Today we are celebrating Vision and Values Day - we have discussed our school values and the British values on our values wheel. Our day has focussed on the British values of Tolerance and Mutual Respect - the children made many insightful comments about them importance of feeling part of a group and celebrating each others differences. The story of ‘Along Came Different’ supported our learning and we experienced what it would be like to be in certain groups that don’t accept each other. Luckily, this experiment did not last long and we were soon all back sitting together, with our friends, having fun! This afternoon, we have created our own ‘being different is the best thing ever’ collages, full of our favourite things! 

This week Year 3 have started their Art topic focusing on ‘Drawing, painting and colour’. We have started experimenting with different grades of pencils - exploring cross hatching and blending. We then looked at work by Picasso and explored using charcoal to achieve different tones. 

This week, Year 4 have been exploring different water colour painting techniques. We are developing our skills ready for our final piece.

5P had a fantastic Belong, Believe, Achieve workshop this morning this morning and were lucky enough to be joined by some parents. We performed a song then took part in a round robin of activities such as geography, no outsiders and English. 

Nursery had so much fun reading with our grown ups this morning. Everyone enjoyed sharing stories with friends and talking about books. 

Year 6 have been working really hard on their French skills this half-term. We have been learning the names for our relations and are using this to build our own family trees.

This week Reception is learning all about healthy eating. Today we sorted healthy and unhealthy foods and talked about how food gives us energy. We decided that healthy food helps us run fast and grow strong, while unhealthy food makes our tummy and teeth hurt. Later this week we will be creating our own menus for a healthy food cafe! 

We have seen some fabulous independent writing in Year 1 this week. The children have used some amazing adjectives. 

This week in maths year 2 have made a fantastic start of using the resources to start learning how to count in 3’s. 
 

Our science learning focussed on materials and discussing why certain materials are most suitable for certain objects.