25/01/22
As scientists, Team Tolkien created simple circuits, identifying the success criteria for a complete circuit. They then had to identify which drawn circuits would/wouldn’t work and explain why using technical vocabulary #science https://t.co/daFdnrvleT
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25/01/22
Year 3 have been working to show their concrete and pictorial representations when dividing 2 digit numbers by 1 digit numbers. We are building our knowledge of the relationship between multiplication and division and this is really helping us. #maths #resilience https://t.co/X0ljeOB3RO
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25/01/22
Year 2 debating who is the real good character in ‘Goldilocks and the three bears.’ We had a lively debate. https://t.co/U2M47tUomw
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24/01/22
Using our inference skills to interpret the freeze frames from our fairytale ‘Hansel and Gretel’. Can you recognise any of the key events? #communication #english https://t.co/mjlrFXpMSz
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24/01/22
Thank you to our eco committee for leading our assembly this morning and sharing some top tips with us to save energy, reduce our use of plastic and look after our environment #eco #sustainability https://t.co/33ikLVSWiY
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24/01/22
Invasion games workout in year 5 this morning! #pe https://t.co/ZsISDbKd9K
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21/01/22
Dahl class scientists are enjoying testing what happens to the brightness of a bulb when more bulbs are added to a circuit. #science #firsthandexperiences https://t.co/cYU3ZMJMnS
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21/01/22
A great way to end the week celebrating the diversity shown through our Influential People Week in our assembly! Thank you to parents and carers for all their hard work supporting their children to create such wonderful headgear! #communication #diversity #influentialpeopleweek https://t.co/VerIgUDUkc
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21/01/22
Partnered proof-reading and editing in Team Tolkien this morning ! Let’s see if they can apply these skills to their own pieces! #english https://t.co/AL7xLqkb16
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21/01/22
Dahl class have loved talking about the people who inspire us, as part of #influentialpeopleweek we have all shown such respect to each other and our views and have all been inspired by each other. #firsthandexperiences #communication #diversity https://t.co/Y1Gfb5E3yi
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21/01/22
Dahl class have completed some fantastic news reports on Captain Sir Tom Moore as part of our #influentialpeopleweek activities #firsthandexperiences @captaintommoore https://t.co/4AEbXA5AFL
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20/01/22
What an inspiring day in Potter Class! We have loved spending time learning about the people that have influenced us. The children gave fantastic presentations and really knew their stuff about their chosen individual #communication #influentialpeopleweek #diversity https://t.co/qwW7dgFcKA
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20/01/22
Celebrating Influential people in Team Shakespeare: My Dad. Edith Clark, David Attenborough and Ruth Bader Ginsberg. #diversity #firsthandexperiences #history https://t.co/SQhufyow0z
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20/01/22
Celebrating Influential people in Team Shakespeare: Wole Soyinka, Dina Asher Smith, Eric Yuan and Carolyn Keene. #diversity #firsthandexperiences #history https://t.co/YKcvjbYKKh
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20/01/22
Celebrating Influential people in Team Shakespeare: Vaulting teacher, Dr Beast, Emma Raducanu, Ada Lovelace. #diversity #firsthandexperiences #history https://t.co/boPXuDU9wQ
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20/01/22
Year 1 loved discovering the 'Brushes redux' app and the 'Tate paint' website to learn how to create illustrations using different paint tools #computing https://t.co/2iYihEZ5PD
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20/01/22
As design technologists, Team Tolkien have been enjoying learning about the history of the Dream-Catcher and its symbol of: hope, happiness and positivity! #dt #dreamcatcher #history https://t.co/cAqCU7sHlb
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20/01/22
Team Tolkien spoke with great passion and enthusiasm about those who have inspired us, to celebrate ’Influential People’s Week.’ These ranged from David Attenborough, Serena Williams and Martin Luther King to a parent! #influencialpeoplesweek #pshce #history https://t.co/r0fmu14sJW
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20/01/22
In Dahl class #PE lesson today we had a basketball tournament, and a shoot out! The children were great at showing all of the skills they have learnt this unit. We will continue the tournament next week to find our winning team. https://t.co/a5JUwAFVYh
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20/01/22
