Reception enjoyed an immersive week exploring the story of The Gingerbread Man. A host of activities saw the children creating gingerbread men, mixing recipes to bake gingerbread men and making traps to capture gingerbread men!

This week, in Maths, Year 1 have been learning to name and recognise 3D shapes. We have made our own 3D shapes in the theme of our English topic, animals. 

Our long awaited trip to the Hertfordshire Zoo has finally arrived. Children were so excited to see all the animals and they surely impressed the Zoo staff during the Amazing Adaptation session with their knowledge of animals in their natural habitat. Yes, we braved the chilly weather, but it was worth it to have the whole zoo to ourselves! 

This week, Year 3 crafted their very own stone age inspired pots using clay. They used modelling tools to carve repetitive patterns onto the pots before leaving them somewhere warm to dry. 

This week, we have worked hard to complete our innovated stories based on our model text of the mighty Aslan, changing the setting and Aslan's personality . In Maths, we've been busy practicing our times tables and creating ways to try and help us remember them. We have also been talking about our digestive system and how our body can absorb nutrients from our food. 

Year 5 have spent the week developing their research skills to respond to a range of enquiry questions across various subjects including English, D&T, Science and Geography. This week marked the mid point in our learning journey this half term and we are excited to see where this takes the children. 

Building on last week's excellent stitching, Year 6 have shown incredible collaboration, resilience and respect for one-another when sewing their slipper prototypes. In addition to this, within Mathematics, they have solidified their understanding of adding & subtracting fractions by applying their procedural knowledge to contextual problems.

The inspection provided the team with all the professional development and reflection that they could possibly manage in one week, so the staff meeting was postponed. We have a bumper week of training ahead with our Inset Day on Monday and the weekly staff meeting on Wednesday.