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  • The Cruise Ship Kid!

    Published 17/03/26, by Claire O'Flaherty
    Last Wednesday, some of our KS2 children were treated to an amazing visit from author Emma Swan, who shared her amazing interactive mystery series 'The Cruise Ship Kid'. She delighted the children with tales of her own childhood growing up on
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  • Taking Care of our Teeth

    Published 17/03/26, by Claire O'Flaherty
    In our topic lessons this week, we have been learning how to take care of our teeth. We learnt that in order to practise good oral hygiene, we need to brush our teeth for two minutes twice a day, floss daily and make sure we visit the dentist regular
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  • Digestion!

    Published 13/03/26, by Claire O'Flaherty
    For our 'Food for Thought' topic, team O have been learning about our digestive system. We have explored all of the organs and learnt about their different functions and how the system works together. We then made a model of the system using
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  • Love to Learn

    Published 13/03/26, by Claire O'Flaherty
    Year 4 recently joined an online event hosted by the British Library featuring children’s author and poet Michael Rosen. The session explored stories and poems about food, with Michael and other storytellers sharing entertaining tales and discu
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  • Spellings

    Published 13/03/26, by Claire O'Flaherty
    Please see spellings attached, due on th March
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  • World Book Day

    Published 05/03/26, by Claire O'Flaherty
    Today, Team O had an amazing time celebrating reading! Throughout the day, the children took part in lots of fun, book-themed activities - some of our children even joined an amazing dance workshop with Ms Prince and author Em Cosh. One of
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  • Observational Drawings

    Published 02/03/26, by Claire O'Flaherty
    Today we learnt about the Dutch artist Harmen Steenwijck. We studied his still-life paintings and discussed the elements of these. We then applied what we had learnt to create our own observational drawings of teeth and jaw bones. We spent a long tim
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  • Respect and tolerance

    Published 27/02/26, by Claire O'Flaherty
    Today in class we talked about how to disagree respectfully. We learnt that we don’t have to agree with someone to treat them kindly. As long as a person’s opinion isn’t hurting anyone or breaking the rules, we can respect their rig
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  • The Speaker Competition

    Published 27/02/26, by Claire O'Flaherty
    The Speaker is an oracy competition where pupils prepare and deliver a speech of up to two minutes on a set topic, without props or presentations. Class winners compete across the school, with four advancing to represent the school, and two overall w
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  • Petitions!

    Published 27/02/26, by Claire O'Flaherty
    Today we recapped that good people can sometimes make bad choices. We talked about how everyone makes mistakes, and one poor decision doesn’t always mean someone is a bad person. We also discussed how people can disagree very strongly about thi
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  • World Book Day 2026!

    Published 13/02/26, by Claire O'Flaherty
    This years World Book Day is on Thursday 5th March and the Theme is 'Go All in!'. It’s all about finding your own way to enjoy reading - whether that’s through fantasy, facts, comics, mysteries, poetry, or anything else
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  • Chapter 28!

    Published 13/02/26, by Claire O'Flaherty
    This term, Year 4 have been immersed in the beautiful story of The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo. Inspired by Edward’s journey, the children have been crafting their own powerful narratives. Today, we proudly publishe
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