It was lovely to see such a good turn-out for the Mother's Day Rhyme Time. Little Owls loved performing four new rhymes and some of their favourites from the year. The class have learnt over thirty rhymes so far this year, and through regular daily and weekly practise they can perform them with great [...]
A huge thank you to Josie O'Neil, F4CADS committee and BBQ chefs for a fantastic family Bingo event on Friday evening. With a full house of children, parents and siblings, all were poised with their dabbers, hoping to win a cash prize! Congratulations to the winners and thank you to the endless work and [...]
On 21st March our Year 5 and 6 Netball team played against Bedgrove Junior School. After a close match, the final score was 6-4 to Bedgrove. The team scored some superb goals and enjoyed a closely fought match. On Thursday 27th March the team played against Ickford school. Again they played very well against [...]
On Tuesday 25th March Year 5 took part in a STEM day with the Royal Air Force association. We learn that STEM stands for: Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths. For the first half of the morning we were designing and then building paper rockets. Next we launched them outside with paper straws that we [...]
We are incredibly proud of our remarkable Poetry competitors – Theo, Charlie, Iona, Arabella, and Cleo, who showcased their talent at the Poetry Slam Grand Final on Wednesday at John Hampden Primary School. Children from across the Thame Partnership gathered to share their beautifully crafted poems in front of a large audience, with special [...]
Miss Webb takes part in Buckinghamshire school improvement programme ' Early Years Side by Side: Providers in Partnership (PiP). This initiative provides regular opportunities for practitioners to work together; focusing on partnership working between settings and schools. The objective being to proactively raise outcomes for ALL children. The PiP promotes collaboration and practitioners coming together [...]
Today, Year 1 and Year 2 have had a very exciting Design and Technology day. We have been exploring the differences between fruits and vegetables and we had a tasting session this morning where some of us tried fruits that we have never tried before. After the tasting session, we planned our own fruit [...]
Year 4 have enjoyed an invertebrate hunt in science today! We learned all about the different types of invertebrates and then went to the field to see what we could find. We used a classification key to help us identify the creatures we found and did some sketches.
As part of our science unit on plants we took the opportunity to visit the snowdrops which grow naturally in our woodland area. The children made observations about where and how they grow to inform the rest of our lesson back in the classroom and also practiced some observational drawing. They really enjoyed being [...]