Celebrating Influential people in Team Shakespeare: Katherine Johnson, David Attenborough, Emma Watson and Mampimpi. #diversity #firsthandexperiences #history https://t.co/ZKEVX0bwJ5
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20/01/22
Moomin presented their information about their influential person that they have created their hat on. We have found out some amazing facts. #influentialpeopleweek https://t.co/HuCpQMa4IJ
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20/01/22
Elmer presented facts about their influential people beautifully. We had such a lovely range in class, it was wonderful to see #communication #influentialpeopleweek https://t.co/quoJpmk9v8
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20/01/22
So many influential people in Milne Class. #Influentialpeople https://t.co/EE7E5jvlRt
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19/01/22
In Science we watched a live lesson about plants and we learnt about the different parts of a plant and what plants need to grow. During the lesson we watched clips from Sir David Attenborough’s Green Planet program. https://t.co/8H9ayCPwqV
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19/01/22
Potter Class ‘Pasta Punctuation’ this morning to remind us where inverted commas go when a character is speaking. We also looked at our reporting clauses and making them more exciting for the reader. #spag #english https://t.co/JMq4FtBlEE
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19/01/22
Beautiful winter sunrise at cross country this morning #pe #fivewaystowellbeing https://t.co/DuVFD12XWN
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18/01/22
Tear six team Shakespeare have been exploring our value of the month: gratitude. They have set up gratitude journals and explored the health benefits (physical and mental) of a gratitude practice. #pshe #fivewaystowellbeing https://t.co/4P7tn2pRCu
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18/01/22
Super Shakespeare scientists investigating different ways to change the brightness of a bulb, considering independent, dependent and control variables and then evaluating the data collected. #science #firsthandexperiences https://t.co/1OYS9xKOyA
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18/01/22
Super Shakespeare scientists investigating different ways to change the brightness of a bulb, considering independent, dependent and control variables and then evaluating the data collected. #science #firsthandexperiences https://t.co/VIaGgqKLKa
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17/01/22
Weaving in Team Tolkien… the start of our dream-catcher project. It was so lovely we were able to do this outside in the sunshine ! #art https://t.co/obA1jMXW1U
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17/01/22
Year six team Shakespeare hockey players practising their attacking and defending skills in the context of hockey - considering how to create space as attackers and block space as defenders. #pe https://t.co/4uDU6FLXgk
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17/01/22
Moomin Class enjoyed learning about Martin Luther King as part of Influential People Week. https://t.co/BPueqe8xKr
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17/01/22
Milne class using hot seating to learn more about the characters. To help them plan their play scripts #English https://t.co/OrpJ4cN0Sv
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14/01/22
Elmer class loved their geography lesson today learning about where the school is situated. We answered geographical questions about the school location and site. #geography https://t.co/zqS7UIU4QD
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14/01/22
Milne Class getting lots out of their Stormbreak today with Ranagram . @hellostormbreak https://t.co/UgcduTLj3l
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14/01/22
Dahl class have been debating the topic ‘should we get a swimming pool in the school hall?’ As part of our balanced arguments English unit. Very valid for and against arguments and great use of conjunctions. #english #communicationdriver https://t.co/YwSV0QXHO7
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13/01/22
Elmer class loved using the IT suite this afternoon to safely search for different characters from books. We looked at how the images had been created #computing https://t.co/wbRWg3cD5o
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13/01/22
Y1 enjoyed starting the afternoon with a stormbreak called 'Bus Stop Meditation'. Here we focused on self care. We jumped on the positivity bus for a happy thought and let the bus pass us by for a negative thought. We know it is ok to have different feelings #pshe #stormbreak https://t.co/OY2BIDufmo
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13/01/22
In Year 1 we drew froggie faces on our fingers to help us jump backwards on a number line. Elmer were super mathematicians and solved lots of subtraction questions #maths https://t.co/BEOliysvon
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Headteacher Lisa Davies
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