World Book Day Worship
World Book Day Worship This morning we launched World Book Day 2025 with a lovely Worship led by Miss Flynn and the librarians. We started with a book- Do Not Open This Book by Andy Lee. The children absolutely loved listening to the story and definitely did want to OPEN THE BOOK and turn the pages so that they could read the whole book! The theme for this years World Book Day is Get Ready to Read Your Way which encourages us all to read wherever and whenever we want. Next the librarians, Walter, Elliott, Tristan and Ivy, led a quiz where the children had to guess where you might enjoy a good book from the pictures on the screen. We had some great answers which included: in the car, whilst walking the dog, at the park, in the library, in bed, in a den, outside with our friends, in the bath, in the dentist or at school. The children that guessed correctly won a special WBD prize. In the next part of the quiz, the librarians shared a slide with four pictures of our school staff with their faces covered reading books in their favourite places. There was A - Miss Kachwalla in the bath, B - Mr Bloomfield in the living room, Mrs Singleton in the staff room D , - Mrs Govan in her bedroom, E - Mr Norris on the sofa - Miss Lyon’s reading with her daughter in bed,- G - Mrs Wilkinson - sat on the sofa, H- Miss Flynn reading to her child. To end the special Worship we shared The Story of The Little Mole Who Knew It Was None Of His Business by Werner Holzwarth and Wolf Erlbruch. We can’t wait for the rest of our World Book Day activities which include a live workshop, teachers sharing their favourite books and how we can use our WBD token so that we can get a free book.
Year 4 English - Identifying Plot Patterns
As part of English, we are studying the book The Firework Makers Daughter. In today’s lesson we have been extracting the basic plot using the boxing up method. We looked at the four main parts of the story and this will support us when we move on to plotting our own story both scaffolded and independent versions later in the unit. We can’t wait to develop our own versions by changing the characters and what they create instead of a firework.
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Year 3- Year of Prayer- Linking Pipe Cleaners
This afternoon, Year 3 participated in a hands-on activity to symbolize connection and prayer. We each formed a pipe cleaner into a bracelet, then partnered up and linked our bracelets together.We then prayed for people who may be lonely and have no friends and thanked God for always being with us and caring for us.
Reception- Kindness Ripples
In PSHE we watched a video showing how kindness can have an impact on others and can be passed on. We then made a circle and created some kindness ripples by dropping a stone into water and watching the ripples grow and spread to represent how kindness can spread. We are aiming to spread kindness through our 40 acts of kindness challenge for Lent.
Year 2 - Live lesson with Laura Baker
This morning, Year 2 joined a live session with author, Laura Baker. She is the author of the new book ‘The full stop that got away’. It was a funny book with lots of mischievous characters, especially Frank the full stop. It also gave us a little reminder of when to use full stops and different punctuation we can choose to use at the end of our sentences. After Laura had read her new book for us, we then got our chance to be an illustrator and draw Frank the full stop in different poses and with different expressions on his face. The children loved hearing from a real life author and getting a sneak preview of a brand new book.
KS2 Buzz Education -National Careers Week
Today, KS2 took part in an engaging Buzz Education session, exploring the world of different careers. The children had great fun guessing various jobs from pictures and clues, sparking curiosity and discussion. This led to an in-depth exploration of a wide range of careers, where they learned about the skills and school subjects needed for each role. The session inspired the children to think about their future aspirations and how their learning in school connects to the world of work.
Reception- Year of prayer- Pipe cleaner prayers
In class we each chose a pipe cleaner and a button charm and then chose a partner. We made our pipe cleaners into bracelets and linked them together with our partner we then prayed for people who may be lonely and have no friends. We then unlinked our pipe cleaners and looped them around our wrist and thanked God that he cares for us and is always with us.
Year 3- Class Worship- Is it important to feel proud of where you come from?
The Times newspaper recently surveyed young people aged 18 to 27 about their perspectives on life and living in the UK. The results revealed a range of opinions, with 4 out of 10 respondents expressing pride in being British. Year 3 engaged in a discussion, unanimously agreeing on the importance of treating everyone fairly, as they believed this is what Jesus would want. The Bible and other sacred books teach that everyone is valued and has a place in the world. Following this, the children were asked to thank God for helping them appreciate the good in their surroundings and celebrate the uniqueness of each place. To end the worship, the children sang This Little Light of Mine.
Year 4 - English: Reading & Analysing
It’s been a dramatic few days in English in Year 4. We started on Monday with some hot seating to help us understand the character. On Tuesday, we created a main character toolkit for a fantasy story. And then on Wednesday we used actions and symbols to learn a short passage from our class novel.
Year 4 - P.E. : Orienteering
This week, our Year 4s have been learning to read maps with a key in P.E. The character development focus is teamwork, and the teams that were the most successful were those that planned out what they would do, shared out roles and listened to each other. They read the funny face maps really well and so we had time to work on understanding common symbols in a key through a symbol and word card matching game. Next, they will be heading outdoors to familiarise themselves with the map of the school grounds.
Year 4 - Year of Prayer: Pipe Cleaner Prayers
This week, the prayer focus is about making connections and praying for those who may feel lonely or who don’t have friends or family. In Year 4, our prayers expressed hope that no one ever has to feel as though they’re alone with no one to turn to in times of need. We prayed that God would take care of those experiencing loneliness and help them to find companionship.
Year 6 English - Goodnight Mister Tom
In English, Year 6 have been combining their grammar work on prepositional phrases and expanded noun phrases with inferring characters’ thoughts and feelings at key points in the story of Goodnight Mister Tom.