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As part of our RE unit on Islam, Derby Open Centre visited school and we took part in some fantastic workshops run by Samantha, the Derby Open Centre Manager, where we learnt about Islamic Wedding Ceremonies and cooked Chana Curry using chickpeas.   As part of the Islamic Wedding Workshop, we got to dress up in…

What Can You See in Summer? Class YR Lots of lovely Learning in the summer sun! And indoors as well! Ice cream shop-yum, yum! Summer sports! Sand castle building competition! How many watermelon seeds can you collect? Making mustard sandwiches for the seagulls!!! Summer flowers are beautiful!

Class R trip letter summer 2018 Dear Parents/Carers, We have organised a trip for Class R to visit Chatsworth Farmyard, gardens and stick yard with a special Kitchen garden workshop which has been produced especially for our school on Thursday 5th July. The coach will leave at 9.30 a.m. As the Infant children are entitled…

In Maths, as part of our unit on 3D Shape, Year 4 have been using their problem solving skills to identify patterns in the number of faces found on sets of cubes.   After we had put the cubes on our desk, we had to observe the number of faces we could see, and reason whether…

Classes 1 and 2 went to Manchester for a trip linked to our RE curriculum. Here are some photographs of our visit. We looked at the different stained glass window and listened to the stories behind them. We looked at the Easter story, shown in these carvings around the entrance gate. There was an unexpected…

Please find attached, copies of the Year 3 + 4 Numeracy Objectives + Multiplication Test Overviews for the forthcoming half term.   Kind Regards   Mr Downings   Numeracy – (MTP) Summer Term (2) Numeracy – Multiplication Test Overview (Summer Term (2))

Please find attached a copy of the Year 3 + 4 Creativity Overview for the forthcoming half term.   Regards   Mr Downings Creativity (Flow) – Parent Document

Climbing the battlements or tunnelling in the ground, there’s a whole world of adventure and fun to be found! This term, we will be taking a look at a castle to explore the towers, battlements and maybe a secret tunnel or two! We’ll learn all about the different parts of a castle and describe how…

As part of our Tribal Tales topic in Creativity, Year 3 + 4 have been investigating what life was like throughout the Stone Age period.  We have compared the lives of early hunter gatherers with that of later Neolithic farmers and discussed which period in Stone Age history that we would prefer to have lived…