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On Monday, Year 2 made 'Lighthouse Sandwiches' inspired by our English work on the 'Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch'. After. similarly to Mr Grinling in the story, we sat under the glow of the warm sun and enjoyed our sandwiches in peace!

After weeks of persuasive arguments, reasons and debating in 2S, Mr Wolf was found guilty of killing 2 of the 3 Little Pigs by Judge Darby on Wednesday morning. Despite the Defence suggesting that the poor construction of the pigs' houses and the wolf's terrible...

On Wednesday, we were treated to a visit from none other than...Florence Nightingale! She shared stories of her childhood, told of how her parents refused to let her become a nurse and the impact she had during the Crimean War in Scutari, Turkey. Our children...

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On Wednesday, 3B visited the Apple Store in Birmingham to learn how to make exciting video clips on the iPads.  We worked hard with Rick and Esther to make a story based on some music, film scenes and take photos, before editing it all together.  We loved sharing the...

4T had a blast on Tuesday when they visited the Apple Store in Birmingham to take part in two creative workshops. First the children created a movie trailer using iMovie, then they experimented with music using GarageBand. The Apple store also run workshops for...

Today, Year 3 have had an amazing time learning about the Ancient Egyptians!  They have looked at how people came to live there, how they made mummies, how they got their food, games that were played and how measuring was done.  Their visitor Stuart was incredibly...

On Wednesday, 4T travelled back in time to ancient Rome to explore what life was life back then. They entertained a captive audience with their songs and demonstrated their excellent knowledge, delivering their lines clearly and confidently. Thank you to everyone that...

This morning, Year 4 had some shocks and surprises during our visit from an expert from Thinktank, Katherine. We saw some hair-raising electrifying experiments! The children had fun learning about both static and current electricity and had the chance to replicate...

This week, the children in Key Stage 1 enjoyed their very first Spelling Bee Competition! All children worked very hard to compete in the heats in classrooms on Tuesday and four children from each year group were selected to compete in the final on Thursday. The...

Yesterday, Year 4 were visited by firefighters from Kings Norton Fire Station. The children listened attentively as the firefighters spoke about the importance of fire safety including escape routes and how to feel a door with the back of your hand. It is advised to...

On Tuesday, Year 2 received a special visit for 'Lady of the Lamp' Florence Nightingale as part of our 'People of the Past' unit. After a brief introduction about Florence's childhood and early life, 2S and 2B were called into role-play action, journeying across...

A fun start to the London trip.... Pupils posed for pictures with Amanda Holden in St. James Park.

On Thursday, Year 2 travelled to Weston-Super-Mare for a day beside the seaside! Thankfully, we enjoyed the best of the glorious British weather and experienced a traditional day’s holiday from the past as part of our unit ‘Hooray…Let’s Go on Holiday!’ After a beach...

On Wednesday, Year 3 had a cracking time at the Lapworth Museum of Geology, learning about volcanoes and earthquakes.  We kicked off our topic with a treasure hunt, finding fossils, crystals and lava medals before watching a volcanic eruption and building...

4T enjoyed a calm and thoughtful visit to the Dhamma Talaka Peace Pagoda in Birmingham this morning to learn more about Buddhism. On arrival, we were greeted by Ellen who showed us around the peace garden and inside the pagoda. She entertained us with Buddhist stories...

On Monday, Year 3 visited Birmingham Central Mosque.  Led by the knowledgeable staff, they found out what the different features of the building were called and what they were for and how Muslims prepare to pray.  The building was very impressive and the children all...

To continue the Superhero topic, Year 2 received an envelope filled with photographs. Late Friday night, the Evil Pea escaped from the depths of the icy freezer and caused chaos across the school. 1J's classroom was destroyed, books were thrown all over the Infant...

Year 2 came into school dressed as superheroes - real life or fictional. They looked the part! In the morning, they discovered that someone had stolen Attendance Ted from 2S's classroom. The voice message that was left led them to Cotteridge Park. Here the children...

Year 4 worked hard to create some beautiful clay tiles to represent the rainforest. Can you guess whose is whose?

5H shared a very important message during their class assembly last week. The children spoke passionately and confidently about the problem of plastics in our oceans and offered solutions as to what we can do to make a difference! We even had a guest appearance from...

This week Year 3 have been investigating how people from the Stone Age lived. To find out what they ate we dissected a Stone Age coprolite - POO! We looked for any food or bits that could give us clues as to what people from the Stone Age used to eat. We found small...

On Thursday, Year 4 stepped back in time to Roman Britain when we visited Wroxeter Roman City. We learned lots about life in Roman times and found out some disgusting facts! We were particularly shocked that the Romans didn't have toilet paper. Instead, they used a...

In our demonstration lesson today, we made poo! We really enjoyed watching the demonstration to help us with our write up of the digestive process.

Today, Year 3 went to Bishops Wood to kick-start our topic all about the stone age.  We spent the day finding out what it was like to live thousands of years ago.  We built our own shelter from mammoth skin and willow branches, we hunted for our lunch, we weaved...

Year 4 enjoyed examining some Roman artefacts today on loan from the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. The children handled each object with care and tried to figure out what the item was and what it was used for in Roman times.  I think the Romans used this to comb...

On Monday, Year 2 were treated to a visit from Florence Nightingale, who we are studying as part of our topic 'People of the Past. After sharing stories from her childhood, Florence described her journey from England to Turkey to help soldiers injured in the Crimean...

The Brilliant Club had a fantastic graduation ceremony at Warwick University on Saturday 14th July. The children had a lovely day exploring the Warwick campus, learning about life at university and receiving their graduation certificate. Well done to all the children...

On Friday, Year 5 received a visit from Selly Oak MP Steve McCabe for a very special Q & A session, as part of our Democracy unit. After a short meeting with the members of our Brilliant Club, the children of 5S & 5T put their questions to the long-standing...

Year 5 have taken inspiration from Andy Warhol and Julian Opie to create some pop art masterpieces this week. Look out for the colourful self portraits coming home soon!