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Children’s Parliament at COP26

During the COP26 summit, one of our Year 6 students, Erin, was chosen to represent our school at the Children's Parliament as part of the COP26 summit in Glasgow. She took part in the debate and was chosen to ask a question to the parliament. The...

Year 3 visit Segedunum!

Today, Year 3 (Mrs Wall's class) visited Segedunum. This links with the topic 'The Romans'. In the morning, they carried out tasks to show they could be Celts (Ancient Britons). They made bracelets from wool, crushed wheat to make flour, used willow to weave as they...

Newsletter – September 2021

Message from Mrs Goodfellow & Our Governors It is with great pleasure that I welcome you all back for this school year and a very warm welcome to our new families who are joining us this year. We're all hoping for a more normal school year...

Reception 2022 Applications NOW OPEN!

If you have a child that is due to start Reception in September 2022, the online application portal is now open. The deadline for Reception applications is 15th January.   Apply online here ...

Baby & Toddler Group Returns!

  We are delighted to be able to resume our Baby & Toddler from Tuesday 14th September 2021! The group meets every Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday during term time from 9:30 to 11:00 am, in the Community Room, where there are plenty toys, games, and activities...

Year 4B show off their poetic side!

Yesterday, Year 4B blew Mrs Wall away with their amazing skills in poetry. They worked extremely hard in small groups to create verses of a narrative poem based on a short film called 'The Catch'. The verses were then put together and the class performed...

Years 3 and 4 Sports Day!

We have loads of fun taking part in various events today for Sports Day! Well done to all of the children taking part. (Apologies about the photo orientation, we are working on fixing this.) ...

Riverside Roof Almost Complete

The roofing contractors have been working extremely hard over the past few months, in all weathers, to replace our entire school roof.   Just a few finishing touches to be made but you can see from the pictures below how much work has been done and just...

Badge design competition 2021

We would love as many children as possible to showcase their artistic talents and design a badge for the WOW activity tracker. The design should be linked to climate change, so your job is to research and then draw an animal that you would like to...