Pippin Class visited We The Curious in Bristol to explore and learn more about space. When we arrived, we explored some 'air' exhibits, where air is used to move objects such as balls, parachutes and hot air balloons.

This week, the children have created their own Christingles. The afternoon began by learning about the importance of Christingles and what the different parts symbolise. The children then went on to make their own Christingles to take home.

On Tuesday 18th November, 10 children from Years 5 and 6 went to a football tournament at Buckler's Mead Academy.  In the first match, we won 6-0.  In our second match, we won 2-0.  Unfortunately, we lost the third match because the score was 1-0 to High Ham.  In our penultimate match, we lost against East Coker in the semi-finals.  In our last match, we were playing for 3rd place in the tournament but we lost 2-0.  We were playing against St Barts and we ended up in 4th place.  Everyone got a chance to play because we swapped subs between matches.  Surprisingly, we were the only team with girls.  Altogether, it was a fabulous afternoon and we can't wait for the next tournament.

As part of our Remembrance Day commemorations, the whole school gathered at 11 o’clock to observe two minutes of silence in honour of those who have served. KS2 pupils also had the privilege of hearing from author Jacqueline King, who shared fascinating insights into how she researched and planned her novel A Cake for the Gestapo.

On Friday, Bramcote Dental Practice came to visit Pippin Class to teach us all about how to look after our teeth. The dentist showed us how to brush properly using special disclosing tablets that turned our teeth different colours to show where we had missed.