4 months ago
Posted on 27th Sep 2024 by Jake Andrew

New Crew of Digital Leaders

We have appointed our new team of Digital Leaders in school this week and had our first meeting today. In the meeting, we explored what we wanted to achieve this year and came up with the following ideas:

We are excited to see what we can do this year!

4 months ago
Posted on 26th Sep 2024 by Jake Andrew

Välkommen till Sverige! (Welcome to Sweden!)

For European Language Day today, Year 5 were transported off to Sweden. We learnt how to count to 10, learnt some simple colours, video called Mr Andrew’s Swedish friend Alex who taught us some simple greetings and then researched some facts about Sweden. We had a great time exploring the language!

4 months ago
Posted on 18th Sep 2024 by Jake Andrew

I Belong: encouraging girls into computer science

Computer science is the fastest-growing STEM subject, and yet, despite its popularity, girls are consistently outnumbered by boys. The gender gap in computing can be traced back to gender stereotypes developed in the primary years. To improve the diversity both in and beyond the classroom, we need to show girls from a young age that they belong in computer science.

Because of this, we have enrolled into the NCCE programme to encourage girls into computing. We will be doing several things this year to support our girls, including running a Code Club specifically for girls in the Autumn term, and showcasing inspirational women in computer science.

Watch this space for more updates throughout the year!

4 months ago
Posted on 17th Sep 2024 by Jake Andrew

National Coding Week Assembly

We had an assembly this morning to celebrate National Coding Week. We looked at what coding is, why it is important, how we do it in school and where it could take us in the future. We also looked at the inspirational figure of Grace Hopper and her impact on the computer science field.

7 months ago
Posted on 26th Jun 2024 by Jake Andrew

Technology in Sport for Sports Week

As it’s our Sports Week this week, some of our KS2 classes are taking part in a webinar all about technology that is used in sport. From VAR to GPS vests, technology is EVERYWHERE! The children also found out about how technology can help make sport more inclusive, including in wheelchairs and blades for runners. It was a really interesting session and the children got a lot out of it.

7 months ago
Posted on 19th Jun 2024 by Jake Andrew

‘My Job at Google’ Webinar for KS1

Some of our KS1 classes took part in a STEM webinar today, with a focus on potential careers that STEM subjects can provide.

7 months ago
Posted on 18th Jun 2024 by Jake Andrew

Rothesay Classic Birmingham Tennis Tournament Trip

We bought some tickets for the Rothesay Classic Birmingham Tennis Tournament, to take some of our Year 4/5 children to experience a large professional sporting event. Many of the world’s top players were in the draw, including Caroline Wozniaki and Heather Watson. The children were able to watch the matches on the 2,500 seater main stadium court, join in with some sporting activities and watch some of the players practise on the surrounding courts. We had many comments about how well the children were behaving and we hope they enjoyed their experience! They were even able to take away a ball that had been used on the courts by the players!

8 months ago
Posted on 24th May 2024 by Jake Andrew

My Job as an Engineer Webinar

KS2 joined in with a live lesson on Wednesday this week, exploring what it was like to be an engineer. Exposing children to ambitious careers is crucial, and we hope all our children grow up to be ambitious and aspirational. Highlighting careers in STEM subjects is a focus for all schools and we hope our children learnt some of the highlights of being an engineer during the webinar

9 months ago
Posted on 10th May 2024 by Jake Andrew

Google Drawing Creations!

Year 5 are loving their Computing unit on Vector Graphics this term. We have been using Google Drawings to create pictures using smaller shapes. We have used tools such as copy, paste, resize, fill, line weight, alignment and zoom to make them as good as they can be! Check some of them out below:

9 months ago
Posted on 03rd May 2024 by Jake Andrew

Year 5’s Arthog Experience

In April, some of our Year 5 children had the amazing opportunity to spend a week at Arthog in Wales. They stayed for 4 nights and experienced a wealth of activities, including: gorge walking, night line, canoeing, orienteering, hiking and many, many more!

The children were perfectly behaved over the week, and many of the instructors praised them for their manners and general attitude! We are very proud of them all and are sure they were filled with memories that would last a lifetime!