Handa's Surprise 12th Jul 2022
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This term the children have explored the story of Handa's Surprise. They have learnt all about Kenya, comparing it to where we live. They enjoyed making their own African huts, tasting a range of fruits and role playing in our African hut.

Queen's Jubilee walk to the local post box 20th May 2022
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The children were very excited to write a letter to the queen, so we went for a walk to our local post box to post it.

Plants WOW activity 7th Apr 2022
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To start our science topic on plants we planted our own sunflowers to take home and look after.

Space 7th Apr 2022
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The children have been learning all about space, and this has definitely been their favourite topic so far! They went in an inflatable planetarium, designed and made their own aliens, and learnt some very important space facts for our Talk 4 Writing unit. They also created a space station with paper mache planets.

Easter 7th Apr 2022
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The children have enjoyed learning the Easter story, making Easter cards and Easter nests. The children were surprised to find that the Easter bunny had hidden some Easter lollies around the adventure playground too!

Forest School 7th Apr 2022
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The children enjoyed another, VERY muddy forest school!

Yellow Class ZooLab visit 5th Apr 2022
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Year 2 ZooLab 4th Apr 2022
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Year 2 had a visit from ZooLab and had the opportunity to hold various animals.

Jasper's Beanstalk 1st Apr 2022
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This term the children have been exploring planting whilst learning the story of 'Jasper's Beanstalk'.

Buddy Reading - Reception and Year 3 23rd Mar 2022
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Reception and Year 3 enjoyed some buddy reading in the library, with the Year 3 children sharing and reading some of their favourite books.

Forest School 18th Mar 2022
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The children had another fun afternoon at forest school, practising their whittling skills with Mrs Finch in the sunshine.

Alma Thomas 14th Mar 2022
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This term the children have been learning about the artist Alma Thomas. They then created their own artwork inspired by Alma Thomas.

Pancake Day 14th Mar 2022
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The children really enjoyed making pancakes and preparing the toppings to put on their pancakes. Of course they enjoyed eating them too!

Pirate Day! 11th Mar 2022
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The children had a fantastic day dressing up as pirates! they also had a pirate themed forest school where they made swords, walked the plank and even tried some 'grog'.

Pirate Wow Day! 11th Mar 2022
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Here is some photos of the children having a jolly time during their pirate day.

Hockey 10th Mar 2022
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This term, we are learning how to use a hockey stick, pass and play a game.

Egyptian Masks 10th Mar 2022
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We cut out a headpiece out of cardboard for our Egyptian masks, then we used modroc to strengthen it. Next job = paint!

Multi-Skills Festival 10th Mar 2022
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We took part in GSSN Multi Skills festival practising our fundamental PE skills.

Commonwealth Games Ambassadors 1st Mar 2022
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We really enjoyed our session with Mrs Stennett today learning how we can be 'Commonwealth Games Ambassadors'.

Fruit tasting 17th Feb 2022
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Yellow Class First Aid Training 17th Feb 2022
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Cricket Session 15th Feb 2022
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For healthy living week, we had an AllStars cricket session

First Aid 15th Feb 2022
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We learnt about the recovery position, CPR, choking, burns, cuts and broken bones with a nurse, Grace, today.

Worm Charming in Forest School 11th Feb 2022
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We had a worm charming competition in the forest school this week.

Yellow Class Marble Jar Party 11th Feb 2022
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Children's Mental Health Week 9th Feb 2022
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This week the children have been focusing on their mental health and what this means. We had a big discussion about who can support them, and that we all have at least one person that can support us. They then coloured in their support balloons to show how other people can lift us up.

Clarinet Lessons 3rd Feb 2022
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We have begun our 10 week clarinet lessons with Mrs Currie in Purple Class today!

The Gingerbread Man 24th Jan 2022
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The children have enjoyed learning 'The Gingerbread Man' story, using our Talk 4 Writing approach. They have been immersed in activities throughout the day and in the class provision.

John Spilsbury - Inventor of the Jigsaw Puzzle 24th Jan 2022
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The children learnt about John Spilsbury; the inventor of the first jigsaw puzzle. They were very excited to create their own puzzle using whatever design they wanted.

Breaking News! 20th Jan 2022
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We acted out news interviews based on our new text - 'The Canal'

Gymnastics 18th Jan 2022
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We performed a sequence of movements and balances in gymnastics.

Egyptian WOW Day 12th Jan 2022
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A fantastic day provided by an Egyptologist who taught us lots about heiroglyphics, mummification and the Egyptian number system.

Magnetic Investigation 7th Dec 2021
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In science we investigated which materials in our classroom are magnetic

RE - Hanukkah 3rd Dec 2021
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We learnt about the Jewish festival Hanukkah and made a traditional Jewish game called Dreidel.

Nature in Art 2nd Dec 2021
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The children went on a school trip to Nature in Art. They created some clay sculptures and Andy Goldsworthy pictures. They also had a look at the art galleries, sketching some of the sculptures and artwork they could find. What a GREAT day!

No Pens Wednesday 25th Nov 2021
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For 'no pens Wednesday', the children explored the story of Elmer the elephant. We spoke about what makes everyone special, and created some special artwork for display.

No Pens day Wednesday! 24th Nov 2021
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We enjoyed learning with no pens! We did Money in maths and learnt about weather symbols in Geography.

SKILLSzone 24th Nov 2021
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The children had a great morning at skillszone!

SkillZONE 24th Nov 2021
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We practised some of our key life skills at SkillZONE today.

Sound 24th Nov 2021
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We have begun our learning about sound in science. We learnt sound travels in vibrations by making paper cup telephones.

