Last week, Year 2 thoroughly enjoyed celebrating the Harvest Festival. The children were proud to perform their songs and poems for their families, and it was lovely to see such enthusiasm in their performance.

This week, during their digital lessons Year 2 have been exploring and developing a range of skills using different applications. It’s been wonderful to see their confidence grow as they navigate new tools.

In Art, Year 2 have enjoyed learning how to blend primary colours to create secondary colours. They have used these skills to paint seasonal backgrounds experimenting with colour mixing and showing great creativity.

We have also continued our global learning, focusing on where food comes from, with a focus on chocolate. Our discussions around Fairtrade were particularly insightful, and we were impressed by the thoughtful opinions shared about fairness to farmers and ethical choices. The children showed great empathy and understanding, which sparked some very meaningful conversations.

We look forward to next week and are excited about our upcoming celebration assembly.

Pupils across the school took part in a special Maths Investigation Day during their regular maths lessons. Designed to bring maths to life, the activities encouraged children to apply their skills in real-world contexts—developing curiosity, resilience, and problem-solving abilities.

From cracking codes and solving riddles to exploring medicine ingredients in Year 2 (inspired by George’s Marvellous Medicine), every year group tackled exciting challenges. Our Year 5 and 6 pupils even explored Fibonacci’s sequence, using it to create stunning mathematical artwork. Meanwhile, our youngest learners in Reception explored the concept of size by comparing everyday classroom objects—laying the foundations for mathematical thinking through hands-on discovery. It was a fantastic celebration of thinking creatively and mathematically!

This week in Bumblebees class, we have been reading the story of The Very Hungry Caterpillar. In our maths area, children have been practicing number recognition by placing the corresponding number of coloured bricks onto the caterpillar leaves.

As part of their current history and English topics and in preparation for their trip to Ramsgate, Year 6 started the week thinking about what it would have been like to live in the cramped and dark spaces within the war tunnels.  Working in groups they created their own role plays, combining history and drama.

On Thursday, they headed off to explore Ramsgate, learning all about the air-raid precautions that the people of the town had to take during World War II. They toured the underground tunnels and learned how they helped save lives during the Blitz. Everyone enjoyed a lovely lunch at the harbour, which was a main protagonist in ‘Operation Dynamo’, and where the small ships set sail to aid the evacuation of Dunkirk.

After completing their initial work on lab safety, Year 5 pupils had the exciting opportunity to use Bunsen burners for the first time. Their experiment focused on evaporation: starting with a saltwater solution, they applied heat to separate the substances and recover the salt.

Once the practical work was complete, the children wrote clear investigation reports in their books, carefully detailing the methods they used and the results they observed. A fantastic start to their science investigations this year!

Continuing with our topic this week ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’ we created a tuff spot so our preschooler Bumblebees could act out the story using characters from the book. We used different materials/textures to represent the mud, water, forest and snowstorm. It was lots of fun!

In our younger Butterflies class, we have been focusing on the theme of Autumn. We have been out and about observing the trees in the school grounds and spotting the squirrels. Once back in the classroom, the children have been working on painting squirrels as part of our Autumn display. It is going to be stunning! Well done everyone.