The children in Reception have enjoyed listening to the book ‘The Gruffalo’, they know lots of the words and join in with the story. Some children made their own Gruffalo using playdough and lots of…
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Nursery’s Eventful Week
Nursery participated in several special events this week. This week was maths week at St. Josephs and we had lots of fun learning about numbers whilst getting fit during a ‘numberfit’ lesson. On Tuesday we…
Read MoreYear 3: Marvellous Maths Week
This week pupils have been creating positive memories with Maths by taking part in the NumberFit Maths world series. Pupils have had an opportunity to explore Maths in an engaging and active way by combining…
Read MoreNursery Celebrates a New Theme
The children were introduced to a new theme this week: ‘Let’s Celebrate!’ We learnt about the Hindu festival Diwali and created some colourful Rangoli patterns. As well as our regular R.E lesson we marked two…
Read MoreWelcome back Year 2!
Wow! What an amazing first week back Year 2 have had! In RE, they made some artwork linked to our school mission statement – ‘We love, learn and grow with God at the centre!’ and…
Read MoreAmethyst Class Become Mathematical Rappers for National Numeracy Day!
Today was National Numeracy Day, a day when people around the country explore the fun and fascinating side of mathematics. Inspired by the mathematician, poet and rapper Harry Baker (check him out here), the Amethyst…
Read MoreYear 6: Maths fun!
To help them prepare for their maths papers in a gentle and enjoyable way, the Year 6 children designed their own pelmanism games this week, matching maths vocabulary to a definition, calculation or diagram. They…
Read MoreYear 6: Arctic Maths!
The Year 6s had a visit from Guy Tallentire, a geographer at Loughborough University who uses lots of maths in his studies. He spends time in Svalbard, well inside the Arctic Circle, where he measures…
Read MoreYear 5 – Morse code and encrypted messages!
Year 5 had a wonderful time code breaking this week! They learnt all about Bletchley Park and how morse code and encryption was used to send messages during World War II. The children had a…
Read MoreYear 6 Code Breakers!
Year 6 had a brilliant time cracking codes and learning about Bletchley Park during a wonderful workshop this afternoon. They explored the use of morse code and encryption to send messages during World War II,…
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