Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Our Golden Book Children this week

  Mon 16 Jan 2023

  Well done to all of you.

  

• Wake Up Wednesday - Guide to World of Warcraft

  Wed 11 Jan 2023

  National Online Safety - Guide to World of Warcraft

  

• An Amazon Adventure!

  Tue 10 Jan 2023

  Today the Y6s went to the Rainforest! Explorer Simon, from the Explorer Academy, came in to tell us about the amazing animals, peculiar plants and industrious people of the Amazon. We immersed ourselves in fantastic learning and have expanded our vocabulary and knowledge, which will help with our current Science and Geography topic, An Amazon Adventure.

  We learnt about the incredible adaptations, animals have made in order to survive and we imagined an original creature that is yet to be discovered, as we found out that a new species is discovered about every three days. Maybe only a tiny new insect,  but as 85-90% of insect life is found in the rainforest, this is possible! All the children were enthusiastic and engaged today; they showed Simon how nature smart they were when we had an impassioned debate about the causes and effects of deforestation and impressed how the tribes of the Amazon don’t have the need for technology and the modern world trappings to live well. 

  

• In 1666, London burnt like rotten sticks………..

  Tue 10 Jan 2023

  Today, the Partake Theatre Company took the Goldfinch children on an epic journey back to the Great Fire of London of 1666.

  This interactive workshop brought history alive for the children who enjoyed being involved in this exciting and stimulating drama workshop by dressing in elaborate costumes and telling the story through narration, mime, chant, music and dance.

  During the workshop the children encountered the following historical figures: King Charles II, his baker, Thomas Farynor and not forgetting Samuel Pepys.

  Step by step the children retold the events from that infamous week with a sprinkle of awe and wonder.

  Wow moments, were certainly plentiful! Highlights included: the mischievous rat dance, the horse parade and not forgetting the epic fire dance.

  Last of all we could breathe a sigh of relief when the raging fire gradually began to disappear.

  The children had a fantastic time with Mr Adby, and the Partake Theatre workshop which has definitely given our London’s Burning – Fetch the Engine topic the WOW! Factor and a tremendous start to our new history learning.

  

• Our Golden Book children this week

  Mon 09 Jan 2023

  Well done everyone.

  

• Dinosaur Day

  Mon 09 Jan 2023

  Our stupendous start to our new topic started before the children even stepped into the class.  Chicks were surprised to walk through the gate to huge footprints leading across the playground and then towards our classroom.  Where did the footprints come from?  What creature had made them? Was that creature still in our class? 

  We watched a film of a dinosaur walking (and roaring) around our class  and then found some very icy eggs.  We used our Connie Colsterworth scientific skills to investigate how we could help our eggs crack and then melt!  What super scientists we were.  Inside our eggs were baby dinosaurs.  We put them in our Dinosaur Museum to look at after we had paid for our entrance tickets and used the map to find where they were.  Once in the museum we could also ‘role play’ being palaeontologists and carefully find dinosaur skeletons.

  Our 5 dinosaur eggs supported our mathematics using a 5 frame to create our own number bonds.

  Chicks showed amazing enthusiasm for their learning and during the afternoon created their own fossils using clay.

  To lead on to our next learning opportunities we found out that fossils were discovered under the snow and ice in the Antarctic by Captain Scott which leads us on nicely to our Poles Apart learning!

  

• Kindness Club Spread Christmas Cheer

  Thu 29 Dec 2022

  Kindness Club definitely spread some Christmas cheer this year.  Daisy in Year 6 had the fabulous idea of creating 'Kindness Baskets' to share with the local residents and the club soon got to work assembling them.  Each basket consisted of a selection of goodies: a book, soap, candles, puzzles etc.  Kindness Club wrapped up warm and set off on their journey to deliver the baskets which were, as you can imagine, all gratefully received!

  

• Christmas Celebrations

  Fri 16 Dec 2022

  We held our attendance assembly this afternoon. A huge amount of children received their bronze attendance certificates to show that they have attended school every day since September and are now aiming for their silver certificate in the Easter term. 

   

  A very excited Rose was pulled out of the hat for her 100% attendance. She and her family won the Christmas hamper to celebrate the festive season. 

   

  Attendance is very important to our children and this term's attendance assembly showed how dedicated our children and their parents and carers are!

  

• Wake Up Wednesday - Setting Up Apps, Games and Software

  Wed 14 Dec 2022

  National Online Safety - Setting Up Apps, Games and Software

  

• Our Golden Book Children this week.

  Mon 12 Dec 2022

  Congratulations  and well done to you all.