UKS2 Festival of Sport

18th May 2026Charlotte Newman

Today, our UKS2 Festival of Sport was a fantastic celebration of teamwork, determination and sportsmanship. The four house teams competed in a range of exciting races including the sprint race, obstacle race, egg and spoon race, skipping race and relay race. Every child gave their best effort, cheering each other on and showing great resilience throughout the day. The atmosphere was full of energy and encouragement, making the festival a brilliant event for everyone involved.

One of the highlights of the day was the parent vs teacher race, which brought lots of laughter and excitement from the crowd. Both teams competed enthusiastically while pupils eagerly supported from the sidelines. We are incredibly proud of everyone who took part and are excited to find out which house will be crowned the overall winner on Friday!

Colourful Semantics

18th May 2026Nicole Tymon

Today we used colourful semantics to talk about our activity. Colourful semantics is used for sentence building to help children understand how to make a sentence and the order we put our words and phrases in. The children first start with a “who, doing, what?” structure, which is then built upon depending on their understanding.

Today’s activity involved more planting, and today we planted thyme, basil, and oregano.

Exploring Nature Around Our School

15th May 2026Samantha Taylor

Today we explored the school grounds to see what plants we could identify. We found Daisy, Bluebell, Dandelion and Buttercup.

We blew the dandelions and talked about how the tiny seeds we blow away will eventually settle into the soil and grow into new dandelions. It was fascinating to watch the seeds float through the air!

We also tried the old wives’ tale with the buttercup under our chins to see if we like butter… and guess what? We do! Everyone loved seeing the yellow reflection shine under their chin.

While exploring the forest school area, we spotted some new plants beginning to grow. We carefully observed their leaves and stems and wondered what they might become. We can’t wait to keep watching them grow and see if we can identify them over the next few weeks!

Milkshake, Yummy!

11th May 2026Nicole Tymon

Last week, we planted some strawberry seeds, we learned how the seeds will eventually grow into strawberries. Today, we used some store-bought strawberries to make a delicious strawberry milkshake by chopping them into small pieces and adding them to the blender with milk. We spoke about how we can hopefully use our plants in the future too!

Think we did a great job!

Plant Progress.

8th May 2026Nicole Tymon

After a week the beans started to sprout! Look how excited we are 🙂

This was them after 2 weeks! Look how tall they are! Notice the difference with 4 days? WOW! We measure each day and write it on our chart. We’re excited to see how much they grow over the weekend.

The seeds we harvested from our tomatoes have even started to grow! Amazing!

Flower Power.

8th May 2026Nicole Tymon

Over the past week, the children have sequenced the stages of plant growth and made and labelled their own flowers, all doing a fantastic job! Not only did they love creating the flowers, but they were also enthusiastic when talking through how plants grow. They are showing great interest and knowledge within the Growth and Change topic.

Tomato time!

27th April 2026Nicole Tymon

Last week, we extracted seeds from a tomato and carefully laid them out to dry over the weekend, getting them ready for planting. Learning the life cycle of the food we eat, with this were planting more edible plants each week. We also watched a video about how tomatoes grow, and the children were fascinated by a time-lapse showing the plants growing taller and taller. They loved seeing how tomatoes start off green and gradually turn red, and were excited to learn that tomatoes can come in many different colours too. We’re all looking forward to watch how tall our tomato plants will grow!