In Nursery Class this week we learnt all about trains as part of our transport topic. We spoke about the different places we have each travelled to on a train and looked at the very busy TFL map. We then worked on our number recognition skills by colouring some trains in by numbers and painted pictures of our ideal trains. Press here for more.

Reception Class went on an outing to ‘The Secret Garden’ on Wednesday. We had the most fantastic afternoon looking around the garden in the sunshine. One of the gardeners lead us around, pointing out different plants, flowers and herbs which we were all very interested in tasting! There were beehives and a pond, so we had a little go at pond-dipping, although the only pond creatures we managed to fish out were water lice...not a frog in sight. Before we left we all planted broad beans to take back to school for our garden, as well as some lovely wildflower seeds. Press here.

Over the past few weeks Year 1 have been busy getting our gardens ready and having fun with our green experiments. We dissected a flower and learnt a lot about the different parts of plants. Our bean in a maze experiment worked like a charm; the plant worked its way around the maze to find the light. We looked at the function of the stalk and watched, as over a few days, the white flowers changed colours. We planted our tomato plants, a wild flower patch and we watched as our bean plant grew 55cm in 6 days. We have an ongoing experiment that the children are monitoring to see what kinds of environments a seed can sprout in. We have also started looking at the forest understory. Press here for more.

In Year 2/3, we've been working incredibly hard to complete our own-made animal non-fiction books.

We researched all the information about our chosen animals such as where they live, what they eat and if they are endangered. We've included all the features of a non-fiction book such as a contents page, diagrams and a glossary.

Almost all of our books are now complete; soon we'll have a library of our non-fiction books ready to be borrowed.

The books are of incredible quality and show off all the children's hard work. Come and visit Year 2/3 and have a look at our awesome books. Press here for more.

This week the focus was for children to find good ways of communicating - expressing themselves appropriately and as clearly as possible to get their point across. The children here have definitely shown that and it is pleasing to see teachers struggle to choose children! Next week's focus follows on - the perennial focus on good manners. We want all our children to use their great manners all the time, so let's see who gets the prize next week.

The Musician of the Week this week goes to Mabel in Year 1 because she is always eager to learn during her weekly sessions. Her listening skills are excellent and she always communicates her ideas clearly and concisely. Paul was impressed with how she worked with her group this week to re-imagine Louis Armstrong's 'What a Wonderful World'. Great stuff!

The Artist of the Week went to Verity in Nursery Class for her beautiful and well described painting of a train as part of Nursery Class' transport topic. We all really loved it! Well done you! Press here.

Nursery Class ...... Alberta

Reception Class ... Ellie-Mae Year 1 ..................... Theo

Year 2/3 ................ Reuben

Nursery Class Stevie for being extra kind and fair to her friends this week and also for always being so polite and using excellent manners at all times! Hector for making excellent effort whilst writing his name and for also turn taking really well with our new trampoline! Reception Class Milo who has shown lots of interest in our new 'Living and Growing' theme for this half term. He's been very excited about all the planting we've been doing, keeping a close eye on his seeds and beans to see how they're developing - lovely to see Milo! Year 1 Xavi who has been trying exceptionally hard with communication this week. He has been taking turns, listening to his friends and participating very well in his talking partner situations. He has also been a help with tidying up and looking after school property. Well done Xavi. Year 2/3 Huw who is really pushing himself to produce high quality work and has been working super hard at home on his spellings, maths and non-fiction work. Huw takes pride in his homework and it is always fantastic. Keep it up Huw!

Last Saturday’s Playground Development

Staff, parents and children came along on Saturday, May 3rd to work on the second phase in the development of our school’s playground. They built a climbing wall, a trampoline, roofing, further improvements to the mud kitchen, a tyre swing, and so, so much more. We want to warmly thank all the parents, children and staff who got involved. It was a fun, sunny day, and it’s amazing how much work they did. Thank you and well done! Here are some photos taken during the project and press here to see more. Also, there will be another Saturday for the finishing touches to get done coming up in June. The dates of this are to be confirmed soon, so if you could spare the time to join us, we’d be extremely grateful.

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Week 1 Dish of the Day Alternative

Option Vegetables/Sides

Salad

Selection Dessert Tea

Monday Egg fried rice with sweet

and sour sauce

Sandwich

selection Seasonal variety

Mixed

salad

Sponge

cake

Cheese on

toast & fresh

fruit

Tuesday Fish Cakes

Fishless Cakes

(cheese)

Sandwich

selection

Peas Mixed

salad Fresh fruit

Tomato pasta &

sponge cake

Wednesday

Jacket Potato with

choice of: cheese,

beans, tuna, cauliflower

cheese or chilli

Sandwich

selection Guacamole

Mixed

salad Flapjack

Vegetable soup

& fresh fruit

Thursday Veggie Lasagne

Tomato

Pasta/Plain

pasta with

cheese

Garlic bread Mixed

salad Yoghurt

Beans on toast

& rice pudding

Friday Vegetable Pilaf Sandwich

selection Boiled eggs

Grated

carrots Fresh fruit

Margarita pizza

& seasonal fruit

cake

After School Facilities Use

We are very proud of the developments in the playground, and the staff diligently put away all the resources each evening so that it’s ready for use the following day. Now that the days are getting longer and the weather is getting better, please ensure that at late pick up, your children do not use the resources that have been put away outside. I’m sure you understand; thanks in advance.

Early Years Buggies

Now that we have added the marvellous sandpit to the playground, buggies need to be collapsed and placed in the bike/scooter area. In order for all buggies to fit, please ensure that you have a collapsible buggy and that you enable space for all users to place their buggies in the designated area. Thank you.

For Your Diary…

Mapping out the rest of the academic year so you can book time off to not miss a thing!

WB 12th May ...................................................................................... Science Week

19th May ............................................................................................. Summer Recital 10:10am

26th May – 30th May ......................................................................... Half Term (NURSERY & PLAY SCHEME OPEN)

17th June ............................................................................................ Sports Day

WB 23rd June ..................................................................................... Parent/Teacher Consultation Week

8th July ................................................................................................ Summer Show 3pm

9th July ................................................................................................ Summer Show 3pm

12th July .............................................................................................. Summer Fete

17th July .............................................................................................. Last Day of Term (Picnic in the Park)

18th July .............................................................................................. Teacher INSET + Play Scheme + Nursery OPEN

Code Club Creations

All the clubs are in full swing now and it was delightful to see the work Code Club have been doing using Scratch. The children have created their own computer games using code, which after two sessions, is pretty amazing. To see an example of what they have produced press here. Impressive stuff! Thank you to Rachel for running the club. We can’t wait to see what they’ll be able to do by the end of term!