Author Archives: Miss Mansell

A rainy welcome back to the second half of our Spring term! The sun has began to shine today, hopefully it is here to stay! This week we designed and made our own jam tarts. We practised different skills including rolling out the pastry once we had made it and cutting it using a crinkled […]

Today, is National Safer Internet Day. The children have spent time both in assembly this week and in class, discussing and learning about how to stay safe online. The main focus of our learning has been the importance of talking to a trusted grown-up if the children come across anything they don’t like or are unsure of online. We have also […]

It is already February and it has started to feel a little bit more like Spring! Hopefully the sun is here to stay! This week in Science we have been learning about forces and magnets. We have been exploring different surfaces and which ones required the most force (Newtons) to pull a wooden block across. […]

We are nearly at our spelling review week, keep on practising this week’s spellings (week beginning 29.01.24) alongside looking over the previous spellings since the start of January ready for our quiz next week. Below is an example of our Spring 1 spelling sheet, there is a copy in your child’s reading diary. If you […]

This week we have taken advantage of the sunny weather and have been able to explore how light makes shadows. We learnt that we need a light source, an opaque object and a surface to create a shadow. We went outside at different times of the day and drew round each other. We discovered that […]

Welcome to 2024! How time flies, we are already in mid January! We have been exploring multiplication in Maths, learning how to multiply 2-digit numbers by a 1-digit number, with renaming! We explored two different methods, the expanded method and the compact method. In Literacy we have been reading the Black Dog by Levi Pinfold. […]

Following our trip to the museum, we have been very busy designing and making our very own Stone Age inspired roundhouses! We thought about the different materials that would have been available during the Stone age, so we used sticks and clay to build the main structure and then some straw on the roof. We […]

We had a fantastic time visiting the Dorset Museum to explore artefacts that have been discovered from the Stone and Bronze Ages. We explored different hand tools and worked together to decide what they would have been used for, using clues to help us and finally we experienced what it would be like to be […]

We have had a busy week of learning this week! In Maths we have continued to explore multiplying and dividing by 3 and 4. We have used lots of different resources to help us with our problem solving. We have really enjoyed our new book in Literacy, the BFG! This week we have been writing […]

Budding writers and artists  please read on. If you are in Years 2, 3 and 4 here is a chance to showcase your creative talents and amazing skills by entering 1 of The Rotary Youth competitions. You can find all the details in the documents below 2023/24 Writer competition Information Pack 2023/24 Young artist information […]