Amazing year 3 and 4 classroom display on rivers. We have also linked non-fiction picture books to this topic. This includes “River” by Elisha Cooper a wonderful, gentle canoe trip along the Hudson River ending in New York. #Picturebookpage

Year 1 & 2 are enjoying their new Geography topic the seaside. They also have class texts linking English learning to their geography topic. These include: Above and Below by Hannah Bailey The Sea Beneath my Toes by Charlotte Guillain Ocean Meets Sky by Fan Brothers Tom Brassington

Planting tomatoes for the summer term. We will put our hanging basket outside the entrance to the school. Just waiting for the final frosts to pass before we put it out. RHS Campaign for School Gardening

We really enjoyed our cricket enhancement day with Charlie from Sussex Cricket. Reception to year 6 children all took part.
Sussex Cricket

A recommendation from Ashley Booth means we'll be using The Crown as part of assemblies to consider collaboration & how we impact on the environment.
The girl speaks from the future, wearing a crown made from the rubbish passed down by generations before her. Amazing illustrations.

Found this new book as part of a charity shop haul. Sadly necessary with school budgets. We will add this either to our library to be treasured or to a history topic box. Either way this wonderful story will be shared and enjoyed.. Ellan Rankin CLPE

School budgets tricky everywhere. We aim to be creative & find solutions to ensure high quality learning opportunities. Latest charity shop haul that fits with school gardening. Great additions for the school library too.RHS Campaign for School Gardening Muddy Faces #GrowthMindset #SchoolLibraryMonth

We have given our willow structure a trim for spring. We are collecting the stems to use in the summer term. Muddy Faces RHS Campaign for School Gardening

Year 6 Buddies sharing a love of reading with Reception. ReadingRocks

Observational drawing of daffodils in Reception. Lovely detail. #EYFS

We are chitting potatoes ready to plant in the school allotment. Very exciting. RHS Campaign for School Gardening Muddy Faces

Planting mint cuttings to take home to use in cooking. RHS Campaign for School Gardening

Planting mint cuttings to take home to use in cooking. RHS Campaign for School Gardening

What a creative start to the week. Reception class were outside in the mud kitchen. They really enjoyed making potions. Muddy Faces @Activesussex

We always enjoy PE in Reception. Active Sussex

Year 5 and 6 Have been on a residential last week. They have been doing some very daring things as well making use of the grounds at the centre.
Hindleap Warren

Reception are using Purple Mash to develop their computing skills. This week we explored some of the activities, and we updated our avatars. There were some really creative ideas. @PurpleMash #Creativecurriculum

Planting dahlias, herbs and some anemones in reception class. RHS Campaign for School Gardening #Creativecurriculum

This is the essence of teaching mixed age classes.
Year 3 are using the denominator and numerator. Year 4 are using the same terms but have also introduced whole numbers. Both year groups are demonstrating understanding and modelling fractions using numicon. @numicon The NCETM

Using numicon to model fractions and show the denominator and numerator. Numicon