Articles from May 2012



Ready, Steady, Plant!

The recent sunny spell has meant it has been all systems go in the school vegetable garden. Over the past few days, the Garden Team have planted a whole host of delicious vegetables including french beans, broccoli, cabbage, sweetcorn, swede, aubergine, courgette and pumpkins! There has also been lots of watering to do. Our fruit [...]

Growing for Gold

Our Olympic flowerbed is gradually taking shape. Today, under a baking blue sky, we planted the five rings.The rings are made up of the following plants: Blue – lobelia and ageratum Black – black grass Red – petunia Yellow – marigold Green – grass. The background will be planted up with white alyssum in the [...]

Book Week in Class 4 was a ‘Sparkling Success!’

We read the story The Firework – Maker’s Daughter by Philip Pullman, which  was all about a  courageous  girl called Lila and her determination to become a Firework – Maker. Here’s the display of some of our work.    

Mystery Pebble

I hope you have all had a good weekend enjoying the lovely sunshine (and I hope you have all remembered to wear your sunscreen and hats). Today I went to the river at Burnsall with my family. Whilst the twins were playing in the river in their inflatable boat and I was strolling along the [...]

Book Week: The Highwayman

For Book Week Class 5 have been travelling back to the 18th century, into the world of Highwaymen.   On Monday we explored the ballad The Highwayman through drama, with the help of Mr Fellowes.   The looked closer at the way the poem uses metaphors, visually interpreting them. Have a look at our ideas. [...]

Wesak – A Buddhist Celebration

Here are some links to websites about Wesak. This follows on from Class 6′s assembly on Friday 14th May 2012. http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/homework/religion/buddhism.htm http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/religion/buddhism/buddha_day.shtml  

Let’s Celebrate 17th May

Well done to all the children who were chosen for their ‘WOW’ work this week. Reception Class: Kaiden was chosen for writing a fantastic sentence. He wrote the sentence all by himself! Class 1: Zeenat has tried really hard with her learning after a long absence from school. She shared a story that she had [...]

Year 5 and 6 Go APE!

This morning, Claire and Chris from APE (Adventurous Play Experience) came to share some ‘junk’ outdoor play equipment with us. Class 5 along with some lunch time supervisors, Teachers and Teaching Assistants joined in the fun. Children and staff used imagination, perseverence and team work to make some fantastic creations!        We are all now [...]

Class 6′s Collection of Weird and Wonderful Stories

Nazir in Class 2 bought a copy of the book on Friday and at the weekend he has been reading it. During independent reading time he asked to read it. He wanted to tell everyone what he thought. “I think the book is good because it has a non-fiction zone. I liked the recipe for the buns but I [...]

Extreme Weather

Class 3 have been learning about extreme weather conditions. Can you write me a super sentence about hurricanes, tornadoes or blizzards? I will give a prize to the child that writes the best three sentences that link together to form a simple paragraph. Get writing!!! Mrs Sutcliffe