12/05/23
Otter Class Blog
05/05/23Desert Island decisions!
As a little break from our normal schedule, Otter class had to work as a team to figure out which 6 items they would take to survive 7 nights alone on a desert island!Read Full Story
24/04/23Ukulele session 1
A musical start to the week in Otter class as pupil began their block of learning the Ukulele. mastering the tricky chords of C. F & G they even had a go at performing a song.Read Full Story
21/04/23Making paper disappear!
The children were challenged to make their squares of paper disappear!Read Full Story
24/03/23On the rivet at the velodrome
Year 6 pupils took to the track at the Geraint Thomas Olympic Velodrome. Riding track bikes with no brakes they tackled the steep banks and learned how to stop - not easy! With only a few spectacular falls, Steve our coach guided the children through the session, helping conquer nerves with his...Read Full Story
16/03/23Climbing Courage
Lots of courage on show as our brave year sixes took on the 8 metre climbing wall. Lovely to see so much encouragement and support!Read Full Story
10/03/23STEM- Robotics day
A brilliant day in Otter class programming robots to perform different tasks. Our coding teams worked really well together to program their lego robots to perform some pretty tricky tasks using movement and a variety of different sensors. Clever stuff!Read Full Story
10/03/23DT Bridge Designs
A break from the outdoors, pupils in Otter class spent the afternoon designing and making model bridges. Using research into strong shapes they built their structures. Pupils focussed on 'form' and 'function' and came up with some brilliant designs.Read Full Story
01/03/23Take me to the bridge!
Today Year 6 started their DT bridge project. We talked about strong shapes and reinforcing structures with braces. Then, as a bit of outdoor fun in the mud and drizzle, pupils had the challenge of spanning 2 meters using only natural material. There were some great bridges with the usual...Read Full Story
08/02/23Making Fire!
Another beautiful if a little chilly afternoon in our outdoor classroom. Pupils had a go at splitting logs and making fire with bow and drill- it worked! We also made pancakes and scoped out the best trees to make a tree house. Just a lovely afternoon.Read Full Story
03/02/23Learning about the justice system...
As we are entering into the Mock Trial competition, one of the organisers came to discuss the UK justice system and talk about the case we'll be involved in.Read Full Story
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