Clifton Suspension Bridge 17th Nov 2021
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Year 3 had a FANTASTIC school trip to Clifton Suspension Bridge to learn all about Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

Gymnastics 17th Nov 2021
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Take a look at our sequence of gymnastic fundamentals.

Odd Socks Day! 15th Nov 2021
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Celebrating differences

Yellow Class Forest School Session 13th Nov 2021
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Diwali 11th Nov 2021
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Today the children had a visit from Smita who spoke to the children about how she celebrates Diwali. She explained the Diwali story, showed the outfits they wear and the decorations they put around the house.

Remembrance Day 11th Nov 2021
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Today the children learnt about Remembrance Day and completed the two minute silence. They spoke about the soldiers and families they were thinking of, and created some beautiful poppy artwork for our display.

Yellow Class Trip to RAF Cosford 10th Nov 2021
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Trip to Clifton Suspension Bridge 9th Nov 2021
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Bridge tour, bridge building and observational drawing!

Winter Wonderland WOW Starter 8th Nov 2021
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In order to get the children excited for our Talk 4 Writing polar bear story, we had a WOW starter with Little Learners. The children explored ice, decorated Christmas bauble biscuits, created winter artwork and much more!

Diwali 8th Nov 2021
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The children have learnt about the Diwali story and how people celebrate. They made lanterns, mehndi patterns and rangoli patterns.

Trip to RAF Cosford 5th Nov 2021
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We had the most wonderful time on our trip to RAF Cosford. We saw so many huge planes and got the chance to make and launch our own rockets!

Yellow Class Crime Scene 5th Nov 2021
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Yellow Class had come back to school, where the classroom had been turned into a crime scene! The pupils had to look at the clues and work out what had happened.

Reading with Red Class 4th Nov 2021
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We really enjoyed our Library Session today with Red Class sharing different stories.

PE 4th Nov 2021
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The children enjoyed their first PE lesson today, practising their throwing and jumping skills.

Tag Rugby Festival 21st Oct 2021
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We took part in a Tag Rugby festival with the other GLA schools at Cheltenham North Rugby Club. The children were all fantastic and loved playing the matches, as well as practicing some rugby skills. They all received a certificate and goody bag too!

Pete The Policeman 21st Oct 2021
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We enjoyed having Pete come in to talk to us about his role and how investigations happen.

Tag Rugby 21st Oct 2021
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We really enjoyed taking part in our first 'Tag Rugby Tournament' with other GLA schools.

Electricity 19th Oct 2021
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Within this unit, we explored electrical circuits and different electrical equipment. We discussed how electricity can be used to make light, movement and sound through using bulbs, motors and buzzers. We talked about what we use electricity for and where we might see it. Then, we made electrical safety posters to put around the school. We also learnt about how to draw a simple circuit using different symbols. The children were able to use a switch to break or connect their circuits too. Lastly, the children undertook an investigation to find out which materials are good conductors and insulators.

Forest School 15.10.21 15th Oct 2021
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This week, we were trying hapa zome art. This is a Japenese technique involving leaves, flowers and a hammer. As it the the last Forest school session for this term, the children also toasted marshmallows - yum!

National Waterways Museum Gloucester 12th Oct 2021
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We really enjoyed exploring Gloucester's past.

Forest School 12th Oct 2021
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We have really enjoyed our Forest School sessions with Mrs Finch

Capacity 12th Oct 2021
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We enjoyed completing different capacity investigations.

Humpty Dumpty WOW starter! 10th Oct 2021
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The children came back from lunch to find a cracked humpty dumpty! The children were immersed into a range of humpty dumpty activities and they created some amazing things. Some of the children were also confident enough to perform the rhyme to their friends on our stage.

Forest School 8.10.21 10th Oct 2021
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More weaving, making music and starting fires!

Forest School 1.10.21 1st Oct 2021
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More whittling, washing wool and weaving...

P.E 28th Sep 2021
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Today we have been practicing our jumping and balancing.

Kindness Postcards 28th Sep 2021
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This term we have been learning about kindness in our PSHE lessons. This week we discussed how acts of kindness can make both the giver and receiver feel great! We made a postcard for a friend in the class. Some of the children said it 'felt like a kindness explosion had happened in the classroom!' Well done Blue Class you are such a kind and caring bunch!

Forest School 24th Sep 2021
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See what great things we've been getting up to in forest school

KS1 Come Fly With Me WOW Day!! 24th Sep 2021
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Here is some photos of the children enjoying all the exciting activities that they took part in during our WOW Day. We did a treasure hunt using maps, flew on an aeroplane to Kenya and Canada and learnt about physical and human geographical features!

Forest School 24.9.21 24th Sep 2021
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Whittling, making soap and building trains...

WOW event - Meeting The Little Red Hen 21st Sep 2021
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To launch our English Unit (The Little Red Hen) we were visited by the Little Red Hen herself! We asked Mrs Finch lots of questions about chickens and loved getting chance to stroke her lovely soft feathers! We looked at the different parts of the chicken and used our senses to describe them. We came up with some fantastic adjectives to use in our writing!

Papier Mache Planets 17th Sep 2021
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Our WOW starter for our new Talk 4 Writing story... The Rainbow Planet! We created our own planets using papier mache and paints.

Forest School 17.9.21 17th Sep 2021
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Our first forest school in Purple Class (17th September 2021)

Settling in 15th Sep 2021
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We have really enjoyed starting school and hope you enjoy looking at all of the fun things we have done in reception already!

School Council Speeches 8th Sep 2021
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We worked hard to create a speech explaining to the other children why we should be voted onto school council.

Parents and Children Celebrate Learning Together February 2019 26th Feb 2019
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Parents were invited to share activities, look at books and look at the Key Stage 2 'Museum'