Blog Author: Sue Wardell

It has been lovely to welcome our new reception children to school. They have had a busy week making new friends, exploring the classroom, starting phonics sessions, subitising in maths, taking part in PE lessons, painting, building, sharing books, engaging in role play, joining the rest of the…

In homage to Roald Dahl Day 2024, classic titles to sustain young appetites.  Sid the Cygnet also worked out the clues from the 'Cuboid of Curiosity'.  First appeared the colour yellow (or golden ticket!); followed by the giraffe, the bar of chocolate, then the book!

Happy Roald Dahl Day,…

On Tuesday, all children across the school had their first Chance to Shine cricket lesson.  Chance to Shine aims to give children the opportunity to develop physical skills associated with cricket as well as important life skills such as resilience.  It was lovely to hear the positive comments…

Wenzel Class began transition week by designing class logos, inspired by the many bright and beautiful animals in Brendan Wenzel's book 'Hello, Hello'. The children thought carefully about why it is important to show responsibility at school and volunteered for their new Active Citizen roles. Once…

It was a fantastic start in Rauf Class, this week. The children were introduced to our core values through engaging discussions and interactive team-building exercises, fostering a strong sense of self-awareness and cooperation. Throughout the whole week, children have demonstrated a deep…

The biggest highlight in Larwood Class this week - aside from settling in and making new friends - has been a scientific visit from Illumina. Using a mixture of chemicals and scientific equipment, children were able to extract strands of DNA from strawberries! We also learned how DNA works and…

It has been lovely to welcome the new children into school this week. I have been impressed with the level of responsibility shown by those in Year 1, supporting the new starters, showing them around the classroom, and setting up resources for them. The new play builder set has been popular and…

Your winners, ladies & gentleman – if you can work out who they are…book voucher courtesy of Book Club for the winners

Class Logo Competition 2024: 19^th July 2024

Six years ago, we decided to run our first class logo competition.  Back then, a different theme for classes was chosen: animals, artists, trees – for example…and then last year happened: in order to raise the profile of reading, we chose authors and…

Book of the Year 2024: 19^th July 2024

Our reading curriculum has been deliberately designed to contain a wide-variety of great (many award-winning) books, spanning genres and themes of interest for all ages – for children in Year R to Year 6 over a two year cycle.  There’s something for…

This week, Sid the Cygnet said goodbye... (Pool Party for Leavers)

This week, Sid the Cygnet found out that we were 44^th (out of 208 schools) in Cambridgeshire - for attendance so far in- year