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Over the past few weeks, Form 5 and 6 pupils have been exploring the exciting world of vector graphics in their IT lessons. They have learned to use a range of digital tools to create detailed vector images, starting with simple shapes and building on their skills each week to produce impressive designs. The students…

KG2 have enjoyed collecting leaves as part of their topic on Autumn this term. Inspired by the artist Guiseppi Arcimboldo’s paintings, they created their own leaf faces, using the leaves they had collected. The children have enjoyed learning all about the Diwali, the Hindu Festival of Lights. One of the children spoke about their experiences…

Our Netball B team recently played their first match together in a friendly at Bridgewater School. It was a very exciting game where we were in the lead right up to the last quarter, only to be pipped at the post by two goals at the end. This was the first ever netball match for…

As part of their English topic on Sensory Poems, Form 1 got into the spooky spirit and wrote poems. They used their senses to help them with their ideas, thinking carefully about the adjectives they chose. The children understood that adjectives have the power to change the style of their poem. Asking themselves, did they…

Some of our Form 3 pupils attended an action packed residential trip to The Anderton Centre recently. The intrepid adventurers tried climbing as well as canoeing and had a wonderful time. They had a wonderful time and the weather was very kind to them too!

In preparation for their Anglo-Saxon day Form 4 cooked bannocks (traditional oat cakes) on an open fire in their Forest School session, followed by a sing-a-long. The children really enjoyed themselves and the consensus was that they would taste delicious with honey!

What a lovely afternoon we had on Friday, raising money for Macmillan Cancer Care at our annual coffee afternoon. Thank you for all your kind donations which enabled us to raise an amazing £388 to support this wonderful cause. A big thank you to all our parents who supported us and attended the event and…

Our Form 5 and Form 6 students buzzed with excitement as they coded their very own name badges using the BBC micro:bit in celebration of National Computing Week! Each student explored the basics of programming, crafting unique designs that lit up with vibrant colours and animations. This hands-on activity encouraged creativity and collaboration while helping…

Form 1 had great fun creating rain sticks as part of their Geography unit, Around the World. These were inspired by their lesson on Australia where they read about the didgeridoo,  boomerangs and Uluru, a sacred place for Australian Aboriginal people. The didgeridoo is believed to be the world’s oldest wind instrument, dating back thousands…

KG1 have had a super week in school. The children have been busy making friends, playing and learning together. In PSHEE the children learnt all about being part of the KG1  ‘class jigsaw’. Our KG1 classroom is a real life puzzle. Everyone is a special part of our class jigsaw and together we make a…

This week we enjoyed our second forest school lesson in KG2. We played a game on the playground at the start of the lesson to warm us up and then we were creating our own forest school restaurants. Children were in groups collecting ‘Forest food’ to cook and serve to our guests. What fun we…

          It has been a wonderful week in Form 3 with lots of learning and excellent attitude. In English all the children showed amazing confidence when they presented their non-chronological report about their unusual sports to the class. The children also displayed super listening skills and were a perfect audience for…

Congratulations to our talented music pupils who all passed their ABRSM music exams which they took just before we broke up for the summer. We had 21 pupils taking exams in total with a 100% pass rate! Amazing work everybody!

Last week the pupils in Form 1-6 held elections to vote for their new Pupil Parliament members. Our team is growing.  This year, members from last year’s Parliament have been invited to do a second year. They will be joined by two additional class members. This means more pupils will be involved in making decisions…

Following a challenging selection process we are delighted to announce our Pupil Leaders for 2024-25. Well Done to all of you!                                                                    …

Another productive week has passed very quickly. Form 2 have been busy, enjoying the start of our English unit of work about the author Roger Hargreaves. We learnt that he is one of world’s most successful children’s authors and that his son Adam is continuing to write the Mr Men stories today. We have retold…

Form 4 have been lighting things up in Science this week! We have been exploring how to create and draw circuits with different components, as well as accurately predicting whether circuits will work or not based on diagrams. You would be ‘shocked’ at how much they’ve learnt already!              …

