Blog by Lucinda Croston

We had lots of fun practising our 2 times tables today. We played a board game to help us remember our multiplication and division facts. 

The children have been showing off their maths skills today. We were very impressed with how hard they worked. We have been adding to and subtracting from a given number. Keep up the excellent work. 

Click continue reading to see more photos. We have had a great first PE lesson in the juniors. All the children tried extremely hard and showed off some super skills. We practised running races, an obstacle course and did some throwing and catching in pairs. We all had lots of fun. The weather was…

We have had a great first two days in Beech Class. The children have settled really well into the juniors. Well done! 

We had fun on our first afternoon in Year 3 painting some self portraits. 

We had a great first day in Year 3. In the morning we decorated name cards for our new teachers as well as some get to know you bunting. In English, we created a list of nouns we could see in a scene from Hansel and Gretel. In maths we completed some place value activities. In the afternoon we…

In Maths today we were exploring Tangrams. Tangrams are ancient Chinese puzzles. We cut up shapes and arranged them to make different pictures. 

Today, we celebrated our year in Year 3 by having our charter assembly outside. We were all congratulated on our hard work through a very tricky year and were given certificates. We took lots of photos, we hope you enjoy looking at them. 

Today we completed our Race for Life. Even though it was raining, we all did really well and managed to complete the circuit. We had to run 5 times around the junior site and collect a cube on each lap. Some of us managed to run 12 times round. Thank you for all your sponsorship. If you would like…

Today it was rather wet so we enjoyed our cricket indoors. We split into 4 teams and rotated round the hall doing different activities. It was lots of fun, we particularly enjoyed the wobble cushions. 

We had a super cricket session on Monday. The children showed some great teamwork. One of the games was to hit 3 balls off tees as quickly as we could and then get as many runs as we could. Meanwhile the rest of our team were fielding and trying to get the balls and tees back as quickly as…

These children have been working really hard recently to get their pen license. Their practise has paid off and they all achieved their pen license today! Their reaction to getting it was priceless and their smiles show how happy they were. Well done, you are all super stars.