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Year 4 have been busy making canopic jars as part of our Egyptian topic !
Year 4 Moors Valley Visit
Year One visit to Portchester Castle
Year One had a lovely visit to Portchester Castle to review their learning all about Castles and life inside a castle. We loved exploring the castle and acted out being Kings, Queens, guards and servants!
Sowing the Seed
Year 2 - Beaulieu Trip
Year 2 enjoyed their day out at Beaulieu Motor Museum, exploring how transport has changed over the years.
Year 2 - Great Fire of London Day
Year 2 had fun dressing up from the time of the Great Fire of London in 1666. We had a drama company come in to do a workshop with us. We saw a glimpse into the lives of Samuel Pepys and his maid, as well as getting to do some acting ourselves!
World Book Day!
We had a wonderful time dressing up as our favourite book characters, presenting our favourite books to our classmates and enjoying reading!
CULTURE DAY
The whole school had a wonderful day this week, celebrating the many different cultures represented in our school. The children loved wearing the special colours and outfits of their countries and sharing about the countries they have links to in their families.
Year 4 had a great trip to the Tutankhamen exhibition in Dorchester
Year 1 - Happily Ever After celebration
This week, we enjoyed dressing up as a knight, Princess, King or dragon for the day! We made Medieval Fine Cakes, created dragon arts 'n' crafts, pretended to remove the sword from the stone during our Dance session, and made a junk model castle to display the flag we designed and made from our DT work!
Reception have had a wonderful first term at school. They have been learning the routines and getting to know each other. We started the year thinking about ourselves, our class, our feelings and how to keep ourselves healthy. We then learnt lots about the changes we see around us as we moved into Autumn. Christmas is always a highlight in Reception. The children performed an amazing nativity and showed us how much they have learnt, grown and changed in only a few months!
Year One - 'Moving' Christmas Cards
We designed and made a moving Christmas card in DT for our families! Some children used the 'wheel' mechanism, some were 'pop up' and others used a 'slider!'
Year Five Science Dome
Year Five enjoyed a fabulous visit from the Science Dome. The planetarium show included visits to the Moon, the planets and even one of Jupiter's moons- Europa. It was an awe inspiring addition to our Earth and Space topic.





Other learning in Year 5 this term has included designing and sewing applique pouches, learning to play Spike Ball in Games and creating planets art work using pastels and chalk.
Year 6 Remembrance Showcase
This year, the Year 6 children put on a special showcase to mark Remembrance Day. We were fortunate enough to be joined by the childrens' parents and the President of the Royal British Legion in Bournemouth - Brian Fuller. In preparation for this, the children worked hard to: choreograph and perform war-themed dances, make clay poppies, write war poems, create war silhouettes and undertake research on WW1.
Year 4
We have had a busy first few weeks in school. Here are a selection of photos showing football and netball in P.E, some canopic jars that we made in art as part of our Egyptian topic and the children playing maths games.
Year One - History Topic - 'Granma's Toys'
As part of our History learning, we have been investigating older toys from the East Dorset Museum and comparing them to toys today. We also made a 'Cup and Ball' toy when learning that gender doesn't matter anymore when choosing toys to play with!
Year 6 have enjoyed their start to the academic year. They have produced some brilliant pieces of writing, using a range of skills and have even had their football lessons led by AFC Bournemouth! We are really impressed with how they have all settled into Year 6 and their attitude to learning.
Year 5 Residential
Year 5 were blessed with glorious sunshine for our residential to the Ancient Technology Centre in Cranborne. As part of our current history unit, we have been learning about the daily life of Anglo Saxons and this was the perfect opportunity to make history come alive. After entering the impressive longhouse for the first time, the day began with the vital task of preparing food for our lunch and dinner. This included making butter, grinding wheat using giant quern stones, chopping vegetables and preparing the chicken. Outside, children sawed and split branches to create kindling for the fire and dug in the quarry to make bricks ( a fun but very messy job!). The children soon discovered that the daily life of an Anglo Saxon was very tiring and we enjoyed reading the next part of Beowulf as they settled down to sleep in the longhouse. It was an unforgettable experience!
Year 3
Year 3 have had a lovely start to the year. We have been learning so many new things since we began the year. Here are a few pictures of some of the activities we have enjoyed.
Science- learning about rocks and soils.
French- learning how to say basic greetings and count in French.
Music- we began our recorder lessons which we all thoroughly enjoyed.
Computing- learning about digital devices and how they work.
Year 5 Trip to the Mary Rose Museum
Year 5 had a wonderful trip to the Mary Rose Museum in Portsmouth to enhance our learning as part of our Tudors topic. Viewing the ship and the artefacts that were found with it was absolutely breath-taking. We especially loved experiencing the raising of the Mary Rose in a special 4D cinema presentation. We plotted the course of the French and English fleets at The Battle of the Solent and rehearsing a cannon drill in teams.
Spring Treat Day
The children really enjoyed Spring Treat Day. We learnt about what changes in Spring allow plants to grow and animals to come out of hibernation. Our Year 6 prayer buddies helped the children decorate their bonnets for our wonderful bonnet parade. We also had a special visit from the Easter Bunny!
Borrow the Moon
Between 1969 and 1972, six manned Apollo missions landed on the Moon and the astronauts collected samples to bring back to Earth to study. Most of the samples were used for scientific research and some have been preserved for educational use by NASA. We have been so excited to have secured the Borrow the Moon resource to use in school this week. It is a scheme set up by the Science and Technology Facilities Council which contains some of these lunar samples as well as meteorites and other interesting rocks.
Every child in school from Reception up to Year 6 had the chance to experience this amazing resource this week. Using Meteorite Hunters' kits, the children used hand lenses and magnaprobes to decide if the samples they were looking at were Earth or Space rocks and the older children used their classification skills to name some of the meteorites. The children were so excited to pick up and handle
the samples. A favourite was the Campo de Cielo iron meteorite which fell to Earth 4000 years ago but which scientists believe is actually 4.5 billion years old!
It has been a thrilling week; the staff were as excited as the children and I hope you enjoy looking through some of the photos of our experience.