Whole School News

Wednesday 3 December 2025 Finding our Zen Namasteee indeed! With the weather doing more twists and turns than a pretzel, our planned handball session transformed into hands on mats as Year 5 enjoyed a well-earned assessment week breather and explored the world of yoga. Finding our zen quickly became the mission and the children certainly rose to the challenge…
Tuesday 2 December 2025 Little Robin Red Vest
Tuesday 2 December 2025 Glokenspiels In music this half term, we have been using a glockenspiel. A glokenspiel is a percussion instrument with bell-like tones. It's often used in orchestras and bands. It adds a clear, sparkling sound to melodies.
Tuesday 2 December 2025 Year 4 - Creating our crown's Our writing book for the latter part of this term is - The Crown by Emily Kapff. Told from the future
Monday 1 December 2025 We are mini professors! This morning we were really lucky to have an exciting science lesson with Professor Lee from mini professors!
Friday 28 November 2025 Shapes, singing and Christmas creations!
Friday 28 November 2025 It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Today, in time for our Christmas Fair, the children made their decoration for the huge tree in the school hall. They used white card, drew around their hand and then decorated their drawn fingers as snow people, reindeers, Father Christmas or elves! They then used different shiny sequins to add a bit of Christmas sparkle to their fantastic decorations! Once made they then placed them on the Christmas tree next to the others made from other classes.
Friday 28 November 2025 Great Scott Year 5 have produced some fantastic work!
Friday 28 November 2025 Headteacher's blog
Thursday 27 November 2025 Skipping Through the GLOOM! Even though the weather was bleak, grey, and decidedly gloomy, there was absolutely nothing gloomy about the children's energy, enthusiasm and effort during this week's Fitness Thursday – Skip2BFit session!
Thursday 27 November 2025 Y6 - Keeping Things Current Year 6 have started their new afternoon topic for science all about electricity. It's a very exciting, practical unit in which pupils design circuits made of multiple components such as switches, buzzers, lightbulbs, motors and batteries. They learn how to draw the universally recognised symbols for these components, and then predict whether or not the circuit will work. Then, they work together to put it to the test with real parts! They repeat this sequence a few times over the lessons, each step going more in depth and complex. Well done, Year 6!
Thursday 27 November 2025 Advent Preparation! Today, Reception enjoyed a wonderful visit to our local church—Emmanuel Church—where they took part in a special session all about the true meaning of waiting during Advent.
Tuesday 25 November 2025 Netball - Southill vs Radipole After school today, a group of enthusiastic Southill netballers made the short journey to our neighbours at Radipole for our first fixture of the year. Some of the team had represented the school before, while others were brand new to competitive matches and eager to take to the court. Here's how the game unfolded:
Friday 21 November 2025 States of Matter In science we have been learning about States of Matter.
Friday 21 November 2025 Celebration assembly roundup Our celebration assembly this afternoon was absolutely brilliant. We were thrilled to recognise and celebrate our mathematicians and Stormbreakers for their outstanding achievements this week.
Friday 21 November 2025 Dissection and Reflection We have been having a cracking time in our ‘Living Things' science topic. As part of the KS2 curriculum the children are learning to identify and describe the functions of different parts of flowering plants and to understand how plants grow and reproduce. On Wednesday they researched and created a labelled diagram of a flowering plant. They studied each feature closely and explained its job. For example the petals attract insects for pollination and the ovaries produce seeds that will one day become new plants. The children were very relieved to learn that plants do all this hard work without needing a packed lunch.
Friday 21 November 2025 Cactus painting This week the children really took their time painting their cactus in bright, vibrant colours reminiscent of Mexico, the country which has inspired their Art this term. The children used primary colours to create secondary colours then used these colours to make their piece really stand out! There was lots of discussion about how much of one colour to put with another in order to get the shade they wanted. In the background I played Mexican music which made for an upbeat and jovial painting session.
Friday 21 November 2025 Caroline's blog What a fantastic week we've had! Our school photographer visited on Thursday and captured some brilliant portraits of all our children. We'll let you know as soon as the photos are ready to view. It's always heartwarming when visitors comment on the positive atmosphere in our school and how wonderfully our children conduct themselves. A huge well done to everyone!
Thursday 20 November 2025 Y6: Is It Sustainable? Since half term, Year 6 have been doing Geography as part of their afternoon learning. The topic has been sustainability, with a particular focus on plastic waste.
Wednesday 19 November 2025 Eight Legs or Six? We Found Out! On Tuesday, it was an extra special day for Year 1—we were incredibly lucky to have a visit from a real-life professor! Professor Lee joined us to teach us all about spiders vs. butterflies, and the children were absolutely fascinated from start to finish.