Puddlebridge

Today, Puddlebridge enjoyed their first Design and Technology day of the year. To support our learning about The Awesome Egyptians in history, we designed, made, and tested our own shadufs. […] […]

We began our learning about light by considering what we already knew and remembered about how shadows are formed. We learnt in detail about how our eyes work – this […] […]

On Friday 14th November, Danes and Puddlebridge Classes enjoyed a visit to The British Museum. This supported their historical learning about the Ancient Egyptians. Our day began by exploring the […] […]

Year 4 have been bringing together their learning about states of matter in science and exploring how these link to the water cycle. Through hands-on investigations and creative diagrams, the […] […]

Today, a team of seven children from Year Five competed in a table tennis tournament at Barclay Academy. Our children showed incredible commitment and enthusiasm in preparing for the event; […] […]

Thursday 21st October – 10:30pm Today was a very important day – Ted’s birthday. We all rose bright and early to kick-start the celebrations; we gathered together in the lounge […] […]

Years Five and Six have had lots of fun learning about electrical circuits during their science lessons this half term. We began by thinking about what we already knew – […] […]

In English, Puddlebridge Class have thoroughly enjoyed reading Biscuit Bear by Mini Grey. Through this text, we have developed our performance reading and writing skills – focusing on sentence structure, […] […]

Today, a group of children from Years Five and Six had a wonderful PE opportunity at the Stevenage Golf and Conference Centre in Aston. The sun was shining for the […] […]

We were delighted that 22 children from Years Five and Six (with two children from Year Four competing in the Year Five team) were able to represent our school at […] […]

In Design and Technology, Puddlebridge have enjoyed developing our textiles skills. Our challenge was to design and make an attractive yet durable cushion. We began with primary and secondary research, […] […]

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, […] […]

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 […] […]

Last term, Puddlebridge completed a unit of learning in Music based on Don’t Stop Believin’ by Journey – a Rock anthem from the 80s. They learned that a Rock anthem […] […]

In our recent art lessons, Puddlebridge have been diving into the world of perspective drawing, learning how to make flat images appear three-dimensional using clever techniques such as vanishing points, […] […]

Puddlebridge have been developing their computing and design skills using Purple Mash’s 2Design and Make tool, which allowed us to explore 3D modelling. Having used the software previously in Maths, […] […]

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 […] […]