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A Wonderful Celebration Of Writing!

On: June 14, 2017 | By: office

This morning, we celebrated the wonderful story writing talents of Joe in Year 1. He entered a short story writing competition and was confident enough to share his creativity with the whole school. We are very proud of you, Joe! We also congratulated... Continue reading »

Growing Like Weeds!

On: June 9, 2017 | By: Mrs Smith

The vegetable garden has gone wild. The vegetables (and weeds!) must clearly be loving the mix of sun and rain we have been having. The carrots, parsnips, beetroot, pumpkins and spinach are looking really strong. Unfortunately, the slugs and snails have... Continue reading »

Andrew Goldsworthy Sculpture Art

On: June 9, 2017 | By: office

In Jade class, we have been using the natural resources around us to create mini-sculptures. Earlier in the week, we studied the work of Andy Goldsworthy and his superb art inspired us with some of these designs! Continue reading »

Plants For Sale

On: June 9, 2017 | By: Mrs Smith

After school today (Friday 9th June), Mrs Smith and some of the Eco Committee will be selling courgette and pumpkin plants. Year 3 have helped us to grow the plans and now they really, really want to go into some bigger pots or vegetable gardens. If you... Continue reading »

Our Trip to SafeWise!

On: June 8, 2017 | By: office

We had a fantastic time learning about how to keep ourselves safe at SafeWise yesterday! Here are some of things we got up to! Continue reading »

Welcome to Jade's Pizza Parlour

On: May 25, 2017 | By: office

This afternoon, we made some real pizzas in the Life Skills Room and we had many superb parents to help us. We had an exciting, fun afternoon! When they were all cooked, they looked absolutely fabulous! Continue reading »

Sewing the Seeds!

On: May 11, 2017 | By: office

This afternoon, Jade class were investigating the best way to grow seeds. Would they grow better in sand, soil or on a paper towel? Stay tuned to see which one grow better! Here are some pictures of us setting up our tests! Continue reading »

Planting Seeds And Weeding

On: May 5, 2017 | By: Mrs Smith

This morning, the Eco-Committee weeded the flower beds and planted new seeds. We planted more pumpkin and courgette seeds and planted out the ones that we had grown in pots. Continue reading »

Our Vegetable Garden

On: April 28, 2017 | By: Mrs Smith

The Eco-Committee were busy this morning weeding and watering the vegetable patch. Can you guess what has started to grow? Continue reading »

Garden Update - We have seedlings!!

On: April 6, 2017 | By: Mrs Smith

We are really excited to report that our seeds have started to grow. Here are some photos from last week… This week the seeds look like this… After the holidays, we will need to do lots of watering and weeding. We also have one cucumber and one... Continue reading »

Easter Bonnets in Year 2!

On: April 5, 2017 | By: Amanda Lord

Easter Bonnet Parade!

On: April 5, 2017 | By: office

We had a wonderful Easter Service at St Mary’s Church this morning. Miss Kirk had a very challenging task of choosing winners from this years Easter Bonnet Competition. Everyone who took part looked absolutely fantastic and we were all so impressed with... Continue reading »

News From The Eco Committee

On: March 17, 2017 | By: Mrs Smith

Last week, Amelia and Charlie from the Eco Committee met with Mrs Di-Pede to discuss their ideas for how to save energy and promote recycling. There were both a little nervous but did a great job. Mrs Di-Pede offered them a drink to have during their meeting.... Continue reading »

Vegetables!

On: March 17, 2017 | By: Mrs Smith

This week, the Eco Committee started sowing vegetable seeds in the garden. This will be our first crop. The seeds are being kept warm under some fleece because it is very early in the season to start sowing. First, we prepared the seed beds by raking the soil... Continue reading »

Shelfie Quiz- Answers!

On: March 15, 2017 | By: office

Below are the answers to our recent Shelfie Quiz. How many Shelfies did you guess correctly? Miss Reedman Mrs Ridgway… Mr Watts… Miss Lovegrove… Miss Ware… Mr Monk… Miss Edwards… Mrs Hurst… Mrs Wallace… Mrs... Continue reading »

Jade Nature Hunt

On: March 9, 2017 | By: office

As part of our learning about habitats, we have been trawling our local environment to see the which living things have their home here. Here are some of the things we found. Continue reading »

Fish Keeper Week 6

On: March 5, 2017 | By: Amanda Lord

We have now got 2 cat fish in our aquarium. These fish like to stay near the bottom of the tank. Click here to watch this week’s video and then have a go at answering the questions. How do fish gills work? What do we breathe out that fish do too? Why... Continue reading »

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