SUMDOG contest 2021 results are in…
As a school, we had a total of 323 students answer questions… 78935 questions correctly, to be precise! Well done to you all. We do hope the maths part of […]
Monthly Archives: January 2021
Special Mentions
Another brilliant week of remote e-learning this week. We are proud of everyone for their resilience and determination to continue learning from home. As we usually have Special Mentions in […]
NEWSLETTER 29TH JANUARY
Please take the time to read the latest Newsletter. It has been a challenging yet rewarding two weeks of remote learning. We could not be prouder of our children, parents […]
Live Handwriting Lesson in Y3S
Miss Sare thoroughly enjoyed doing a live handwriting session today in preparation for the children publishing their instructions learning from the last 2 weeks. The children loved holding up their […]
Year 5 begin their embroidery – Lockdown 2021
After making up the art packs for the year 5 children at home, the children in year 5 had their very first live lesson on embroidery from home. We learnt […]
Exploring Area in Year 4
Today’s Challenge: how many different shapes can you make with the same area of 10 squares? Take a look at some of our findings … Fantastic learning, Year 4! Well […]
Spending time together in Class 6 …
As part of Well-being Week, Class 6 decided to have an informal live session this afternoon … not about learning, but about making each other smile, enjoying each other’s company […]
‘Well-being Wednesday’ in Year 1
A chance to have a chat with our friends. Since lockdown Class 1 have are really missing the day to day conversations with our friends, the opportunity to share our […]
Scavenger Hunt
This week is our school’s Mental Health Awareness week. Our morning tasks have been fun but relaxing activities which promote good mental health and set us up for the day […]
Waterproof
As part of our topic, we have been looking at the uniforms worn by postal workers around the world. We have discussed how their uniform is suited to the weather […]
The journey of a letter
We have been using the book, The Jolly Postman as a stimulus for our topic learning. We have been learning about the role of a postman and the important job […]
Professor Puffendorf
Today in literacy we started our new text Professor Puffendorf’s secret potions. Children were asked to draw the main character and around her use expanded noun phrases and adjectives to […]
Class 8 create decimal function machines in Maths
Today, Class 8 have been learning about how to divide decimals by 10, 100 and 1000. We used visuals on our live session to demonstrate that when dividing, the numbers […]
KS1 learning at school
Yesterday I had the privilege of working with these children at school. It was fantastic to see how engaged they was with the tasks that had been set. We tried […]
Class 2 well-being session
On Friday class 2 decided to have a wellbeing quiz! We shared our favourite memories of the current lockdown and had a fun film themed quiz after. It was great […]
Y3S ‘Well-being Hangout’
Since lockdown Class 4 have really been missing socialising with their class friends and teachers. So today Miss Sare decided to hold their first weekly ‘Hang out – Well-being session’. […]
Making Acute, Obtuse and Right Angles in Y3S
As part of our properties of shape unit, Y3 have been looking at turns, right angles and different directions. We are now looking at identifying and comparing acute, obtuse and […]
Brilliant biographies in Class 8
Class 8 have been finding out about the life of explorer Captain James Cook and have conducted research into each of his famous expeditions in order to be able to […]
Special Mentions
Another brilliant week of remote e-learning this week. We are proud of everyone for their resilience and determination to continue learning from home. As we usually have Special Mentions in […]
Showing tone and texture in Class 9
Today, the children have used shading and techniques such as cross hatching and blending to create detailed pictures of sea shells. The results are stunning.
What happens when you put an egg in vinegar?
The children in school have been very busy over the past two days carrying out a science investigation. They put an egg in vinegar and left it for 24 hours […]
Oracy Instructional Videos from Y3S
Today Miss Sare asked the children to film themselves giving some spoken instructions. Following the live lesson, Miss Sare asked them to ensure they included time conjunctions aswell as imperative […]
First Attempt Sketches in Y3S
Class 4 were given a task to research some following Art vocabulary and then apply them to their sketching attempt number one. They then had to follow some step by […]
SUMDOG maths contest at RPS – January 2021
Are you ready for this Friday’s maths contest? Miss Newton-Smith is! It begins this week, so don’t forget to begin practising on SUMDOG in preparation. Maths agility, fluency and resilience […]
Place value chart creations in Class 8!
Our current Maths unit in Class 8 is decimals. One of the first things to learn about decimals is the place value which is the position of a digit in […]
Observational Drawing in Y4
Year 4 children have been using their resilience skills in Art this afternoon, carefully observing and drawing what they see. Take a look … Well done everyone!
