Improving our style
Every Monday begins with a focused handwriting session in class 2. We learn a join and then try hard to apply this, and the others that we have already focused on, in any writing that we do. Keep up the good work class 2 and there will soon be more pen licenses given out.
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What does a plant need to grow?
Key stage 1 have been investigating the question, “What does a plant need to grow?” They have looked at the conditions needed for a plant to grow and have set up their own investigation using a bean seed. The children will now spend the next week observing their seed and interpreting and…
Which signs of the seasons can we spot?
Reception have had a super morning visiting the Walled Gardens. They have been exploring the four seasons in class and learning about the different signs that we are in a particular season. On their walk they identified signs of winter and spring. They did such a good job that they deserved a…
Class 3 Football and Netball
Mr Wynn brought a group of year 5/6 children over from St Mary’s for a football and netball friendly competition. It was great to see so many children having the opportunity to represent their school. The honours were shared as St Mary’s won the football match while the Howard girls were…
How can you get there?
Key stage 1 have finished their fun computer programming unit of work. Today’s lesson had the children finding different routes to get to a destination, debugging any errors along the way and then finally having an additional challenge of creating routes with a stop off point on the way. What…
St Giles Rudolph Run
A proud moment for our school, being presented with our fundraising total for our Rudolph Run.
We are overjoyed with the amount raised - thank you to all who contributed and a massive well done to our Rudolph runners. It is fantastic to be able to support an important local charity.
Conductors and insulators testing
Fantastic work in science this afternoon investigating whether materials were conductors or insulators. We recorded results and used these to explain the science behind our findings. Ask us at home which materials are conducting.
What are the features of fruits?
Class 1 have explored the question, ‘What are the features of fruit?’ They have researched to find out where fruit grows and how long it takes to grow. Observed to see what the outer skin and inside of fruits look like, including finding the seeds. Then finally, they had great fun trying the…
Forest school January 2024
During our forest school sessions we have started looking at winter birds in Britain and tried to identify them. We have also had a go at weaving birds nests which proved quite tricky. The children have shown lots of interest in participating in the big bird watch, so it will be interesting to…
Electricity Investigations
Today in science we were making predictions about circuits.
We had to use our prior knowledge to predict what would happen if we added an additional bulb to the circuit. We then used this knowledge to make predictions about other circuits.
Anglo Saxon Archaeologists at Tamworth Castle
What a fantastic day at Tamworth Castle.
We became archaeologists for the morning and uncovered artefacts. We had to determine what time period they were from and what they might have been used for.
Then in the afternoon, we acted in role as the different Saxon leaders discovering how the…
Year 3/4 indoor athletics
Congratulations to our children who took part in the Tamworth Primary Schools indoor athletics event at Rawlett recently. They all took part in a number of running, jumping and throwing events to collect as many points as possible. Miss Jennings’s and I were really impressed with their athletic…











