The Importance of Reading

One of our priorities within school this year is to develop and instil the love of reading within our children. As a school we recognise the importance of reading. We know that if a child reads well; they do well. If a child makes progress with developing their phonic...

Year 2 Fundraising

Many thanks to our thoughtful year 2 pupils who planned and organised a cake sale to raise funds for the Australian Wildfires. The pupils have been studying Australia over recent weeks and were moved to raising funds to support the fire fighters, residents and...

School Resources – Education City

Education city is a great resource which allows pupils to access and range of English, Maths, Science, computing and French activities targeted at specific age groups in school. Each pupil in school has their own individual log in which provides them with their own...

School Resources – Encyclopedia Britannica

As parents we all know how worrying a random internet search can be as a range of unpredictable sites and links always have the opportunity to pop up. Within school ensuring that pupils have access to safe, reliable information is really important for our pupils and...

School Resources – Brainpop

All pupils from Y3 upwards have access to Brainpop. Brainpop is a fantastic resource that uses two characters – Tim and Moby, to explain concepts as diverse as ‘Rainbows’ and ‘Division’ to ‘Martin Luther King’ and ‘The Digestive System’. The site uses a range of short...

School Resources – Tackling Tables

Tackling Tables is an activity used from Y2 upwards where pupils have the opportunity to practise their multiplication tables and recognise the number sentences that support the tables. For example, pupils learn that 3×4=12 is the same as 4×3=12, but this is also...