Whole School News
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Friday 16 January 2026 Spotting Feathered Friends with the RSPB’s Big Schools’ Birdwatch! 🐦⬛ We certainly ended the week on a high with a fun-filled Friday that put smiles on everyone's faces! After a rather grey start to the day, we were very lucky that the weather cleared up this afternoon and we were treated to some lovely sunshine. This meant we could venture outside and make the most of the fresh air.
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Friday 16 January 2026 Fitness Friday
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Friday 16 January 2026 First two weeks back! What a great first couple weeks back after the holiday!
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Friday 16 January 2026 Celebrating Self-Care and Resilience We had a wonderful celebration assembly this week that we're excited to share with you!
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Friday 16 January 2026 Headteacher's Blog: All about writing at SP
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Friday 16 January 2026 Masters with magnets! Continuing with our Science unit, Forces and Magnets, the children explored different metals and metallic objects to see if they were magnetic or non-magnetic. Before having a magnet, the children were given a variety of materials to handle and were asked to make a prediction as to whether it would be magnetic or non-magnetic. There was lots of discussion and reasoning and once all children had made their predictions magnets were handed out. The children really enjoyed feeling the 'pull' of the magnet and watching the magnetic objects move towards to magnet. One group tricked me into thinking that aluminium foil was magnetic, by wrapping magnetic objects up in it!
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Wednesday 14 January 2026 Rugby Mania Rugby Mania in Reception Class! 🏉🌙
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Wednesday 14 January 2026 Setting Sail with the Titanic All aboard!Over the next few weeks, our writing journey will be inspired by Kaspar, Prince of Cats as we dive into the fascinating and infamous story of the Titanic. We began our voyage by transforming the word Titanic into the ship itself. This creative task encouraged the children to showcase their artistic flair and powers of observation as they carefully followed a step-by-step guide to bring the ship to life.To fully immerse themselves in the world of the story, the children carried out research on the Titanic before reading the book. They have produced some fascinating non-chronological reports, confidently using headings and subheadings, historical vocabulary, and engaging sentence openers. The depth of knowledge they have already gained about this remarkable moment in history has been impressive.This topic promises to be a learning experience of truly Titanic proportions, and I cannot wait to see what else the children create as the project unfolds.Tom
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Tuesday 13 January 2026 Y6: Resist! In year 6 we started the new term with a really interesting writing unit based on the excellent book 'Resist' by Tom Palmer. This detailed, emotive and gripping tale tells the true story of a young Audrey Hepburn, who grew up in the Netherlands before settling in Britain and finding fame as an actress. During World War 2, Hepburn took the very risky decision to work for The Resistance, as a leaflet distributor and then as an entertainer. One of Year 6's first tasks was to create a poster persuading people to join The Resistance while warning them of the potential dangers too! Well done, a great start to a great unit of study.
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Monday 12 January 2026 Monday 12.1.26- Celebrating Our 2%ers! Our 2% Assembly was a brilliant opportunity to come together as a school community and celebrate the effort, achievements and positive attitudes that make such a difference every day.
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Sunday 11 January 2026 🌟 Star Learner Assembly – A Positive Start to Spring Term 🌟 It was wonderful to welcome everyone back to school with our Star Learner Assembly, celebrating a positive return and the start of the Spring Term.
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Friday 9 January 2026 A positive start to a brand new year! It was brilliant to welcome back year 3 this week. They have started off the new year with a hugely positive attitude! Many of the children this week have been rewarded certificates as they have been spotted being positive, reflective or resilient. Some we are going to keep on our positivity board for a short while but most children were eager to take them home to celebrate their achievements with their family, and I don't blame them!
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Friday 9 January 2026 History Brought to Life Through Writing In our recent writing lessons, we have been exploring the powerful and moving book Freedom Bird by Jerdine Nolen. Set during slavery in the time of the American Civil War, the story follows siblings Millicent and John, who work on a plantation and endure cruel and unjust treatment.
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Thursday 8 January 2026 Welcome Back and Spring Term Priorities
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Wednesday 7 January 2026 Building and Bee-Bots!
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Wednesday 7 January 2026 New Year, New Learning! Happy New Year and welcome back! The children have returned full of energy and enthusiasm, and we have jumped straight back into learning this week.
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Tuesday 6 January 2026 Try Time! Year 5 Tackle Tag Rugby Welcome back everyone and I hope you all had a lovely Christmas! I cannot believe we are already a third of the way through the academic year. It feels like only yesterday we were taking part in I'm in Year 5 Get Me Out of Here.This afternoon the children were introduced to their new sport for this half term: tag rugby. A few of the children had already taken part in a tag rugby competition last academic year where they won every game, so I was very excited to show the whole class just how fun this sport can be.We began by getting to know the rugby ball. The children quickly noticed its unusual shape and learned that keeping it off the ground is very important. During the warm up the children ran around the area, scoring a try when “try” was called and throwing the ball into the air and catching it when “up” was shouted.Next, we focused on the correct passing technique. Working in pairs and threes, the children practised their “rowing t
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Monday 5 January 2026 2%er Assembly A Fantastic Start to the New Term!
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Sunday 4 January 2026 Happy New Year! Happy New Year and welcome back! We hope you all had a wonderful break and are feeling refreshed and ready for the exciting term ahead.
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Friday 19 December 2025 Moving Toys and Merry Moments In DT, we have been learning how to design and make our own toys using recycled materials. Our challenge was to create a toy that could move, which made the task even more exciting.