We were delighted to hold our first carol service in three years, on Wednesday 14th December at the church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Dinton. Mr Mackriell's Junior Choir sang beautifully. With a special mention for Bella, Florence, Holly, Philip and Chloe who brought a tear to many eyes singing solos. As one [...]
Year 5 and 6 practiced their kneading and shaping skills this week with dough. They made some creative and imaginative designs, which will help inform their final Christmas bread creation, as part of their DT topic.
Year 5 has continued their interest in forces, investigating water resistance using plasticine to create more streamlined shapes to counter the upthrust of the water.
Following a meeting with the Junior School Council last week, it was decided to raise money for Children in Need 2022 by wearing spots and having crazy hair. It is clear from the photographs just how much some children throughly enjoyed having a crazy hair day! Some of the inspired designs included: a donut [...]
The collective worship theme this week has been on Remembrance and the children have shown great respect for the subject. The culmination of this was the services at the war memorials in Cuddington and Dinton Churches. We were very happy to welcome Mr Caudren and Mr Clifton in their uniforms, to both occasions. It [...]
Congratulations to our year 5 pupil, Emily, who has won the Redwing Poetry under 18s competition. Please follow the link for more information about Redwings and to see the winners announced.
Year 5 have been using their scientific skills to create a fair test to explore the effects of air resistance on parachutes. Each group planned their experiments, to include only one variable. Following timing the drop of each chute three times, the mean was recorded. Some pupils concluded that the larger materials were affected [...]
On 5th October 2022, year 5 and 6 excitedly traveled to St Albans Verulanium Roman museum. On the trip there were many fascinating artifacts we were allowed to handle: from bones to pottery fragments and an actual Roman 2000 year-old mosaic. We walked to see the hypocaust, a Roman underfloor heating system, found in [...]
Congratulations to our Science Ambassadors: Ethan, Billy, Genevieve, Oscar and Peter who wrote to Mrs Bowman to apply for the positions. Their responsibilities include writing a science fact for the newsletter and keeping the science and display board up-to-date.