Acrostic poems
Today, Class 1 have been identifying features of acrostic poems in preparation for our literacy learning this week We had a go at creating some of our own acrostic poems […]
Class 2 – Learning in the snow
Snow days can be a distraction when learning but in class 2 we have been using it to our advantage. We have been practising our addition and times table in […]
Special Mentions
What a brilliant week of remote e-learning this week. We are proud of everyone for their resilience and determination to continue learning from home. As we usually have Special Mentions […]
Outstanding written outcomes in Class 9
Over the last week, we have learnt about the amazing life of Captain James Cook. The children have written biographies describing the life and times of this historically significant explorer. […]
Using our history skills in Class 9
Class 9 have shown an excellent understanding of chronology for important historic events with their creative timelines about Captain Cooks voyages.
Newsletter 14th January
Please take the time to read the latest Newsletter. Thank you for your support in making the transition to remote learning as smooth as possible. Newsletter Spr Wk 2 […]
Descriptive Writing in Y4
Classes 5 & 6 have really wowed us this week with their descriptive writing about Stig from Stig of the Dump! They’ve been so creative with their language choices and […]
Y3S Spontaneous Snow Maths
As usual class 4 rose to the challenge and did such a fabulous job at creating their snow creatures and then accurately measuring them! Well done children! What a creative, […]
Miss Sare attempted her own Maths Challenge!
Miss Sare had a go at her own Maths challenge and loved it! Class 4 are excited to give it a go too! Keep checking the website to see their […]
Y3 SNOW CHALLENGE…
Y3’s have been set a spontaneous snow maths tasks seen as it’s snowing heavily. They have been learning all about length and height over the last few weeks so Miss […]
Arrays
Class 3 today in maths have been using arrays to solve multiplication questions. They were challenged to be as creative as possible with the arrays and they certainly succeeded.
How do we use the internet?
Class 3 have spent the afternoon thinking about how they use the internet and how they keep themselves safe whilst using it. As a class they have come up with […]
PE with Mr Tyas
Year 3&4 have been absolutely amazing this afternoon in PE! Well done!
Exploring Captain James Cook in Class 8
In our Guided Reading session this morning, we had the opportunity to ‘explore the explorer’ Captain James Cook from our book Stowaway. We combined our prior knowledge and new learning […]
Y3 Fantastic Mr Fox Farmer Freeze Frames
Y3 were set the task to create some creative freeze frames of the farmers from our class text doing different things. They had to show: Bunce full up after eating […]
Class 6 love reading!
It’s been lovely to see so many photos of children reading at home this week – we had to share a few … Well done, Year 4! Keep it up!
Class 3’s Magic Potions
Class 3 have worked so hard this week in all aspects of their learning and they have produced some amazing literacy outcomes. The children have used ‘talk 4 write’ to […]
Class 2’s talk 4 write!
Well done Class 2 for producing amazing literacy work this week at home. We have been planning and writing instructions on how to make our own potions. The children have […]
Y3S – PE Live was a success!
Year 3 loved continuing their PE lessons with Mr Tyas. They completed a short circuit and learnt all about pacing themselves, challenging themselves and reading and interpreting their own bodies […]
Insightful, deep-thinking learning in RE from Class 9
Eager home learners in Y5/6D
Today, in our Maths distance learning live session, Y5/6D have been learning how to label our ‘x’ and ‘y’ axis and plot co-ordinates accordingly. I have been blown away by […]
Y3S Rock Investigation
Y3 have beyond impressed today. Almost 2/3 of the class accessed our live lessons and we’re aiming for 100%! The children then went on to complete a rock investigation and […]
Year 5 ‘grab the bull by the horns’ – Distance learning starting success of 2021!
The idiom ‘grab the bull by the horns’ refers to ‘approaching, confronting, or dealing with a problem or difficult situation directly and with clear, confident action.’ This is exactly what […]
A great turn out for our live lessons in Class 9
Class 9 made a fantastic start to their online learning with an excellent turn out for our maths lesson, including some ‘hybrid’ learning with children in school and children at […]
Marvellous Mixtures
Children is class 3 today have made a fantastic start to distance learning and have been extremely creative. For literacy today they had to imagine that they worked in a […]
Back to school
Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1 key worker children have loved being back in school today. Phonics, reading, potion making, french, maths, circle time, outdoor play, smashing ice and building […]
Measuring and Converting in Y4G
Mrs Graham’s class have made a wonderful start to remote Maths learning today, recapping how to measure in cm and convert to mm. Take a look at their amazing outcomes […]