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Wednesday 21st October, 2026

Y2 Pizza Making

As part of our DT unit we made a healthy snack. We made sure that our pizza’s had food from all of the food groups. We had cheese for our dairy, peppers for our vegetables and ham for protein. We all gave them 10/10 and would love to cook them for the rest of the school at lunch times.

 

Wednesday 21st October, 2026

Harvest Festival

We celebrated our annual Harvest Festival through a whole school assembly today. This was led by our local Reverend Jo. Everyone gave very generously to the harvest – it was a magnificent collection, and it has all been taken to the Dawley food bank, who are always extremely grateful to receive such a large amount of food. The food will be used to make food parcels for those who are in great need. Thank you again to everyone for being so supportive.

Tuesday 20th October, 2026

Reception Trip – Little Play Place

Reception Visit to Little Play Place

Reception had a fantastic time visiting Little Play Place! The children were excited to explore the different role-play worlds and immerse themselves in a variety of real-life experiences.

Throughout the visit, the children were able to apply their learning about People Who Help Us, taking on roles such as doctors, firefighters, shopkeepers and other community helpers. They demonstrated excellent imagination, communication and teamwork skills as they engaged in meaningful play and recreated familiar situations.

The visit provided a wonderful opportunity for the children to develop their understanding of the important roles people play in our community while building confidence through role play. Most importantly, they had lots of fun learning together!

We are incredibly proud of how well the children represented our school and the enthusiasm they showed throughout the day.

Tuesday 13th October, 2026

Y2 Hygiene Talk

Out theme this half term is Healthy Me! As part of this we have been learning all about hygiene and we were lucky enough to have a visit from some nurses. They told us all about oral hygiene and some of us were shocked to find out that we need to brush our tongue as well as our teeth. The best part was putting gel onto our hands and holding them under a UV light to see the germs. Once we washed our hands for 20 seconds we put them back under the light and the germs were gone!

Monday 12th October, 2026

Canoeing Enrichment Year 3.

Year 3 have been lucky enough to have the opportunity to go canoeing. Children were taught how to row forwards, backwards, turn left and right. Children also helped to return the canoes and take off the ropes to secure them safely. The children had so much fun and we have ticked off one of our enrichments this year! Have a look at some pictures. 🛶😁🍂

Group 1

Group 2

 

Group 3

Group 4

Friday 9th October, 2026

Year 3 Visit to Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre!

Our Visit to Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre

We had a fantastic visit to Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre to learn more about life in the Stone Age. We took part in a range of exciting, hands-on activities, including learning how Stone Age people made fires and creating our own cave art paintings. We also explored the museum, where we looked at displays showing what life was like in the Stone Age, including campfires and an impressive woolly mammoth skeleton. To finish our visit, we watched an interesting video all about discovering life in the Stone Age. It was a fun and informative experience that helped us develop our knowledge and understanding of how people lived thousands of years ago! We had so much fun!

Well done to all the children for their wonderful behaviour on the trip!

Take a look at some of the photos from the day!

 

Friday 9th October, 2026

Donald Malone – Year 6

🐧 Exploring the Polar Regions with Donald Malone

We were incredibly excited to welcome Donald Malone to school, who has visited research centres in Antarctica and has first-hand experience of exploring the polar regions.

Donald brought our learning to life as he taught us all about the fascinating environments of the Arctic and Antarctic. We discovered more about the incredible animals that survive in these extreme conditions, including polar bears, albatrosses, penguins and seals and learnt about how they have adapted to life in some of the coldest places on Earth.

Our learning continued outside, where we took part in some fantastic practical activities. We explored how birds fledge, practised huddling together like penguins to keep warm and learnt how birds build their nests. We even discovered how penguin parents work together to carefully pass an egg between the female and male.

One of the highlights of the visit was having the opportunity to examine real bones from Donald’s expeditions to the polar regions. This gave us a fascinating insight into the animals that live in these remote environments and made our learning feel incredibly real.

A huge thank you to Donald for sharing his experiences, knowledge and enthusiasm with us. It was a fascinating day that gave us a much deeper understanding of the polar regions and the incredible wildlife that calls them home! ❄️🐧🔬

Thursday 8th October, 2026

Music Minors

Music with Music Minors

Reception had a fantastic time taking part in a music session with Rachel from Music Minors. The children thoroughly enjoyed singing, dancing and moving to some of their favourite songs.

Throughout the session, the children listened carefully to different rhythms, joined in with actions and expressed themselves through movement and music. They loved singing together and showed great enthusiasm and confidence as they danced along to familiar tunes.

Music activities help to develop children’s listening skills, coordination, communication and self-expression, while also providing lots of fun and opportunities to work together with friends.

A big thank you to Rachel for leading such an engaging and enjoyable session. The children are already looking forward to the next visit!

Thursday 8th October, 2026

Year 6 – Microbes Investigation

🦠 Investigating Microbes in Our Classroom

Today, we became scientists investigating microbes! In our science lesson, we explored our classroom to find out which areas might be the “dirtiest” and where we could find the greatest number of bacteria.

We began by learning about good and harmful bacteria, including where bacteria can be found and how they can travel from one place to another. We then carefully collected samples from different areas around the classroom, thinking carefully about how to make sure our investigation was a fair test.

Our samples were placed onto agar jelly, which provides the ideal conditions for microbes to grow because it contains the nutrients and moisture they need. 🧫

Now comes the exciting part… we have to wait! Over the next few days, we should begin to see different cultures growing on our agar plates. We will then be able to observe and compare our results to see which areas of our classroom contained the most microbes.

We can’t wait to see what our investigation reveals! 🔬🦠