Reception enjoyed a sunny walk to the library. They enjoyed learning all about the library and exploring the books. They enjoyed the story Supertato that was read to them with great enthusiasm. The parents and grandparents were a fantastic help, thank you.
A superb all-round performance today — great energy, slick passing, and some brilliant team goals. Dominant from start to finish, and another big win keeps us top of the table!
During the October half-term, the children were assigned family projects to complete over the break. Here are some of the fantastic outcomes from each year group. Well done to everyone who took part!
We had a fantastic time on our trip to Barleylands! The children were brilliant ambassadors for the school and learned so much about where our food comes from.
The morning was all about becoming master pizza makers. We discovered exactly how wheat becomes flour, before getting hands-on. The children loved kneading their own dough and topping their pizzas. Just look at those masterpieces—they looked (and smelled!) absolutely delicious.
After a much-needed lunch, we went on a very bumpy but exciting tractor ride around the fields! We finished the day walking around the farm, meeting, greeting, and feeding lots of different animals. The goats and sheep were definitely hungry!
We had a fantastic time at the recent Year 2 family workshop, where children and families came together to explore healthy eating and hands-on food preparation. It was wonderful to see the children confidently cutting, grating, peeling, and mixing a variety of fresh ingredients to create their own delicious couscous dishes.
The pupils showed a lot of resilience during their trip at Grangewaters. They worked hard rowing whilst taking part in the water sports. On the climbing walls, each time the pupils climbed they were asked to go higher than before. Many rose to this challenge. Well done!
Under bright blue skies and glorious sunshine, our Year 5/6 football team gave it their all at the SSP football tournament. After a tough start, the team grew in confidence and strength with every game, showing real determination and teamwork.
There were some fantastic goals, brilliant saves, and moments of real skill as the team battled through a competitive group. Their hard work paid off with a well-earned 2nd place finish in a very tough group — a great achievement!
Well done to all involved!
An identity box is a creative box filled with a collection of objects, photos and images that define you or your social identities. Identities might include race, religion, gender, ethnicity, social status, family groups.
This half term, the children decorated their boxes and put in the things that were important to them. The children presented their boxes to the class and explained what they had in their boxes and why.
The children had a fantastic time on Monday, exploring different ingredients as part of our DT pizza topic. The children were very brave, tasting a range of delicious toppings and talking about the flavours.
We had some happy faces (and some very interesting reactions!).
As part of our first day back, each class created a Class Treaty—a shared set of rules and values that we will follow throughout the year. To make it special, each child drew around their hand as a personal 'signature' of commitment.
These handprints will be displayed on our very own class tree, symbolising that we’re all growing and working together as a team.
Take a look at the wonderful things that have happened across the trust during Summer 2.
This term HPA have been continuing to work towards their Arts Mark Award with a literacy / dance project. Continuing to maintain the GLC long standing relationship with The Royal Ballet and Opera HPA undertook and action research project. The study explored the relationship between active learning and empathy in primary school children’s creative writing. Specifically, it examined how empathy is demonstrated in children’s writing and their attitudes towards creative writing after participating in a 5-week Royal Ballet and Opera House Create & Dance active learning pilot. The project has been very successful and the outcomes will be shared at a later date…
