FS2 Reading Activities
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This week in literacy FS2 are reading the story Handa’s Surprise. The children have enjoyed tasting the fruits Handa’s took for her friend Akeyo and writing sentences to describe what each fruit tastes like. We created a bar chart to discover which fruit was the children’s favourite too. Well done FS2!
Y6 Booster Sessions 🧠
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Miss Jenkinson and the KS2 team are so proud of all of their Y6 class for their dedication to booster sessions. The pupils have been focusing on their SPAG skills and applying it to their writing. How amazing to have a full class attendance after school! Well done Y6. 📝🤍
Taylor Shaw Catering Survey
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Our catering suppliers, Taylor Shaw, are now running a survey for you to have your say! This short questionnaire will help them to gain a better understanding on what you think works and doesn’t work, to help them make the appropriate changes. Some of the questions will be around pricing, quality, availability, and the service […]
UKS2 Wall Climbing
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Just before their Christmas break, Upper KS2 had the opportunity to visit the WPT Climbing Wall. Both Y5 and Y6 had a great time and learnt a lot about staying resilient and setting targets. Thank you to our PE team for giving us this experience every year – we had the best time! 🧗♀️🧗♂️
Sycamore Class Explore Natural Disasters
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Sycamore Class have made a start on their new Geography topic, Natural Disasters, this week! We have begun by studying the continent North America: looking at what surrounds it, its physical features and studying the countries and islands within it – in an atlas. 🗺🧭
Year 6 Class Novel 📖
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Year 6 have started reading their new class novel, ‘Holes’, this week – after looking at the blurb and building their background knowledge. The children are doing a great job at practising reading fluently during their echo reading activities. 🦎
A Viking Experience for Hazel Class
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As part of their History topic on the Vikings, Hazel class visited the dig and the Jorvik Viking Centre. ⚔🛡 The children experienced life as an archaeologist and they also learnt about raids and battles during the Viking period. The children were certainly very knowledgeable by the end of the experience.
Aston Lodge Autumn Term SEND Roundup
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WPT to Begin Phase One of Solar PV Installation Project with Funding from the North East & Yorkshire Net Zero Hub
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As part of our commitment to sustainability, we are excited to begin the installation of solar PV panels across all 13 of our schools. We have secured £100,000 in grant funding from the North East & Yorkshire Net Zero Hub, through the second round of their Energy Project Enabling Fund, to help finance Phase One of the project, […]
Y6 History Topic Party
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Y6 finished their History topic with a VE Day/Christmas Party! They danced, ate a party buffet and celebrated all their hard work this year. 🎉🎶