Posts From Curriculum Category

Mar

Curriculum News

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Music This term, Herons have been composing pieces about the rainforest using a mix of tuned percussion and body percussion. Having written a 4-bar loop piece for each, they combined them, rehearsing and performing their pieces this week. We thought about how structure, pitch and dynamics made us think about different bits of the rainforest. […]

Mar

Humanities Workshops

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Herons Class enjoyed a Japanese themed morning in which they learned about this fascinating country’s language and culture. This included dressing up in traditional outfits, learning a traditional dance and sushi tasting. Wasabi was on offer for those who dared to try! On Friday, Eagles and Ravens had a World War Two themed eco workshop; […]

Mar

Year 6 Mosaic Competition

Posted In Community, Curriculum, Events

Artizan International – Love, Learn, Shine mosaic tile design competition After SATS, Year 6 have an exciting mosaic project to look forward to. The children will be working with Artizan interventional to make 3 large tiles which will be displayed in school. The competition launched this week is for Year 6 only. The challenge is […]

Mar

Climate Crew Visit Harlow Carr Eco Event

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On Wednesday, our Climate Crew took part in an exciting climate change event at RHS Harlow Carr. The children took part in three fascinating workshops about waste and recycling, supporting biodiversity and living in a more eco-friendly way. Mrs Pywell was blown away by the children’s brilliant contributions to the workshops – they threw themselves […]

Mar

History To Life

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Children in Key Stage Two have had their history learning brought to life with a visit from living history specialists from Murton Park this week. Equipped with a host of artefacts and clothing items children learn from expert historians in a special assembly and follow up workshops. They had the chance to handle artefacts learning […]

Mar

World Book Day Celebrations

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We all very much enjoyed celebrating World Book Day 2025 in style today with a host of special events and activities including making the most of our newly updated library and nurture room facilities. Both these spaces have recently been fully refurbishment with a focus on creating relaxing and nurturing spaces which enable children to […]

Feb

Trevor Inspires Learning

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In Science this week the Wrens have been looking at life cycles. They have learnt all about the life cycle of a frog and explored some messy play that looked just like frog spawn! Trevor the tortoise needed a bath this week so the children in the Wrens class have helped Mrs Renton bath him! […]

Dec

Lower School RE Visit

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Children from lower school visited St Peter’s Church this morning as part of their Religious Education (RE) learning for this half term. Children have been exploring the question ‘ ‘Why is Christmas so special to Christians? and ‘What is the good news Christians believe Jesus brings.’ They received a very warm welcome from the Mrs […]

Dec

Eco Council – Christmas Jumper Exchange

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Many thanks to Mrs Williams and the children from the Eco-Council who organised our first sustainable Christmas jumper exchange at lunchtime on Thursday this week. Thank you also to everyone who brought in or donated a jumper. Children who brought in a jumper received a golden swap ticket which enabled them to select a new […]

Nov

We Will Remember Them

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On Monday this week across St Peter’s we paused to mark Remembrance Day. Children respectfully observed a period of silence to remember and give thanks for all those who serve to keep us safe.  Different classes remembered in different ways through discussion and different pieces of work. Here are some remembrance day pieces of art […]