It has been like a mail delivery room on our Key Stage One corridor this morning! Year Two have been very busy writing letters of support and encouragement to the children in Year One. Year Two shared positive tales of their learning this year, their favourite trips and how much they have grown. They also shared their best subject....which of course was PSHE!! Mrs Semple then delivered these letters to the year one classroom where we sat together and read them. Year One loved

Year 1 and Year 2 had a fantastic day on their trip to the London Aquarium. We travelled to London by coach and, after arriving, enjoyed a walk past some of London's most famous landmarks, including the London Eye and the Houses of Parliament. The children loved spotting these iconic sights before making our way to the aquarium. Inside the aquarium, there was so much to see. We explored the different areas and saw sharks, penguins, jellyfish, rays and lots of colourful fish.

This term, Year 1 have been learning about the seasons as part of our science topic, focusing on the signs of summer. As part of our learning, we looked at Vincent van Gogh's Cypresses. We talked about the colours, shapes and features we could see in the painting and discussed how it reminded us of the summer season, with its bright sky, green trees and warm landscape. The children then used soft pastels to create their own versions of the artwork. They enjoyed experimenting

This term, Year 1 enjoyed a hands-on RE lesson as we learned about challah bread and why it is important in the Jewish faith. We worked together to add and mix the ingredients to make our own challah dough. However, there was a twist! We left out one secret ingredient and challenged the children to work out what was missing. After lots of thoughtful guesses, we revealed that the missing ingredient was sugar. We talked about how sugar gives challah its slightly sweet flavour a

Last term, Year 1 combined our DT and literacy learning by creating our own ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ puppets. Before making our puppets, the children designed their characters, thinking carefully about the features they wanted to include and the materials they would need. They then used their designs to create colourful and imaginative Wild Things, with every puppet being unique.

During this week all the classes participated in KIC theatre drama workshops. The topics covered were Sound, Shadow and Light, Journeys, Where the Wild Things Are, Transition, Secret Agents and Our Local Area. KIC Theatre is always a popular activity with all the classes and Ian is brilliant with the children.

What a fabulous day we have had celebrating World Music Day today. We were so fortunate to be joined by Kevin Richards, the drummer from Gumboots Reggae Band, who led every class in a drumming workshop. The children did a great job drumming out the various patterns Kevin taught them and also at following a type of call and response signal letting them know when to start, break and stop. At lunchtime, Mrs Hodgkinson sang to the children in the hall whilst they ate their lunch.

It was raining confetti in Assembly today as we all gathered together for our last PSHE assembly of the academic year. Together we celebrated our individual achievements! A few brave individuals walked our red carpet and shared their success stories with the whole school - We had proud moments such as Leap of Faith from our Residential trip, to being good friends, to wonderful art work. After this, it was time for the teachers to celebrate all of the pupils at St Eanswythe's