16 Jul

INSKIPFEST2025!

From ‘Sweet Pong’ to hopper races…and water fights to our finale Piñata, Year 6’s Celebration Day was incredible fun!! 

‘We didn't realise we were making memories, we just knew we were having fun…’

8 Dec

Frohe Weihnachten!

Upper School enjoyed some Christmas games to practise a range of German vocabulary from across this half term. We enjoyed trying to roll a Christmas Tree and decorating with various weather-themed decorations from blusters of der Wind for tinsel and neblig baubles of fog to die Sonne (the sun) at…

8 Dec

Middle School’s Incredible Fire Morning

Thank you so much to Claire for joining us for the morning to bring our Stone Age exploration to life! We learnt about how they would have lit fires, particularly towards the end of the Stone Age with the discovery of metal. We learnt how they would have kept fires going and how they would have…

8 Dec

Middle School - learning previous and next multiples of ten

Middle School have been exploring more place value language to help them understand the concept of rounding. We have been learning the previous and next multiples of ten and celebrating any marvellous mistakes made! 

8 Dec

Boccia Final Tournament!

Well done, Middle School! You absolute super stars! 

8 Dec

Stig of the Dump

Middle School absolutely loved watched the Stig of the Dump series and were brilliant at comparing the characters and events to the story we have read. They were completely spell-bounded by the ending and overcome with emotions. Such a wonderful story now part of Middle School’s learning journey,…

18 Nov

Middle School’s Jar of Kindness

As part of our PSHE topic on respect, we took part in Anti-Bullying Week (11th Nov - 15th Nov).

Middle School were given challenges throughout the week:

Listen out for someone using kind words…

Look out for someone using kind actions…

Middle School also discussed ways we could explore…

18 Nov

Middle School - Comparing Numbers

We have continued to deepen our understanding of place value by comparing numbers. 
 

We had some phone calls with Tiny Turtle, who thought that the starting digit was the only thing you needed to use to compare.
 

He thought 923 was greater than 1324. After lots of reasoning and super…

18 Nov

Middle School’s Boccia Continues!

Wow! Middle School have made unbelievable progress in Boccia! 
 

In our last lesson, we had to make a ‘plan’ and share this before sending the ball. Some children planned to throw and land nearer to the Jack than other balls. Some children planned to go on the attack by rolling towards the…

18 Nov

Middle School’s Sharing Time

More Sharing Time in Middle School! 
 

Since September, children have bravely and confidently stood before the class and shared something they are interested in or something they are proud of. 
 

Their audience shows active listening by tracking the speaker, showing they are engaged and…