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The school was visited by Peter from Better Planet Education. He spoke with Pippin class about bees and minibeasts, highlighting the importance of them for our environment.The children learnt lots of interesting facts, including how bees only live for 5–6 weeks, and how they choose a queen bee.
Yesterday, the school was filled with the joy of books! Throughout the day, the children celebrated reading by
exploring their favourite stories, thinking about memorable characters and the exciting events that bring books to life.
They shared their own ideas through storytelling, took part in buddy reading with other classes, and used their
Oracy skills to present and discuss their stories with one another. It was wonderful to see their enthusiasm for reading and their confidence in sharing their thoughts.
This week Pippin Class participated in the annual Big Schools' Bird Watch for the RSPB. We began by learning about the different birds that we find in Britain, looking carefully at their structure, habitats and diets. We also listened to their different calls so that we could identify the birds even if we couldn't see them. We then went out into our school grounds to identify and classify the birds that we could see and marked them onto our recording sheets.
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.
Over the past few weeks, Pippin Class have been practising tirelessly to perform their Nativity ‘We Three Kings’ to their families and school community. They had such great fun learning their lines, songs and dance routines.
As part of their Learning Experience 'Animal Antics', Pippin class went to Noah's Ark Zoo Farm for a fantastic day learning about a variety of animals at the zoo.
The day began with an informative classroom session with Tom, who spoke to the children about how animals are classified. Tom talked to the children about the 5 main animal classifications and gave examples for each. Afterwards, the children got to meet 'Charlotte' a cockroach and 'Lottie' a tortoise. All of the children had the chance to handle the animals too.
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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.
On Friday 14th November, our oldest children met their local MP, Sarah Dyke, for an inspiring visit. She came to talk to the children about her role as a Member of Parliament, gave insightful answers to their thoughtful questions and shared ideas for making a real change in the local community.
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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.