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This week we have started our new topic - Kings and Queens. We have began to think about the members of the Royal Family including; King Charles the Third, Queen Camilla Consort, the Prince of Wales and the Princess of Wales. For our writing task we thought about what we might like to do if we…

A Brilliant Start to the Summer Term 📚✨

This week, we have begun exploring Animal Farm by George Orwell, sparking lots of curiosity and thoughtful discussion. The class started by carefully analysing the front cover and blurb, using clues to make predictions about the story, characters, and…

Happy Easter - relax and reset 🐣🌸✨

We’ve reached the Easter holidays — and what a fantastic term it’s been! 🎉 Year 6 have shown incredible effort, determination, and resilience, continuing to build confidence and make great progress in their learning.

The pupils should feel extremely proud…

Thank you to all the pupils in year 2 who took part in creating beautiful Easter Bonnets and singing so well in the Easter Coffee Morning - we have all had a really good time. Well done to the winners too!

A busy week getting to the end of our units in History and Science, lots to do and…

• Learning a brand‑new song for the Easter coffee morning — and doing it with enthusiasm.
• Practising for the Easter service, showing focus and care even when you’re tired.
• Pride of Elm Day, a fabulous end to an exhausting term.
• Continuing your classroom learning, from crafting imaginative…

What a fantastic and busy week we have had to end our term! 🎉

✍️English, This week we have been incredibly creative and thoughtful in our writing. We wrote powerful letters in the first person, pretending to be Lila. In our letters, we explained to her father why we had run away, using emotive…

It was so lovely to see many of our parents at our school's Easter Coffee Morning this week. Thank you for all the time and effort put in at home to help the children create some amazing Easter bonnets. The children absolutely loved parading these for all our visitors and singing our Year One…

This week In Maths we have continued to represent seven in different ways, extending our learning by taking away. The children have been using the language of "one less than seven is six" or "seven takeaway six equals one".

In our topic work we have been thinking about how we grow and change…

This week has been packed with creativity, curiosity and some brilliant discussions across all our subjects.

✍️ English – Villains, Tension and Powerful Imagery

We planned the second half of our portal stories, focusing on how to build tension and develop a gripping plot. The highlight was…

The children should feel incredibly proud of what they achieved this week with their show. Each person brought energy, focus, and heart to the performance. Whether they had speaking parts, or were singing in the chorus, they helped create something truly memorable.

Many of the teaching staff…

On Friday this week the day that Year One children had been eagerly waiting for had finally arrived. It was our visit to Banham Zoo!

Linked to their learning in Science, the children experienced a day full of excitement and amazement at the wonder of the animal kingdom. Our class were able to…

Reception had a fantastic time on the school Trip on Wednesday. We made dens, went on a nature walk, planted seeds, learned about life cycles and spent time bird watching. We all sat together for a picnic at lunchtime. The children’s behaviour was amazing and we are very proud of them.

In…