In English, Puddlebridge have been reading The Story of the Blue Planet by Icelandic writer Andri Snær Magnason. The story follows two adventurous children living on a planet where no […] […]
In science, Year 4 have been learning about sound. We started by learning that sound is made when something vibrates. These vibrations cause the particles around the sound source to […] […]
In science, Years Five and Six are learning about the Earth in space. We have enjoyed becoming experts on our Solar System and the planets within it. We worked in […] […]
Danes and Puddlebridge classes enjoyed an exciting day at the Natural History Museum to enrich our geographical learning. We began the day exploring different areas of the museum before heading […] […]
Today, we had a special visit from three magistrates. They taught all of us in Years Five and Six about how the judicial system works and what job magistrates play […] […]
In science, we are learning about forces. We enjoyed using force meters to measure weight and friction. We discovered that, on Earth, 1 Newton = 100g. To explore friction, we […] […]
Recently in Maths, we’ve been refining our skills and deepening our understanding of written methods for addition. To showcase what we’ve learned, we created a poster highlighting our top tips, […] […]
Despite the rain, we were delighted that 21 children from Years 5 and 6 were able to represent our school today at the Stevenage Sporting Future Teams Cross Country competition. […] […]
Puddlebridge and Danes classes had a wonderful day at Duxford Imperial War Museum. The visit supported our learning about World War Two and The Battle of Britain. We started our […] […]
What another great show! So much talent in our school and it was wonderful to see all of the children performing together and having fun! Well done to each and […] […]
In our recent Design and Technology sessions, we’ve been diving into the world of cam toys! We kicked things off by learning that cams rotate on an axle while making […] […]
On Wednesday, Puddlebridge Class had lots of fun taking part in the 2024 GoConstruct K’nex challenge. This event, which involves around 180 schools from Hertfordshire and surrounding areas, is an […] […]
What a fantastic day Years Four, Five and Six had visiting Tower Bridge! This visit supported our learning in Geography and DT. In Geography, our focus is Rivers so it […] […]
In Maths, we have delved into the intricate world of fractions. Our exploration has involved comparing and ordering fractions, converting between improper fractions and mixed numbers, as well as identifying […] […]
Year 4 have been learning about the digestive system in Science. We started off by learning about the different types of teeth and used plasticene to model our own teeth. […] […]
In the lead up to Remembrance Day, we have been thinking about the symbolism associated with poppies and why people choose to wear them. In order to develop our pencil […] […]
This half term, we have been reading poems from Matt Goodfellow’s book, Bright Bursts of Colour. By looking at his poems, we have been able to explore a wide range […] […]
On Wednesday 4th October, Danes and Puddlebridge classes spent the day in St. Albans. Our morning was spent visiting Verulamium Museum to support our learning about Roman Britain. During our […] […]
What another great show! So much talent in our school and it was wonderful to see all of the children performing together and having fun! Well done to each and […] […]
What a fantastic day we had! After thinking that we may not even be able to go yesterday when our coach broke down, we were very grateful to travel in […] […]
Today, Years Five and Six had an extended PSHE session in order to complete their First Aid training. They learnt lots of important knowledge and life skills in order to […] […]
We were thrilled to invite Rabbi Neil from a local Jewish school to come and talk to our pupils today. He lead worship this morning, teaching us all about Jewish […] […]
This term, Year Four are learning all about Living Things and Their Habitats. As part of this unit, we have learned that scientists classify animals and plants into different groups, […] […]
We have now completed our sequence of science lessons about the properties and changes of materials. We have learnt about reversible and irreversible changes – we were amazed to discover […] […]
This half term, we have read Fly, Eagle, Fly!, a traditional African parable retold by Christopher Gregorowski. As part of our learning, we listened to a speech by Archbishop Desmond […] […]
This half term, we have thoroughly enjoyed researching, designing and building electric vehicles. We started off by learning about how electric cars work and why they are important in tackling […] […]
This term, we have been developing our pencil sketching skills. We have looked at different grades of pencils and the effects that can be created through shading and adding texture. […] […]
PLEASE NOTE: We have just looked at the posts on a phone and realised that some of the photos are better viewed on a computer Thursday 20th October – 10:00pm […] […]
On Friday 7th October, Puddlebridge and Danes classes visited the British Museum to support and enrich their learning in History. We had a fantastic day and were so very proud […] […]
What a show! So much talent in our small school and wonderful to have everyone performing together again. Well done to the whole cast. […]
In science, Years Five and Six have been learning about micro-organisms. We have learnt that microbes can be bacteria, viruses or fungi and that some are helpful whilst others are […] […]
Puddlebridge and Danes classes had a fantastic day out at the Natural History Museum to support our ‘Extreme Earth’ topic. We started the day by exploring the Volcanoes and Earthquakes […] […]
In order to round off our ‘Brave and Beautiful Britain’ topic, we had a whole day of Design and Technology in which we designed, built, and tested our very own […] […]
Recently, we have been read Biscuit Bear by Mini Grey. While this is a picture book that is aimed at younger children, we used it as inspiration for writing our […] […]
Puddlebridge and Danes class had a wonderful day at Duxford RAF Museum. The visit supported our learning about World War Two and The Battle of Britain. We started our day […] […]
In Science, Year 4 have just started a new topic learning all about States of Matter. Within this topic, we will discover the differences between solids, liquids and gases, think […] […]
This term our historical and geographical learning will be based around our topic, ‘Brave and Beautiful Britain’. During the first half term, we will be learning all about the Second […] […]