With some restrictions due to the pandemic still in place, we approached our Easter celebrations in a slightly different way. The aim was to focus on aspects of Easter in a variety of creative ways including: using our environment giving opportunities for personal...

We designed and drew our own invitations Once they were ready, we set off to deliver each invitation personally to each house in the village. Delivering to one of our school...

This challenge required trust and technique Learning how to jump against the wall with our feet. At times we felt quite nervous But the safety harness held us. There was nothing to fear. Take a look at some of our achievements. https://youtu.be/w2oe1n2KfZs...

This was a new activity for us. We learnt about the air rifles and how to use the sight line to aim accurately at the target. We learnt what the different parts of the rifle were called and how to cock the barrel. Setting up the targets Setting up the targets Cocking...

One of our evening events was 90 minutes of weird and wonderful races in teams. The first race was all about trying to throw as many shoes into hoops. This was followed by trying to build the tallest tower of shoes! https://youtu.be/W_bVOae02Nc Finally the race was on...

This activity proved to be very challenging. It involved climbing up a pole to a platform before climbing onto it and jumping off it and hitting a buoy suspended nearby. Some of us felt very worried beforehand. If we weren’t climbing, we were learning to belay. This...

Being one of our earlier challenges the wall looked daunting as we harnessed up and then warmed our bodies up with a game. And then we were off, with some of us finding the wall more of a challenge than others. Sometimes it was pretty scary and we needed the support...

Although we felt this might have been an easy activity, we quickly realised that we need the support and trust of others. We began the session with a series of games to build our trust in each other. Could we possibly run through the line, trusting our friends to drop...

The evening activity on the first night involved singing songs, listening to stories and even acting out parts of the story. https://youtu.be/axuK65Y1KbY https://youtu.be/S-_GZJXIMPY https://youtu.be/xxlRsUI8hCY

This was a very tricky activity that began with none of us being able to step and balance on the board. However, an hour and a half later, many of us were able to travel some metres independently. It wasn’t as easy as we thought…. ……especially when we confused the...

Our residential, outdoor education trip took place after 2 years of lockdown and it was definitely worth waiting for! We stayed for 3 days at the Osmington Bay, Weymouth centre with the aim of working together as a strong team, supporting each other and stepping out...

“What is space?” I asked KS2. Introduction to our day in space. First we learnt that space is a difficult and dangerous place to be and constantly expanding meaning the position of planets and galaxies is always changing. We realised how important a space suit is to...

Today we explored the world of stories in years 4, 5 and 6. Nick, Jan, Ambs and Raja visited us in school and took us on a story writing journey. We began the morning creating a collaborative story together but were rudely interrupted by the phone ringing….it was the...

Seatown Class came to school dressed as characters from books and enjoyed a variety of activities such as paired reading with children in Burton Class, creating bunting for our book corner and creating book reviews of our favourite stories. Characters we dressed up as...

We explored the effects of different voltages in our circuits and even began to question applications of our results to everyday life.

We have been finding out facts about the universe and presented them in an information text. Our presentation and fun facts were just as important as the writing to draw the reader in! [gallery columns="4"...

Seatown used chalks and pastels to create these space images. We followed the instructions of an artist on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PC9wdRWXRQ Why don't you try it out for yourself and watch this link? We were very impressed with the results. What do...

Seatown class were having fun with spreadsheets, learning about different types of graph to represent their data and exploring probability.

Seatown have enjoyed some cross curricular maths - combining ratio work with our term's focus on space. Here we are designing our alien drinks for a celebration of their successful invasion of the school! We recorded the ratios of each colour used and then scaled the...

Seatown class have been exploring computer music creation using GarageBand to create soundscapes for their Space project.

In our Sikhism unit, we are studying the Guru Granth Sahib - the Sikh holy book. It is full of stories that we can learn so much from. In the story of Guru Nank, the bowl of milk and the jasmine flower (read here by 2 Year 5 pupils) we learn that there is always a...

We linked our science topic on plants with an art project manipulating paper to create 3D structures. We then progressed on to wire and tissue paper structures. It was harder than it looked. Which ones do you like best?

We played Pass the Parcel. Can you guess what these forfeits were?

Seatown enjoyed remembering the true meaning of Christmas as we made Christingles. We sang 'Away in a Manger' and focused on the candles. We wrote down our own personal reflections.