Royal Wedding

This afternoon, in Hargreaves class, was all about the Royal Wedding! The children worked hard making cards, cracking a code, making puppets, colouring pictures and bookmarks, designing dresses and creating a beautiful dress design as a whole class.

Ware a Hat Day

A big thank you to everyone who donated towards our Ware a Hat Day earlier this week, we managed to raise a grand total of £232.11 for the Amy Wallace Magpie Trust. 

Cheerio bird feeders

Today Hargreaves class designed and made a Cheerio bird feeder. The children had to bend a pipe cleaners into a shape of their choice, thread on the cereal hoops and then twist the pipe cleaner to ensure the hoops could not fall off.

The RSPB say that this is a suitable food for garden birds, as long as it is in small quantities and the bird has access to water..

Year 1 Multisports

On Friday, Hargreaves class were fortunate enough to be invited, to Wodson park, to take part in a sports festival. The children took part in a variety of different activities and a great time was had by all.

Egyptian Day

Years 3 and 4 had an exciting trip to Ancient Egypt today.  We came dressed as Egyptians, did crafts, heard stories, performed plays and ceremonies and enjoyed an Egyptian feast.  Some of us were slaves for the day and some of us were pharaohs.  We experienced what life would have been like five thousand years ago during this extraordinary period in history.

BOOK CLUB Using drama to explore books

Tuesday 8th May at 12.30pm

Budi wants to play for Real Madrid. Football is his passion and a great escape from the reality of his harsh life, working long hours in an Indonesian sweat shop, sewing football boots together.

Members of the Book Club were moved and shocked by extracts from this bittersweet novel, which will have you rooting for Budi as he tries to make his way in life. The group came up with situations in which people might have to work against their will, and then thought about what they would dream about in order to get through the day. This culminated in a piece of drama in which reality merged into fantasy. We saw a group of farm labourers digging manure and then being transported into another, less smelly, world!

We then went on to recreate a scene in the factory sweatshop where Budi worked, layering movement, sound, facial expressions and words to create a repetitive and moving montage. The group then imagined that there was an ever-growing earth tremor whilst they had to continue with their labours. It was a moving piece to participate in and watch, which helped us to imagine how it may have felt to have been in Budi’s shoes.

Mrs Barlow


Book Club uses drama techniques to introduce children to a range of books and takes place once every half-term (Tuesdays at 12.30pm). It is not expected that the group members have read the book in advance, though it is hoped that some will be inspired to go away and read it!

If KS2 pupils would like to attend, please see Reception.

Time for a spring clean!

We took advantage of the sunny day......the children have been busy cleaning our nursery equipment! 

Thank you! What else can we clean?