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Date: 14th Sep 2026 @ 5:14pm
Today we worked in groups to create a heliocentric model of the solar system. We learned about how and when this model was discovered.
Child Led Celebration of the Word
Date: 14th Sep 2026 @ 4:08pm
Some Year 6 pupils planned and led a celebration of the word around Mary and the Annunciation. They decided to base the celebration of the word around the theme of faith.
EYFS Teddy Bears' Picnic : 11th September 2026
Date: 11th Sep 2026 @ 5:16pm
What a fun time we have had in EYFS for our first full day in school together!
We have enjoyed meeting new friends and taking part in lots of teddy bear themed activities together during the day.
At lunchtime we had a tasty picnic together and then later in the afternoon had some special teddy treats to eat too!
We gave all of our teddy bears a ride on the parachute and then bounced them as high as we could!
Rainbow Unit Yellow Class - Week 1
Date: 11th Sep 2026 @ 4:08pm
Yellow Class 🟡
The children in the Yellow Class have had a lovely first full week back in school!
They have taken part in Phonics, have enjoyed learning about the sound 's' for sun and painting their own sun.
They have also enjoyed taking part in messy maths for the song '5 currant buns.'
Finally, they have enjoyed taking part in sensory story and have particularly enjoyed the water spray!
We hope you have a lovely weekend! See you on Monday!
Miss Stockton and Ms Mort
Date: 11th Sep 2026 @ 4:06pm
Today Year 4 did an experiment all about how water is transported from the roots of a plant through to the stem. We used celery and food colouring to do this. We have left the celery in our classroom so that we can see the results next week.
Date: 11th Sep 2026 @ 3:47pm
To cement our learning of Tens and Ones in place value grids we relay raced in the hall to make numbers with a partner
Date: 11th Sep 2026 @ 3:46pm
As our first focus in our RE branch Creation and Covenant we have heard the story of Noah's Ark and God's promise to the world. We represented this with two different Art craft activities
Rainbow Unit Orange Class- Week 1
Date: 11th Sep 2026 @ 3:33pm
Orange Class 🟠
The children in Orange Class have settled back into school, and settled into their new school extremely well!
They have explored all areas of the Rainbow Unit. They have explored all areas of the classroom, our outside area, main playground, school hall at dinner time and for sensory PE sessions.
They have enjoyed the different activities including cause and effect toys, sensory toys and jigsaws.
We hope you all have a lovely weekend! See you on Monday!
Miss Abbott, Mrs Coleman and Miss Caine
Date: 11th Sep 2026 @ 3:26pm
During our time in the Blue Room, we found different ways to explore making repeated patterns.
Date: 11th Sep 2026 @ 12:31pm
We practised our dribbling and passing skills in basketball this week. We played some skills games first and then applied our skills in games.
Y6 Role Play of a Cafe Scene From our Text in English
Date: 11th Sep 2026 @ 12:28pm
We role played a scene from our text in English, 'Star of fear, Star of hope'. We acted out being in a cafe in France in the 1940s. We thought about character feelings and what they might say.
Date: 11th Sep 2026 @ 8:16am
In Music this week, we explored finding the pulse of a song. We marched around the room to Colonel Hathi's March from The Jungle Book ensuring we kept in time with the pulse of the music.
Date: 11th Sep 2026 @ 8:12am
In RE, Year 1 explored the Creation Story. We looked at how God created the animals and creatures on Earth. We used play dough to create a model of the animals and created masks on the animals.
Date: 10th Sep 2026 @ 4:23pm
Our first PD assembly was all about dental hygiene. We learnt about teeth and how to look after them.
We found out about the Brush DJ App you can use to help time your brushing https://www.brushdj.com
Crowning of Mary - 14th May 2026
Date: 7th Jul 2026 @ 9:20pm
Our school family gathered together for a special service led by Father Peter Ross.
We were also joined by governors and our special friend of St Basil's, Mr Jim Wilson.
Our statue of Mary is dedicated to Jim's wife Christine who served our school on the Governing body before passing away.
Father Peter was asssisted by the children who shared prayers and readings to honour Mary during this most special month.
We also enjoyed singing some beautiful hymns and songs dedicated to Our Lady.
A procession was then made with the crown of flowers which was used to crown Mary.
This was a really special and reverent celebration enjoyed by our community.
Mission Together After School Club - Summer term 2026
Date: 7th Jul 2026 @ 9:00pm
This term we have been thrilled to launch the first ever Mission Together After School Club nationally.
Over the term, a group of enthusiastic Year three pupils have attended and participated with some fun and important activities.
On the 2nd of July, we were so excited to welcome Claire Colleran from Mission Together to our session, to show her what we have been up to!
Claire brought along a special surprise - the brand new official Charity mascot - Missio Mouse ( Mi Mo!)
It has been wonderful to see how keen the children are to learn about and help children around the world.
We hope to recruit even more members across the school in the next school year.
