Congratulations to our year six class who proudly graduated from their DAaRT course. DAaRT is the course that was formerly known as DARE and prepares our oldest children for their teenage years ahead. Here they are looking rather pleased with themselves and wearing their graduation t-shirts. [...]
Year 1 have been working so hard this half term whilst learning about the Queen. We have enjoyed learning about the Queen's coronation, The Crown Jewels, the Royal Coat of Arms and the Commonwealth. During this time, we have had a go at observational drawing. Everyone in the Class has tried to draw a [...]
A big thank you to Mrs Hatfield, an experienced England coach, for offering her time to coach Years 5 and 6 in Netball every Friday. Glorious weather graced our first session last Friday and the Class excelled! [...]
Year 5 are already in the 'zone' this half term! We have immersed ourselves in all things Royal. The class have shown incredible focus and determination with their observational drawings of the Crown Jewels - what's not to love about the Imperial State Crown, the Sovereign Orb or the Sovereign Scepter set with a [...]
The drones are coming... As part of our futuristic Aquatropolis focus we looked into the future of policing. We learnt that in Dubai robot police officers have already been employed and we wondered what other technologies may lay ahead in the future of law enforcement. Perhaps drones? Well, as we discovered, they already are. [...]
Class 3 and 4 were tremendously excited to have their first school residential experience this week. For many children, it was their first night away from home! The children have had the most amazing time, as you'll see from the pictures- there was wall to wall smiling faces for the 2 days! We enjoyed [...]
Welcome to the Summer Term and to our final whole-school topic of the academic year. What could be more fitting (or motivating) than a national celebration... A jubilee! Over the next six weeks we will be building our knowledge of the Queen and her 70 year reign, learning all about our capital city and [...]
Class 5 have attacked algorithms with vigor this term. They have thoroughly enjoyed making their own maze and collecting games on Scratch, coding and debugging where needed. It has been brilliant to see both their ideas and their teamworking skills. They have really excelled themselves. I am proud of them and they should be [...]
This term we have embraced all things STEM and we were lucky enough to have Mr Hands to help Class 5 build some robots. There were 3 different robots with plenty of bits and detailed instructions. Some [...]
It was a real treat for me to take two delightful children on a Friday afternoon trip to County Hall’s debating chamber for our most recent pupil parliament meeting. Two representatives from every primary school in Rushcliffe were in attendance and brought with them notes from discussions that had happened back in their classrooms. [...]
