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Did you know that a tiger’s yawn smells like popcorn?

Today in English, the children completed research on tigers as we work towards writing non-chronological reports next week. After completing their research using our Chromebooks, the children presented their fun facts using (handmade)…

Year 1- Painting 

We have been very busy in Year 1 this afternoon. We have been developing different brushstrokes and learning the dip,dip,dab method when applying paint. We made different marks with the primary colours- circles,dots and large ‘c’ shapes. 

Day 1 at CHET and it has certainly been a busy one. After arriving and enjoying our lunches, we headed into the woods to tackle the orienteering course. The children completed a range of obstacles and it was wonderful to see so many of them conquer their fear of heights by taking part on the zip…

Day 3 and the final day at CHET for Miss Gray's class. We started off walking back into the woods and doing bushcraft, which involved learning how to light a fire from flint and lock and then toasting marshmallows on a fire to make smores! 

We then headed back to the centre to complete some…

The children in nursery have been very busy making Christmas cakes. They have used their senses to smell and feel the different ingredients and have listened carefully to the instructions. They helped one another and took turns stirring, cutting, mixing and pouring the different ingredients.…

Day 2 greeted us with another crisp Autumnal morning and the sun started to shine through as we headed out after breakfast to our first activities of the day - the climbing tower and the low ropes course and night lining. The children were superstars at climbing and overcoming their fear of…

The children and staff were all excited to take part in Odd Sock Day!  We are kind to each other every day in Reception, and have talked about the importance of this. 

We remembered the soldiers who died for us.  We all made a poppy to put in the window.  We observed the two minutes silence by watching the CBeebies ‘Poppies”. 

To begin our Geography topic the children walked to Tesco in groups and looked in the fruit aisle to investigate where different fruits have come from.

Day 1 at CHET and the weather could not have been better! We have seen CHET in all of it's late autumnal glory! The children have been amazing, getting stuck straight into all of the activities on the low ropes course this afternoon after making their beds before lunch (always the most tricky…

Year 5 have been exploring the issue of road safety.

The children discussed,  ‘How can we keep ourselves safe on the roads?’

We looked at the work of Emily Brooke and her invention, ‘Blaze - The Ultimate Light.’

We then designed posters explaining how the products keep cyclists…

This week the children have been learning about multiples and factors.

We explored the different ways we can identify a multiple of 2,3,4 and 5.