the children’s curious questions—there were plenty! The children couldn’t wait to tell him all about the mischief their naughty elves had been causing at home.

It was a truly magical moment! Thank you, Father Christmas, for making our day so special!

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