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Year 4 are delighted to share with you our cross-curricular project inspired by the life and work of Faith Ringgold, an African American female artist and author.

Our current display in the Year 4 corridor is of our own ‘story-quilts, a title used by Faith to describe her own particular form of…

A big thank you to Creative Folkestone for running an Art workshop for Hazel class last week. The children worked with two local artists, Emily and Tania, who delivered the workshop: Character making, storytelling and performance.

The children began the morning by discussing storytelling…

In term 3, Year 6 designed and made sculptures depicting the human figure in motion. To begin the project, pupils explored the proportions of the human figure and drew from wooden mannequins. They then sketched from movement on film (running, dance, skipping etc).

 As a class, we studied the…

Welcome to Term 3 Forest School with Year 5. 

I love how creative this year group is - I might be putting out ideas and suggestions, but the children know exactly what interests them. Today we had children building dens, bird houses (including swings) and trying to reach pine cones in the pine…

Welcome to Forest School Year R. 

The children have settled in really well, getting to know the rules and the area. They have explored the hammock, the ladder and slack line, the digging area, mud kitchen and mound. We had some hot squash in week one as it was very cold. Year R got to role play…

Tuesday 11^th February was Safer Internet Day. This years theme was  ‘Too good to be true? Protecting yourself and others from scams online’. Every class began by sharing a PowerPoint introducing the topic.

‘Safer Internet Day is the UK’s biggest celebration of online safety. Each year we cover…

This Term Year 1 thought a little bit about which animals live in the Forest School area and if they are mammals or not. 

As Year 1 is so grown up, we got the special Kelly Kettle out to boil water on a cold day. We talked about the fire triangle, how to stay safe and the children helped to…

Welcome to the Forest Year 5. 

Here is a little insight into what we have been up to. The weather forecast was cold but the winds were kind to us so we could go out on a winter's day. 

We listened to the noises - the wind and the birds and we spotted some bird's nests which is easier in…

Friday 7^th February was Number Day. We celebrated as a school by completing some fun and different maths activities. Below is a short summary of what each year group did to take part:

In Year 1 we celebrated number day by playing a game with our friends. We rolled the dice moved our…

Throughout term 3, Year R have been exploring Fairytales; within art, the children have been learning how to join materials and create collages.

We began the project by looking at and discussing the paintings and collages by Henri Matisse. Each class then made their own collaged fairytale…

Troll competition

It all started when a group of Trolls invaded the library………

A massive thank you to all the children who entered our Troll Competition and to those who supported children at home. Mrs Tomsett and I are absolutely delighted with all the wonderful and creative entries. We…

We were joined by Andrew, the head chef at The Pig, this morning for our first session of the year as part of their 'Adopt a School' programme. The session began by talking about the importance of food hygiene and why we need to eat in order to stay healthy. We then looked at different food groups…