The Gingerbread Man 22nd Feb 2025
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One of our focus books during this term was 'The Gingerbread Man’ The children really got involved with this story and could retell it to their friends. They acted out the story, drew pictures of the gingerbread man, printed onto gingerbread men templates and made their own gingerbread men to eat at snack time!

Spring Term 1 - Miscellaneous 21st Feb 2025
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Look at all the fun we have had during Spring Term 1!

The Colour Monster 21st Feb 2025
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One of our focus books during this term was 'The Colour Monster’. The children explored their emotions and talked about what made them feel each emotion. They used the resources on the emotions table, learned a song about the Colour Monster, made a display in the book corner and sat in our calm area with the Colour Monster cuddly toys.

Lunar New Year 21st Feb 2025
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During snack time, the children tried different foods including rice, noodles and prawn crackers. They also used paint to change the colour of rice, let it dry and then played with the rice using containers, chopsticks, bowls etc. The children danced around pre-school with the Chinese dragon whilst music was being played. They put their heads inside the dragon’s head, made lanterns, coloured pictures, made red envelopes, listened to stories and watched video clips about Lunar New Year.

Outdoor Learning through Play 21st Feb 2025
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The children had lots of fun playing outside in the pre-school playground and school grounds!

Mark Making 21st Feb 2025
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The children enjoyed doing lots of mark making this term. They took part in 'Scribble Club' creating lots of lovely marks on the paper with pens, pencils, crayons and chalks. The children talked about their marks and used their imaginations to share what was happening on the paper. They printed with a range of resources and made maps to go looking for treasure!

Construction and Small World 21st Feb 2025
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The children have been using their imaginations whilst using construction and small world resources. They have used the wooden blocks to create a range of structures such as a boat, pirate ship and shop. They have also enjoyed using the Lego to make their own buildings and have worked together to create a narrative alongside their creations!

DT 13th Feb 2025
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We designed and made our own versions of an Icelandic salad.

DT 13th Feb 2025
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We designed and made our own versions of an Icelandic salad.

DT 13th Feb 2025
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We designed and made our own versions of an Icelandic salad.

Sensory garden donations 13th Feb 2025
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Donation from Stewarts Garden Centre for our sensory garden

Titanic Trunk 6th Feb 2025
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Year 2 have had a delivery full of artefacts from the Titanic so we can be historians and discover about the past.

Nethercott Farm group 2 6th Feb 2025
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Nethercott group 3 January 2025 6th Feb 2025
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Nethercott group 2 January 2025 6th Feb 2025
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Year 6 Nethercott Farm January 2025 5th Feb 2025
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Year 4 History 4th Feb 2025
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Year 4 explored a range of Ancient Egyptian artefacts, and worked collaboratively to work out what it might be used for; who might have used it; and whether we have something similar today.

Za'atar Cucumber Salad 3rd Feb 2025
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In DT we have been taste testing an Icelandic salad.

Iceland 30th Jan 2025
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We used DigiMaps to create our own maps of Iceland

Art 30th Jan 2025
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Using watercolour to paint our whales

Year 4 Search Museum 21st Jan 2025
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Year 4 visited Search Museum as part of their science topic and learnt about the types of teeth in all animals.

Year 4 Science 17th Jan 2025
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As part of our science learning on states of matter, we investigated changing state from liquids to solids.

Materials 15th Jan 2025
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Year 2 have been investigating which type of paper is most absorbent.

Forest School 14th Jan 2025
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Year 2 thoroughly enjoyed our first forest school session- especially the warming hot chocolate and toast with such cold weather. We learnt about how different material can be used to build the frame of a den. We then used branches and leaves to create our safe home.

Autumn Term 2 - Miscellaneous 24th Dec 2024
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Here are a selection of photographs showing the pre-school children learning through play. Mrs Breakwell, Miss Keir and I are so proud of all of our children and what they have achieved during the autumn term.

Fort Nelson 20th Dec 2024
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Reception and KS1 went to our local Fort Nelson. We explored the Christmas Wish trail around the fort and then took part in 'puddin on a panto'!!

Moving Pictures 20th Dec 2024
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Year 2 have taken home their own designed and created moving picture Christmas cards, using mechanisms- levers, sliders and pop ups

Christmas in Pre-School 20th Dec 2024
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The staff and children have had so much fun during the last few weeks of the autumn term. They decorated the pre-school and put the Christmas tree up. They made paper chains, reindeers, Christmas playdough and much more! The children learned new songs and rhymes and a poem about a snowman. We held a Christmas party and played party games such as musical statues and musical chairs. The children made a sleigh out of the wooden blocks and travelled around the world!

Toys 19th Dec 2024
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On Friday, we conducted a short historical enquiry based on the question 'Have toys changed over time?'. The children brought in their modern day toys and explored these. We thought about how they felt, what material they were made from and how they were used. We then compared these to a variety of toys from the past. The children were very interested to learn most toys, in the past, were made from wood or metal but nowadays, most toys are made from plastic.

Nativity 19th Dec 2024
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Wow! We are so proud of all the children who partook in the wonderful Nativity 'Gabriel's Big Break'. They worked so diligently to put on a very entertaining production. Please enjoy these lovely photos of the children in their costumes.

