Blog Author: Sue Wardell

This week, Sid the Cygnet was flying high at Duxford Imperial War Museum (Rauf Class Trip).

Rauf Class had a fantastic trip to Duxford War Museum, where we explored a range of artefacts linked to this year’s history topics.

Monday Funday.  Not the beach, though!  This time, courtesy of the school & YDP - inflatable assault course.  A special little treat to kick off the working week!  

Whenever we receive a monetary donation to the school, our automatic thinking is always... BOOKS!  This shows you how much we value reading; how much we care about children being given access to great fiction!

Thank You Pomfret Motors.  Look at these gorgeous new…

This week, Sid the Cygnet swam -  through a sea of literature! (We Love Reading: Pomfret Motors donation).

It was lovely to see Year 5 children sharing stories and inspiring a love of reading.

This week, Sid the Cygnet felt very buoyant!

It was wonderful to hear from the children how much they enjoyed their lesson and how much they accomplished in just one session. They’re definitely looking forward to the next one.

This week, Sid the Cygnet has been pining to party...twice!  (Disco Tonight: KS1 then KS2!)

Parents: thanks for being such good sports!  We’re really proud of our pupils’ athleticism & integrity, as I’m sure you are, too.

Any final donations to come in after half term, please.  Please support our Year 6s.  They successfully received all their lessons outdoors (alongside their happy-to help Year 5 counterparts), only venturing in for the toilet and the odd hot dinner!   15-minute non-stop conga at lunchtime…no sweat…

Rauf Class have been consolidating their understanding of dividing and multiplying by 1000. This fundamental skill is being used to perform calculations with decimals when solving real-life problems involving larger numbers. It is also supporting key conversions such as metres to kilometres and…