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We have a number of talented triathletes in our school and, at an awards evening recently (18th January), Phoebe, Hannah, Theo (all Year 5),Renee (Y4) and Cleo (Y6) received medals and certificates for their efforts throughout the year. well done all of you and keep up the good work!

"Last…

A bedraggled, but triumphant, girls' football team (Y5 & 6)!

This morning Year One welcomed Lauren, from Zoolab, with some of her friends. We met a giant African land snail, a corn snake, a rat, a white tree frog and a scorpion. We loved holding the snail and cockroach, and stroking the snake and the rat. Lauren was impressed that we were able to tell her…

On Wednesday year 4 continued their science investigation of sound.

This week I asked the children to write a post in their own words. Thank you to Emma in 4ST.

"Yesterday in Science 4ST and 4JH had a great time learning about sound, vibrations and sound waves. Throughout the afternoon we…

“On Tuesday 14th January, 13 children from Year 6 entered a Dodgeball competition at Canterbury Academy. We all played at least 4 matches against schools around Canterbury. Bridge 2 came 16th and Bridge 1 came 11th.” Cleo and Lucy (Y6)

” In the Dodgeball competition, we entered 2 teams.…

“On Thursday 16th January, we played a match against St Peter’s  and Chartham. The match against Chartham was 9-0 (we won) and the match against St Peter’s was 7-0 (we won). Everyone played exceptionally well and made big contributions.” Hannah (Y6)

On Thursday 30th January, Seren will be donating her hair to The Little Princess Trust. 

With a little encouragement from Mum, Seren has decided to cut her extremely long hair, but decided she wanted to help others by doing this. After researching different charities, Seren chose to donate it…

This week the children in year 4 have been learning to set out their sketch books. Today they have had great fun with drawing each other in ‘flying’ poses. 

This week in Year 2 we have been learning about the continents and the oceans. We then found out about some of the different climates around the world. The children enjoyed making a class poster about rainforests. Next week we will use what the children have learnt to find out about how animals…

Today Year 5  have been scientists investigating properties of materials. We wanted to find out which material was the best thermal conductor. The children were given a list of equipment they had access to and then they were tasked with planning an experiment that would provide an answer to our…

Year One have read ‘The tiger who came to tea’ and used this as a stimulus for English, Science and Art lessons this week. In art we are exploring different media starting with oil pastel and chalk pastels. After we tried out the materials and explored the effects that we could create we used them…

Earlier this week, Poppy came to the Headteacher's Office with some excellent poetry which we'd like to share with you. I was really impressed by the language used and the mood that Poppy has managed to convey - well done Poppy.

THE HILL

by Poppy

Away lives the hill

far far moon…