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20/11/25

This week Yr3 visited  They spent the day outside, exploring the beautiful landscape and learning how to observe nature more keenly, particularly the incredible birdlife of the area. It was a fabulous day, and though it was cold, the children showed great interest— VIPS () Nov 20, 2025

14/11/25

Year 3 have enjoyed their Reading Prize treat - time in the Zen Den, drinking hot chocolate and listening to the BFG!— VIPS () Nov 14, 2025

08/10/25

After four superb training sessions, the Year 5/6 football team are ready to embark on another successful season! League CHAMPIONS in the making!— VIPS () Oct 8, 2025

07/10/25

Enterprise club took their Macrame keyrings round to Sue Ryder, ready for them to sell. They were received so positively, and two of the keyrings sold while we were still in the shop! Watch this space to see how much money we can raise for Sue Ryder through our upcycled crafts.— VIPS () Oct 7, 2025

01/10/25

This week, as part of our DT Art Spark Day, Turtle class studied the work of British artist Bridget Riley, who pioneered ‘op art’ in the 1960s, using optical illusions to draw in the viewer. We experimented with our own 3D creations!— VIPS () Oct 1, 2025

29/09/25

Thank you to everyone who came along to support our Macmillan Coffee Afternoon on Friday, we raised £153.80 on the day, plus any online donations 💚— VIPS () Sep 29, 2025

23/09/25

We would like to thank everyone who took part in our first ever colour run on Friday. The event was a big success, and including gift aid we raised a fantastic £1396. Thank you to Valley Invicta KHPTA for organising the event.— VIPS () Sep 23, 2025

22/09/25

Year 6 enjoyed designing their competition entries for  sponsored by  . Thank you Ringtons for the delicious Ginger Snaps! They gave a buzz of excitement to our creative time together and hopefully we’ve come up with some entry winning drawings!  — VIPS () Sep 22, 2025

15/09/25

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12/09/25

Stingray Class have kick-started the year with some fantastic setting descriptions of Joya from our class novel ‘The Girl of Ink and Stars’. Beautifully descriptive language and stunning presentation is clear to see in all of the children’s work!— VIPS () Sep 12, 2025

05/09/25

Year 3 learnt all about how Michelangelo painted the ceiling of the sistene chapel. We had a go at doing our own upside down drawings of a Toucan! Mrs Eldred was super impressed with how closely everyone looked at the picture and the shapes that made it up.— VIPS () Sep 5, 2025

04/09/25

Year 2 have been enjoying their music lesson with Mr Dowgan this morning.— VIPS () Sep 4, 2025

10/03/25

On Friday morning, Mr Littleton took the Year 6 girls over to SST to take part in a football festival to celebrate International Women’s Day. It was so lovely to see our Stingray girls working alongside and making new friends with other girls from across the trust. RRSA Article 8— VIPS () Mar 10, 2025

07/03/25

Today, Year 5 took part in an Anglo-Saxon experience day! We tried our hands at milling flour, making medicines, calligraphy and spinning our very own clothes out of wool!— VIPS () Mar 7, 2025

06/03/25

For British Science Week, Stingray Class took part in an investigation that focused upon how fatbergs are created & the negative effect that they have upon both the environment and our health.— VIPS () Mar 6, 2025

28/02/25

Year 2 travelled across the world this morning to visit Florence Nightingale in the Crimean War. The children learnt how to clean the hospital as well as be amazing nurses.— VIPS () Feb 28, 2025

27/02/25

Daisy, Jean, Jess & Sam P from Stingrays attended the Mayoral Debate and took part in discussions about homework, technology & the length of the school day.  They were brilliant school representatives, listening respectfully & contributing their views confidently & articulately.— VIPS () Feb 27, 2025

13/02/25

Dolphins and Turtles were so lucky to receive a dance workshop from Mrs Knight this morning! We learnt a routine from Sister Act: The Musical – Mr B and Miss Burrell were thoroughly impressed by the enthusiasm and creativity shown!— VIPS () Feb 13, 2025

12/02/25

Our Yr6 Digital & Safeguarding leaders led an assembly discussing key learning points from the Safer Internet Day focus of ‘Too good to be true’. The children wrote a script, including key questions & scenarios that they felt were essential learning points for the whole school— VIPS () Feb 12, 2025

11/02/25

It was our final week of Macrame club this week and just look at these incredible creations!— VIPS () Feb 11, 2025

07/02/25

On Wednesday afternoon, a team of Year 6 children took part in a STEM challenge at Invicta Grammar School.  The activities were incredibly enjoyable and our amazing children showed such superb teamwork during all of the challenges!— VIPS () Feb 7, 2025

30/01/25

This week, Mr Littleton took a team of Year 4 children to SST to take part in the VIAT Bench ball tournament. Our incredible children battled hard and showed such incredible determination and teamwork! We are so proud of them!— VIPS () Jan 30, 2025

23/01/25

Stingray class are thoroughly enjoying learning about Sikhism in their RE lessons! Did you know that the Khalsa is the name given to devout Sikhs who have been baptised!— VIPS () Jan 23, 2025

23/01/25

This week in Science, Dolphin class has been looking at how to classify flowering and non-flowering plants, as part of our lifecycles topic!— VIPS () Jan 23, 2025

17/01/25

This week, Turtles went back in time… To the Roman era! We had an incredible time dressing up and exploring life as a Roman, including games, battles, entertainment and theatre! Everyone joined in and threw themselves into their roles – we were very convincing!— VIPS () Jan 17, 2025

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Posted on: November 20th 2025

Year 3 Trip to Samphire Hoe

On Tuesday Year 3 went on a school trip to Samphire Hoe. We spent a lot of the day outside, exploring the beautiful landscape and learning how to observe nature more keenly, particularly the incredible birdlife in the area. 

We enjoyed using various instruments to measure the weather, including a thermometer to measure the temperature (it was a chilly 6 degrees Celsius) and a compass to find the wind direction (south-westerly) as well as an anemometer to measure the strength. 

We spent time observing different rock types and their properties, testing rocks for both hardness and for buoyancy, which tied in beautifully with our science lessons this term, bringing our learning to life! 

The children also really enjoyed a scavenger hunt on the beach, and we carried back a lot of our interesting finds to the teaching area where we spent time after lunch, observing and sketching them.

It was a fabulous day, and though it was rather cold, the children showed great interest in all the outside learning and asked insightful and thought-provoking questions of Ranger Paul.

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