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Her are our amazing Y2 Brookside Superstars for Learning and Behaviour - Kevin and Arlo!

The children in Year 4 have been using their Computing skills this morning (using an Internet search safely) to help create a Rainforest Glossary of new and familiar vocabulary. 

Year 3 use how they feel outside to add realism to their writing. 

Year 2 have been exploring the parables of Jesus and have been creating their own stick puppets to retell the story of The Lost Sheep.  From this parable, the children are beginning to understand why people follow Jesus and how he cares for everyone, whether they have been good or…

Year 2 have been investigating endangered animals from discussion about their new Pathways to Write book, "The Last Wolf".  They have researched their favourite animal and created a Top Trump card to share with their friends.

Knowledge: I know about endangered animals from around the…

The children have been using illustrations with hidden clues from our new Pathways to Write book, 'Where the Forest Meets the Sea', to make predictions about what the key messages and themes may be about.  Great teamwork, everyone!

Here are our very worthy winners of the Reader of the Week certificate.  Well done everyone!

In PE we have been using our ball skills, throwing and rolling to use defending and attacking techniques. 

In Year 1 Science we have been looking at plants in our school grounds. We are beginning to name the different plants and use a checklist to find out which plants we have in our school gardens. In History we have been finding out about the plant explorer George Forrest who was born in 1873. He…

This afternoon, Year 5 took part in an experiment to see if the surface area of a parachute would affect the speed the egg fell.

Safe to say, the class had an eggceptional time during this experiment.
The class learnt that the greater the surface area, the more air particles that were captured…