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Author Archives: Mr Clarke

Internet Safety Day 2023

Thursday, 9th Februaryby Mr Clarke Leave a comment

This year’s Internet Safety Day focused on creating safe spaces to communicate online. Children watched a live assembly hosted by Internet Legends before moving on to a range of activities […]

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INTERNET SAFETY NEWSLETTER: December 2022 (ISSUE 4)

Tuesday, 17th Januaryby Mr Clarke Leave a comment

Please take the time to read the latest Internet Safety Newsletter. In this newsletter, we look at the importance of thinking before sharing as part of the internet legends pillar; […]

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Using Tinkercad to design our dream home in ICT Club

Monday, 16th Januaryby Mr Clarke Leave a comment

This week in ICT Club, we have been using our skills from last week to design our dream home in Tinkercad which look fantastic.

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Challenging Stereotypes with Ann Foxley-Johnson

Thursday, 12th Januaryby Mr Clarke Leave a comment

Today in Year 6, we have been challenging stereotypes with Ann Foxley-Johnson by discussing a range of stories and activities and exploring whether we are basing our decisions and answers […]

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Identifying and evaluating different image types in Class 6

Thursday, 12th Januaryby Mr Clarke Leave a comment

This week in ICT, we have been using Paint, a graphics editor to identify and evaluate the benefits and disadvantages of different types of image files ( JPEG, PNG and […]

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Tinkercad in ICT Club

Monday, 9th Januaryby Mr Clarke Leave a comment

This week in ICT Club, we have been using Tinkercad, a 3D modelling program to learn how to place and edit shapes and objects in a range of programs ready […]

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Discussing feelings and emotions when communicating online with others in Class 1

Thursday, 5th Januaryby Mr Clarke Leave a comment

This week in ICT, Class 1 have been learning about the dangers of talking to others online by exploring how we feel when someone says something positive and negative to […]

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KS1 Nativity 2022

Thursday, 15th Decemberby Mr Clarke Leave a comment

Well done to all the children in KS1 who took part in our Nativity this year. It looked fantastic. Parents and carers were full of positive comments and commended the […]

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Decorating Christmas Trees in Bushcraft Club

Wednesday, 30th Novemberby Mr Clarke Leave a comment

This week in Bushcraft Club, we have been busy decorating Christmas trees for our KS2 corridor where we have been learning about the importance of teamwork and sharing.

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Creating musical circuits in ICT Club

Tuesday, 29th Novemberby Mr Clarke Leave a comment

This week in ICT Club, we have been making musical circuits using conductive materials and the BBC Micro bit. We then evaluated the benefits and disadvantages of the micro bit […]

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Planting Trees in Bushcraft Club (Week 2)

Thursday, 24th Novemberby Mr Clarke Leave a comment

This week in our outdoor Bushcraft Club, we have continued with planting a range of trees around school and we are very excited to see our saplings turn into large […]

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Creating Fortune Tellers in ICT Club

Tuesday, 22nd Novemberby Mr Clarke Leave a comment

This week in ICT Club, we have been busy creating a stop watch and fortune tellers using the BBC Micro Bit which utilises random functions, loops and if statements. We […]

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Planting Trees for Our Future in Bushcraft Club

Friday, 18th Novemberby Mr Clarke Leave a comment

This week in our outdoor Bushcraft Club, we have been busy planting a range of trees around school and we can’t wait until our very own saplings turn into large […]

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Creating name tags and dice in ICT Club

Tuesday, 15th Novemberby Mr Clarke Leave a comment

This week in ICT Club, we have been busy creating name tags and dice using the BBC Micro Bit before playing snakes and ladders with our own hand-drawn boards.

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Building Leaf wind chimes in Bushcraft Club

Friday, 11th Novemberby Mr Clarke Leave a comment

This week in Bushcraft club, children have been exploring our school grounds for their favourite leaves before using them to build wind chimes!

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KS1 learn how to create a computer program

Thursday, 10th Novemberby Mr Clarke Leave a comment

This week in ICT, KS1 have been learning about computer programs and how algorithms (a precise set of instructions) control computers.  

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Breakfast Club Art

Tuesday, 18th Octoberby Mr Clarke Leave a comment

Today in breakfast club, children have been drawing artwork before designing it in Scratch to animate. Children have also enjoyed eating their breakfast and playing some games to promote learning.