Year 1 Waterproof Test 19th Dec 2024
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After reading 'The Gingerbread Man', Year 1 decided they wanted to help the Gingerbread Man cross the river. Using our knowledge surrounding materials, we knew we had to make him waterproof. The children conducted an investigation to find out which materials were waterproof and which were not. As a class, we concluded which materials the Gingerbread Man should wear across the river.

Nerys Levy inspired Antarctica Painting 17th Dec 2024
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Year 2 explored tone, shade and tint to create an Antarctic scene adding with their own penguin

Year 4 Design and Technology 16th Dec 2024
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The children have analysed a range of fishcake recipes. Using their knowledge, they then designed their own fishcake recipe. They said they were better than those bought in a shop!

Poetry Recital 15th Dec 2024
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To complete our poetry learning journey in English, we held a poetry recital. We read aloud our poetry to the class and we each analysed the content and presentation of our partner's poem.

Year 5 Christmas Enterprise 15th Dec 2024
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To help raise money for our chosen charities, we made some Christmas tree decorations to sell at the Christmas Market.

Researching National Parks 15th Dec 2024
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As part of our further research into our geography enquiry question, we researched national parks within the UK and recorded the information in mindmaps. We are using the information to create a fact file on our selected national park to gain further knowledge on why they are so important.

The Mary Rose Museum 15th Dec 2024
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We visited the Mary Rose Museum in Portsmouth Dockyards to see King Henry's favourite ship and the largest collection of Tudor objects in the world! Our visit did not disappoint; we were all fascinated from beginning to end.

year 6 Design and Technology 15th Dec 2024
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Absorbency Investigation 8th Dec 2024
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Continuing on from our role as festival organisers, we investigated what cleaning cloths would be the best to use for cleaning at the festival. We wanted a material that would be absorbent and hard-wearing.

National Parks Enquiry 8th Dec 2024
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In our Geography enquiry, we are currently investigating if national parks are important within the UK. We used Digimaps to compare the New Forest to Fareham and used our knowledge of symbols to tell us more information about the geography of both areas. Following on from this, we put together a questionnaire for our parents to complete, in order to gather data. This will help us to answer our enquiry question. We are currently researching a national park within the UK and looking at what tourism it brings in and how it attracts and protects wildlife.

Tudor Portraits 7th Dec 2024
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In art and design, we were inspired by King Henry’s official portrait artist, Hans Holbein the Younger, and sketched our own portraits of notable Tudor figures. We researched Hans Holbein and created an artist page all about him. Following this, we practised using different mark making techniques to show shadow and direction of light hitting features of the face. We also spent time considering scale and proportion, to ensure that the facial features for our final piece was accurate. We were given a selection of Tudor figures to choose from, some of us chose King Henry himself, others chose one of his wives, whilst some of us chose the famous playwright, Shakespeare! We are very pleased with how our Tudor portraits turned out, and each completed a reflection.

Self-Portraits Art Exhibition 7th Dec 2024
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To celebrate our artwork, we displayed our self-portraits in an exhibition and invited our family members. Our self-portraits were inspired by the artist Chuck Close. He typically started with a photograph and used a grid on the photo to help him with proportion and scale. We used the same process to support us with accuracy or proportion and scale.

Tudor Cooking and Banquet 7th Dec 2024
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In design and technology this half term, Year 5 designed a Tudor menu and cooked/baked all dishes to enjoy at a Tudor banquet. We started our journey of learning by researching seasonal produce and the importance of using it. We also learned about the origin of our food, and identifying whether it was grown, reared, caught or processed. We then researched a typical Tudor menu at Hampton Court to inspire our own choices of dishes. We adapted the dishes to ensure they all used seasonal produce. We enjoyed trying all the food we had made and completed an evaluation for each dish.

Year 4 Christmas Enterprise 3rd Dec 2024
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Year 4 have begun making their Christmas products in preparation for the Christmas market.

Fun in the school grounds! 2nd Dec 2024
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The pre-school children have continued to explore the school grounds this term. They particularly enjoyed playing on the monkey bars, in the Forest School area and exploring the wild area.

Baking Gingerbread 29th Nov 2024
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As part of our imersion in to the traditional tale, The Gingerbread man, the children became bakers and over 3 days, all children prepared the gingerbread dough, rolled and cut their gingerbread men, baked and decorated them...then of course, they taste tested them!

Visit to St Philip Howard 27th Nov 2024
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During RE, the children have been learning about the different places of worship people go to to celebrate their faiths. In preparation for attending our first school Mass during Advent, Canon John hosted us for a visit at St Philip Howard Catholic Church. We were able to explore the church and learn about God's house, listen to some music and listen to Canon John talk to us about the Mass and the different jobs people have during the celebration. Some of us even got to Role play as a priest, alter server and reader. We were even treated to a biscuit and a drink in the hall like the parishioners get to do after Sunday Mass.

Investigating shadows 26th Nov 2024
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Using our bodies to create a range of shadows.

Maths 26th Nov 2024
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The children have been exploring numbers and shapes. They have been subitising, comparing quantities, sorting and exploring similarities and differences between shapes. The children have also been interested in measuring length, height and weight of objects.