ICT in Schools Visit Reception 💻✨

22nd May 2026Grace Gibson

Yesterday, Reception had a fantastic visit from the ICT in Schools team! 💻

The children were introduced to the animation app ChatterPix Kids, where they learned how to take sensible photographs using the iPads, including keeping the iPad still and making sure their toy or character was in the centre of the picture. They then animated their photos by drawing a mouth onto the picture, recording their voices and making their characters talk! 🎤🧸

The children worked brilliantly in pairs, creating talking teddies, toys and even characters from books. They loved hearing their creations come to life and were fantastic at helping each other navigate the app, record their voices and solve little problems together. They also enjoyed adding filters and stickers to their animations!

The team then introduced Reception to the app Puppet Pals, where they were able to choose cartoon characters and backgrounds before creating their own short stories and conversations. They were able to move the characters whilst recording their voices at the same time, which led to lots of imaginative storylines! 🎭

Throughout the afternoon, the children developed their creativity, storytelling and teamwork skills, as well as growing in confidence when using technology. We were so impressed with how quickly they picked up the apps and how enthusiastic they were to share their ideas and creations with others!

Beware of the Bears and Underground

15th May 2026Angela Ruffles

The children in the 2 year old room have been learning all about bears. They have been making bear masks and size ordering bears too.

The children in the main room have been enjoying the story We’re Going on a Bear Hunt. They have cut out shapes to make their own bears, painted bears and enjoyed spending time retelling the story using props and instruments.

The 30 hour children have been learning all about things that grow underground. They have been printing with vegetables, cutting them out and adding labels to them to make a fantastic display.

 

12th May 2026H Nisbet

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In Class 4 we have loved making windmills as part of our Design Technology unit of work. We have learnt and applied different skills such as puncturing holes and joining different materials. We started with a stable base, then made the sails by making evenly spaced cuts. We joined our components together and they now ready for a windy day.

 

Roarsome Collages 🐯

9th March 2026Georgia Cresswell

Class 5 have been very busy during World Book Day. The theme this year was animals so we transformed simple scraps of paper into a vibrant kingdom of creatures.

Here are some examples of our work, where we brought these animals to life creating this wild gallery

 

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Observational Drawings

26th November 2025K Holtham

In our Art lesson the children completed observational drawings of a range of different flowers paying very close attention to detail. They all did a brilliant job!

Remembrance Day♥️

18th November 2025Chloe Smith

Class 1 have been learning about Remembrance Day. We learned about Remembrance Day is, why it is importance and how we mark this occasion;

We discussed the importance of poppies and what they symbolised and using lots of different materials, created our our poppies. Using Lego bricks we stamped a poppy petal design and then painted our stems using green paint, we were able to create lots of beautiful flowers. We also used pipe cleaners, cupcake cases and pom poms to make our own flowers and even made some from play doh.

Awesome Autumn

26th September 2025H Nisbet

We have been learning about the seasons and the awesome Autumn we are in now. We have had fun exploring the different colour leaves and creating some wonderful art work for our assembly and displays.