The deadline for ordering your personalised Christmas gifts from School Print World is TOMORROW!
All profits will go to new playground equipment for the children.
Don't forget to order!
(Missing the deadline means your order won't arrive with the rest and will be more expensive.)
Autumn Whispers in Class JA 🍂
This week in English, Class JA have been busy crafting
beautiful poems inspired by the sights and sounds of Autumn. The children used
rich vocabulary and similes to bring the season to life. We were so impressed
by their creativity — some poems were gentle and reflective, while others were
bursting with excitement! It’s clear that Autumn has truly sparked our
imagination.
On Monday morning, Class MB had a creative morning making 100 Lego models for the Hitcham's Hundreds. The class worked as a team to complete the task. The children thoroughly enjoyed using their imagination and building skills to create some very detailed and complex models. Well done MB and thank you to all the families that have sponsored their child.
Class JT have really enjoyed being artists and taking part in all the activities.
Creativity is at the heart of our learning, and we hope you enjoy looking at what we have created.
Our first round of Enrichment modules on Friday afternoons have finished so all the children in KS2 have experienced 6 weeks of sessions on either Philosophy, Drama, Our Schools Our World (Ec0), First Aid, Robin Wood (Forest Schools) or British Sign Language.
Every 6 weeks the children will rotate to their next Enrichment module.
Mrs Cann has been teaching BSL to her group.
The children learnt why BSL is important and the effective rules of communicating such as saying the words clearly and using expression.
They have learnt the BSL alphabet, how to greet each other including asking for their name, family members, how to ask how someone is feeling and respond, the days of the week, how to count to 20, the colours, some animals and some food.
It is fantastic just how much the children have learnt in just 6 weeks! Mrs. Cann was very impressed. The challenge will be to remember it….
Today, Class DR completed their 'Hitcham's Hundreds' challenge by throwing 100 bean bags into hoops. The children thoroughly enjoyed this activity and were so excited to reach 100! Well done Class DR and thank you for collecting lots of sponsors.
Class SB has been on a mission — to complete 100 Random Acts of Kindness as part of our ‘Hitcham’s Hundreds’ Challenge. But in true superstar fashion, the children didn’t just meet their goal… they smashed it, completing over 300 acts of kindness in a single day!
Task 8: Without removing your pen from the paper, draw the most ambitious animal. Most recognisable ambitious animal wins.
Task 18: Make the most realistic person out of clothes not being worn. You may not appear yourself. You have 6 minutes.
Task 28: Choose a person in your group. Make the longest line of things that start with the same letter as that person’s name. You have 4 minutes.
Task 36: Make the tallest book tower. If your tower falls, you will fail the task. Tallest freestanding book tower wins.
Task 69: Cut out the best snowflake using a single sheet of paper. Best snowflake wins.
Task 70: Repair the piece of paper used to make your snowflake. You have 2 minutes. Most complete repair wins.
Task 86: Retell ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ using only noises. You must not act or say any words. You have 4 minutes.
Mr Snowden also set us a task to be completed at home:
Task 76: Do a random act of kindness for someone at home.
You must do it this evening and provide evidence of the act tomorrow morning.
Although we did not quite manage all of the tasks today, we are hoping to complete the remaining few over the next few days to earn our sponsorship money.
Here is a selection of photos completing some of the tasks above as well as a few others:
Fun & laughter the whole night at the Friends Spooky Disco on Friday!
Heartfelt thanks to all the parent & staff volunteers - without your help the Friends couldn't run these wonderful events for the children.
Don't forget to log in and see what products are available this year for our Christmas School Fundraiser.
As a school we will raise valuable funds from your purchases so you're not just getting professionally printed gifts and cards designed by your child, but helping your school at the same time, thank you!
All profits will go to new playground equipment for the children.
The deadline for ordering is 25 October, so don't miss out!
As our first wave of our enrichment afternoons draws to end this afternoon, the “Our Schools, Our World” sessions have explored many aspects of sustainability within the community, environment and on a larger scale across the world and climate change.
Today the children have created some fantastic board games to show their understanding and have included some great ideas such as “You left a shower on. Miss a go”; “You have reused a t-shirt to make a bag. Move forward 2 spaces” etc all linked to energy, water, biodiversity, renewable sources, reduce, recycle and reuse.
It was great to see the ideas that the children shared about the positives and the negatives that they have learnt and been applied to their board games.
Major David Squirrell, from the Salvation Army, came to talk to year 3 and year 4. As theologians, we have been finding out this half term about how Christians save and serve others and the use of the words “salvation” ; “saviour” and “save”. We have been exploring these in stories from the bible where Jesus saved people; in Christmas carols where these words were explored and studied; and thinking about people who save and rescue people as part of their jobs.
Our Year 5 violin lessons are blossoming beautifully as pupils begin to explore the expressive power of the bow. After weeks of plucking and posture practice, the transition to bowing has opened a whole new world of sound and technique. Alongside learning how to hold and use the bow, we’ve introduced the importance of caring for it—tightening and loosening the hair, applying rosin, and storing it safely. We’ve been listening closely to the orchestra, identifying the rich tones of the viola and comparing its voice to the violin’s brighter timbre. It’s wonderful to see the children not only playing but also developing an ear for the character of different instruments—building both skill and musical curiosity.
This week in Science, Class JA have been cracking open some egg-citing discoveries! 🥚 We’ve been learning all about the different parts of an egg — from the hard outer shell to the squishy albumen (that’s the egg white!) and the bright yellow yolk in the middle. The children were fascinated to see how each part has a special job to do, and they carefully labelled diagrams in their books to show what they had learned. What a cracking time we had!
