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  • 24/04/26

    Visit to the Farm

    Dormice Class (Yr R) had a lovely day at the farm yesterday. It was a beautiful day so a picnic lunch in the shade of the trees was very welcome. They met lots of different animals; fed the goats, collected eggs from the chickens, held chicks, bottle-fed calves, held guinea pigs and saw a family of...
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  • 17/04/26

    Welcome Back to the Summer Term!

    Welcome back to the Summer Term and it is feeling very spring-like. Leaves and blossom are on the trees and it has been dry enough to play on the field. I spoke to the children about all the life which is suddenly so evident in worship on Monday. I then checked the bird box camera which I had put up...
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  • 17/04/26

    Science Day

    The children enjoyed ‘Science Day’ on Tuesday, I hope they talked to you about it. We reorganised the children into groups with children from each class – these groups then rotated around the four classrooms. In each class they explored some different experiments (pictured above...
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  • 17/04/26

    Signs of Spring

    What an amazing week’s weather – can’t remember the last time I wrote that! Dormice Class (Year R) took advantage of this on Wednesday by going on a spring walk around the village. They walked the same route that they did in the Autumn and Winter so the signs of spring were obvious...
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  • 13/03/26

    Vocal performance at Thornden Hall Theatre

    Yesterday, children from Badgers class took part in a vocal festival with the other cluster schools, culminating in a concert to parents at Thornden Hall Theatre. The children sang amazing songs, all based around a theme of ‘strength and courage’. This opportunity was initially offered t...
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  • 06/03/26

    Brilliant costumes for World Book Day

    What a lovely Word Book Day we had yesterday – of course the beautiful sunny weather helped. The children looked brilliant in all their costumes, as did staff, and they really enjoyed the occasion. What was lovely was hearing about why the children had chosen the character they had from a favo...
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  • 02/03/26

    Plans for World Book Day

    It is World Book Day next Thursday (5 March) and we are keen to have a dressing up day. If children would like to dress up (they don’t have to), they can pick a character from any book, film or story. Many children don’t like dressing up which is why we try not to do this sort of activit...
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  • 27/02/26

    Year 5 Bikeability

    Year 5 children have been taking a cycle proficiency course this week – you might have seen them arriving with bikes or out and about cycling. They worked with Hampshire Bikeability Trainers, initially on the playground to practise control. They then progressed to going out to Upham Street, to...
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  • 13/02/26

    Ask from School Council

    Over the last few weeks, our school council have been planning refurbishment of outside play resources. They have already ordered some new playtime ‘huff and puff’ sports equipment but they had an idea that some toys might be nice to play with to. They have discussed what would work; wha...
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  • 06/02/26

    Road Safety

    Yesterday our team of Badgers JRSOs (Junior Road Safety Officers) delivered an assembly they had planned to the whole school to give some messages about road safety. They used puppets as well as visual Powerpoint materials to present. They discussed how to cross roads safely, how to look out for haz...
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  • 30/01/26

    Our new iPads, thank you FUS!

    We started using our new iPads this week. They were delivered a while ago and our IT provider has completed the system set-up required and fitted all the protective cases. Some classes have started to use them over the last few days and everyone else is likely to next week. We have gone for full siz...
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  • 23/01/26

    Squirrels Class Trip

    Children in Squirrels Class (Y1&2) enjoyed their trip this week to SeaCity museum in Southampton to learn about the Titanic. They have been learning about this in history sessions over the last few weeks but by exploring through exhibits and working with a historian in workshops, they got to und...
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