Reception class Stay and Pray - Wednesday 17th June 2026
Date: 7th Jul 2026 @ 8:38pm
We welcomed our parents into class this afternoon for a special Celebration of the Word.
We listened to a story from the Bible about a special rule that Jesus had to 'Love one another' (John 13: 34-35).
We also prayed and sang about our friends in school and around the world!
We shared what we have learnt about the friends of Jesus who lived a long time ago.
But we also know that everyone can be a friend of Jesus, especially us!
"It is important to care about our friends" (Junior).
"I'm going to try and keep the special rule" (Sophia).
"We need to say thank you to God for our friends" (Luca)
After our Celebration of the Word, we spent some time doing lovely activities with our grown ups who had joined us.
There were prayer pebbles to paint, love heart friend strips, Prayer packs, fishy friends and friends around the world on a map.
At the end of the afternoon we were given a special book called. 'God is very clever,' to take home and keep.
Our grown ups said:
'The worship made me feel very included getting to join in."
"I loved the singing from the children."
"We are going to buy some rosary beads!"
Rainbow Unit - Green Class Week 34
Date: 3rd Jul 2026 @ 1:52pm
We have had another busy week for Green Class. This week we have been looking a ‘f’ as in fish. The children have really enjoyed listening to the phonics song and we have been encouraging them doing the action for his too. We have also seen lots of engagement in our sensory circuits session. We have made tunnels with different apparatus and the children have enjoyed crawling through these with the adults.
We hope you have a lovely weekend 🙂
Mrs Henwood, Ms Mort & Miss Minas
Rainbow Unit- Yellow Class Week 34
Date: 3rd Jul 2026 @ 1:18pm
We have had another busy week in the Yellow Class, we have been doing lots of fine motor activities.
We have been using PlayDoh, drawing, building and threading beads! The children have really enjoyed this!
This morning, we have loved sensory circuits, climbing through the colourful tunnel and using it as a tent! ⛺️
We hope you all have a lovely weekend!
Miss Abbott, Mrs Coleman and Miss Caine
Rainbow Unit - Green Class week 32
Date: 19th Jun 2026 @ 1:16pm
It has been a lovely week for the children in Green class. We have been enjoying listening to our phonics songs for the letters ‘h’ and ‘b’. Some of the children have been joining in with the actions for these songs. We have been working on matching pictures to the correct sound which some of the children have enjoyed.
We have also been enjoying some of our new sensory equipment in our outside area. All of the children have enjoyed exploring this.
Hope you all have a lovely weekend 🙂
Mrs Henwood, Ms Mort & the rest of the SEND team
Rainbow Unit- Yellow Class Week 32
Date: 19th Jun 2026 @ 1:07pm
We’ve had another busy week in the Yellow Class this week. We introduced wooden blocks into our room to extend open ended play. The children have been using these in lots of different creative ways, building with them, using them as slopes, even balancing things on them! 😊
It’s been lovely to see how creative the children have been!
We hope you have a lovely weekend in the warm weather! ☀️
Miss Abbott, Mrs Coleman and Miss Caine
Date: 15th May 2026 @ 1:41pm
Continuing our topic of ‘Foods Around the World’, this week the children have decorated biscuits. The children mixed the icing using a spoon until it was ready, then they decorated the biscuits. Some children even ate the biscuits! 🍪
The children really enjoyed this experience!
We hope you have a lovely weekend!
Miss Abbott, Mrs Henwood, Mrs Coleman, Ms Mort, Miss Caine and Mr Waring
Rainbow Unit- Green Class Week 28
Date: 8th May 2026 @ 1:02pm
It has been a lovely week for the children in Green class. We have been continuing practicing our fine motor skills with our creative activity where we have been using a glue stick to make a rainbow. We have also been using tweezers to complete some colour sorting activities 🙂
We hope you have a lovely weekend!
Mrs Henwood, Ms Mort & Mr Waring
Rainbow Unit- Yellow Class Week 28
Date: 8th May 2026 @ 12:55pm
We have had a very creative week in the Yellow Class. We completed some lovely rainbows using gluing and sticking skills and we have been colouring. Colouring and pencil grip is a great way to support fine motor skills, as well as jigsaws!
We hope you all have a lovely weekend!
Miss Abbott, Mrs Coleman and Miss Caine
Date: 1st May 2026 @ 2:57pm
Another busy week in the Rainbow Unit! 🌈
In the Green Class, the children have been focusing on their phonics sound of the week, “k as in key”. 🔑
In the Yellow Class, the children have been matching pictures of the animals. The children are getting more confident in completing this themselves with limited adult support.
We have all been outside in the lovely sunshine ☀️ enjoying the glorious weather! We hope this continues over the bank holiday weekend. See you all on Tuesday!
Miss Abbott, Mrs Henwood, Mrs Coleman, Ms Mort, Miss Caine and Mr Waring
