Today, we played a game of basketball to put into practice all the key skills we have learned in P.E this half term. Throughout the term, we have focused on dribbling, chest passing and shooting, as well as understanding important rules like travelling and double dribbling. It was fantastic to see the children in action, working together as a team and applying their skills in a real game. Take a look below to see them in action!

Since our soup tasting last week, we have explored different recipes, carefully planned our own and today, we finally brought our ideas to life. Using key techniques such as cutting, slicing, peeling and grating, we safely prepared our ingredients before adding them—along with a selection of herbs and spices—into the slow cooker to simmer.

This afternoon, we tasted our soups and evaluated them based on their appearance, taste, texture and smell. The children were incredibly proud of their creations, thoroughly enjoying the experience of trying their homemade soups. They were even able to take some home to share with their families.
Take a look below to see what we got up to!

Today, we began our exciting soup-making food technology project. For our first lesson, we explored different types of soup through a tasting activity. We sampled tomato, minestrone and vegetable soup, carefully examining their appearance and smell before describing their taste and texture. The children were enthusiastic about the experience, with some trying these flavours for the first time—and really enjoying them! It was a fantastic lesson, and the children are now looking forward to creating their own soups in the near future.

Yesterday, we celebrated World Book Day a little differently due to the Year 4 and Year 5 residential last week. The children dressed as their favourite book characters and brought in their favourite books to share with an older child. It was wonderful to see their excitement about reading! Take a look below at some of our fantastic costumes!

Today, we had a special visitor, Joseph from Gateway Church, who led an Easter poetry workshop. He spoke to us about the Easter Story and its significance. Together, we explored a variety of Easter-themed poems and discussed their meanings.
A key focus of the workshop was personification poetry—something we hadn’t studied before. We looked at how these poems were written from the perspective of objects in the Easter Story, such as the nails on the cross and the stone at the tomb. We also explored different poetic techniques, including similes, motifs (repeated words), rhyme, and acrostic poems.
As a class, we created an acrostic poem before writing our own individual poems. The children found it fascinating to learn more about the Easter Story while experimenting with a new style of poetry.