KG1 have had a super first full week in class this week. The children have enjoyed their first Phonic sessions and have been on listening walks outside and inside school. They heard some very interesting sounds and tried very hard to record their findings on their Phonic worksheet. The children were very excited to take…

Form 5 have been exploring forces as part of their science studies. We talked about gravity and how it works with our mass to generate our weight. The children used Newton meters to measure the forces required to lift different objects from the Earth’s surface. We also discussed how our weight would work out as…

Our extreme reading challenge is under way, and you have until Friday 27th September to get your entries in. Here are Mrs Hadcock, reading whilst on a trip to the Lake District and Harrison turning the world upside down as he enjoys a good book.    

Form 1 continue to amaze me with their excellent attitude to learning, kindness and outstanding manners. I’ve received many compliments from staff about their manners and behaviour! As artists, they studied primary colours and experimented with colour mixing. In geography, they visited China and familiarised themselves with Chinese culture. Pupils enjoyed trying to write in Chinese and everybody aced…

This week Form 3 have continued to show me how hard working they are, they have demonstrated a keen interest in lessons working independently and together. We have continued to learn about unusual sports and the children have enjoyed working together to continue their research, making notes and then using conjunctions to extend their sentences….

This week the children have really enjoyed their literacy and maths lessons. In literacy they have been learning about the Seasons, reading the book ‘Leaf Man’ and going on an Autumn Walk around the grounds. At the beginning of the week during maths lessons, the children demonstrated excellent scissor control whilst independently ordering numbers from…

Form 1 have made an outstanding start to the year. Classroom jobs have been allocated and pupils are enjoying a more formalised timetable. In science, we studied the human body and attempted drawing and labelling our body. This has made quite an impressive display in our classroom! In maths, we have been busy revising place value…

What a fantastic first full week back we have all had! Everyone has settled very well into our new class routines and are already working extremely hard. In PSHE this week we all composed and agreed on our Form 2 classroom charter. Everyone came up with very thoughtful and sensible ideas about what will make…

This week we have made a good start with our English and maths curriculum and have started learning about the Victorians. We had an individual lesson discussing the 9/11 disaster. Specific focus was on the first responders, who we believe were the true heroes. As a dedication to these first responders, borrowing an idea from…

It has been such a wonderful first full week back and Form 3 have been working very hard. In Science we are learning about magnets and the children enjoyed exploring what was magnetic in and around school. In English we are beginning to explore non chronological reports and over the coming weeks the children will…

KG1 have had their ‘settling in week’ and the children have enjoyed their first few days in school. They have met their new friends, learnt some of the KG1 routines and explored their new environment. Some of the children have participated in their first Spanish, Music, I.T and P.E lessons. As they begin full time,…

KG2 have made an amazing start to the new school year. They have settled in well and are showing us just how clever they are. This week, we have been reading two books in our literacy lessons: Stick Man and Stanley’s Stick. During one lesson, the children chose a picture from the story ‘Stick Man’…

We are delighted to share with you some images of the completed upper school classrooms and cloakrooms. You will all have an opportunity in the next few weeks to see the transformation for yourselves and to see what a wonderful environment has been created to support and nurture the children on their educational journey with…

As you all know we have been very busy over the summer with the Phase 2 redevelopment of the upper school block. This included the complete refurbishment of the four classroom and the cloakrooms. We are delighted with the results and hope that when the children return to school later this week that they will…

KG2 children never cease to amaze us and the journey that they take us on is always a fabulous one. We have been learning to count in twos, fives, and tens this year and the children are really good at doing this ready for Form 1. Kushal has taken this one step further by showing…

Form 3 have had a very busy and exciting week rehearsing for the show. They have worked so hard to practice their songs and parts, I am very proud of them all. We have also been creating some of the props for the show and the children have thoroughly enjoyed painting and helping. Well done…

KG1 enjoyed forest school this week and we were blessed with fine weather. The children made fairy doors, homes for fairies and had lots of fun looking for fairy treasure. Blowing bubbles was lots of fun too. The children have also felt very grown up this week. They have been getting ready for KG2 and…