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Mar

Focus on Year 5

March 21, 2023ByspringmeadBlog

This week in English, we thought carefully about different perspectives within the royal court in Tudor times. We thought that there would have been some people in court who very much admired Henry VIII and wanted to be in his favour, whereas others may have had reasons to resent him. We also discussed how it...

Mar

Focus on Year 6

March 14, 2023ByspringmeadBlog

Over the course of the academic year, each of the classes in key stage two get the opportunity to take part in dance sessions on a Thursday morning in place of the normal swimming sessions. The dance sessions are held at Danceworks in Frome, with sessions being led by Tiffany Lewis, who is the...

Mar

Focus on Performing Arts

March 7, 2023ByspringmeadBlog

Rock School –what an incredible time we are having in this fabulous extension club. After the success of our first live performance at the Performance Platform Concert before half term, we have now gotten stuck into recording the same song so the children can witness first-hand the work and skills needed to create recorded tracks....

Feb

Focus on Enrichment Week- Take One Picture

February 28, 2023ByspringmeadBlog

Each year, for one week, we step off our usual timetable to completely immerse the children in an exciting project, this year we are taking a very special picture and exploring it across the whole curriculum and taking part in a national project. Take One Picture is an initiative of the National Gallery which...

Feb

Focus on the role of an Academic Advocate

February 21, 2023ByspringmeadBlog

As academic advocate my role is to be ambitious for every child and to be familiar with their learning journey as they move from one class teacher to another. Working closely with Mrs Cox and class teachers, I analyse internal and external assessment data to track the progress of individual children. Together we identify a...

Feb

Focus on Year 3

February 7, 2023ByspringmeadBlog

It was such an amazing experience for the Badgers at their first Science Fair. Appearing on the day is the end of a long process. It is no mean feat to sort out what you would like to investigate, find out what is practicable, to create the experiment and then to demonstrate the conclusion of...

Jan

Focus on Year 1

January 31, 2023ByspringmeadBlog

So much has been packed into this week! The children are now partitioning numbers really well, and not just that they are starting to understand why we do it and are naturally thinking of numbers as 10’s and 1’s. In literacy we have been watching a short silent film called La Luna and we are...

Jan

Focus on Year 2

January 24, 2023ByspringmeadBlog

Continuing with our Remarkable Person theme, the children have begun to look at the life and work of Florence Nightingale. They delved into the history of Florence, who was named after the place of her birth, Florence, Italy. Her parents were wealthy landowners, dedicated to the pursuit of an active social life. Her father educated...

Jan

Focus on a New Term

January 17, 2023ByspringmeadBlog

We have a busy term ahead with a strong academic focus that includes entrance tests for Year 6 children and new class themes across the school. Children thrive when they are really engaged with their learning, for this reason, we combine learning across different subjects in a topic based approach allowing children to explore and...

Jan

Focus on Christmas Gift Shop

January 10, 2023ByspringmeadBlog

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