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Interactive images in ICT club

Tuesday, 11th Octoberby Mr Clarke Leave a comment

This week in ICT club, we have been creating an interactive image or poster based on our class topics (Victorian’s, Space and the Coast) using Makey Makey boards and Scratch.

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Water filtration in Bushcraft Club

Friday, 7th Octoberby Mr Clarke Leave a comment

In this week in Bushcraft club, we looked at how we can use natural resources to filter contaminated water. We discussed and learned how the water cycle works and how […]

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Making Blackberry Jam at Bushcraft Club

Wednesday, 28th Septemberby Mr Clarke Leave a comment

This week in Bushcraft Club, we have been busy making blackberry jam. We first explored the school grounds and identified key features of the blackberry bramble bush before heading indoors […]

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Being conductive in ICT Club

Wednesday, 28th Septemberby Mr Clarke Leave a comment

This week in ICT Club, we have started learning about electrical circuits and conductive materials by creating interactive pianos or words that create a sound when pressed.

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Making Interactive Controllers in ICT Club

Friday, 13th Mayby Mr Clarke Leave a comment

This week in ICT club, we have been making interactive controllers by using conductive materials to complete a circuit to control a character on a game (Space Invaders and Flappy […]

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Natural Cordage at Bushcraft Club

Friday, 13th Mayby Mr Clarke Leave a comment

This week at Bushcraft/outdoor club, we have been learning how to process and make cordage using natural materials such as Bramble or Nettles. We all had a go at making […]

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INTERNET SAFETY NEWSLETTER: MAY 2022 (ISSUE 3)

Tuesday, 26th Aprilby Mr Clarke Leave a comment

Please take the time to read the latest Internet Safety Newsletter. In this newsletter, we look at creating safer and securer passwords, how safe is YouTube and a useful app […]

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Year 4 Samba Performance

Monday, 25th Aprilby Mr Clarke Leave a comment

Year 4 have been busy creating a samba inspired performance over the last few weeks in Music. The children have created their own words and rhythms connected to Easter.

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Crowden Day 2

Monday, 25th Aprilby Mr Clarke Leave a comment

Day 2 of Crowden! Children were very excited with todays activities of Tower Stack and canoeing!

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Crowden Day 1

Monday, 25th Aprilby Mr Clarke Leave a comment

Photo’s from Day 1 of Crowden! Children started the day with several team building activities before moving onto archery after lunch!

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Internet safety newsletter: February 2022 (Issue 2)

Friday, 18th Februaryby Mr Clarke Leave a comment

Please take the time to read the latest  Internet Safety Newsletter. It has been a wonderful half-term at school and children have embraced internet safety. We are really proud of […]

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Class 9 use Tinkercad to create WWII vehicles

Friday, 18th Februaryby Mr Clarke Leave a comment

Today in Class 9, we have been using Tinkercad (an online 3D modeling program) to create models of WWII vehicles including: Tanks, Planes, Ships and Shelters.

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Internet Safety Day 2022

Tuesday, 8th Februaryby Mr Clarke Leave a comment

Today in school, we have been celebrating Safer Internet Day 2022. Safer Internet Day is celebrated globally in February each year to promote the safe and positive use of digital […]

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ICT Robotics Club

Thursday, 20th Januaryby Mr Clarke Leave a comment

This week in ICT Club, we cut out and built our paper car models that we designed and printed last week using Purple Mash before beginning to build our robot […]

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Christmas Parties 2021

Friday, 17th Decemberby Mr Clarke Leave a comment

This week, all classes enjoyed a Christmas disco to celebrate the festive period. There were some fantastic dance moves and games played such as pass the parcel. Here are a […]

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Online Safety Newsletter December 2021

Friday, 17th Decemberby Mr Clarke Leave a comment

Welcome to our schools first online safety newsletter. Each edition will be designed by our very own Willow Tree Warriors and Mr Clarke. Each newsletter will cover topics such as […]

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Creativity in ICT Club

Friday, 3rd Decemberby Mr Clarke Leave a comment

This week in ICT club, we created was a step counter and a name badge program using the BBC Micro bits. The programs involved using variables and loops to store […]

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Loops in Class 8

Friday, 3rd Decemberby Mr Clarke Leave a comment

This week in class 8, we have been finishing off our animations by looking at the different types of loops (forever and repeat) we can use in our scripts to […]

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