Y6 Remembrance Service
A small group of Y6 children proudly represented the school at a remembrance service in Minster Churchyard today. Well done to Darcie, Charlie, and Adam for being excellent representatives of the school at the community service and paying respect on behalf of Thistle Hill.
School council tree planting
The school council have supported our school environment this week by planting trees at the front of the school.
Starting term 2 with a bang!
Moonbeams
This week, Moonbeams enjoyed reading the book Funnybones and developed their fine motor skills by carefully observing X-rays and recreating bones using salt dough!
Wet and wonderful forest school!
Jones Homes visit
Jones Homes came to visit after they donated £5000 to our new forest school area development. It was lovely for them to see how their donation had contributed to the development of such a great area. Forest school allows skills to be taught in a very different way and is beneficial to so many children. […]
Rosh Hashanah
We enjoyed learning about the Jewish celebration Rosh Hashanah. We tried apple and honey and explored pomegranates to inspire our artwork. We even blew horns which we found out are blown over 100 times during the celebration.
People who help us
We have enjoyed learning about different people in the community that help us. We tried being doctors and dentists, dressed up and loved exploring books to find out more information about the different everyday superheroes! 🦸
Outdoor Maths
Some of Starburst took their learning maths learning outside to duel each other in place value wars. We developed our understanding of thousands, hundreds, tens and ones and worked strategically to create the biggest values possible.
Galaxy hub – Forest school
Children in galaxy hub had their first session of forest school on Monday. They loved exploring the woodland area. Children built a den, played in the mud kitchen and worked as a team to pump water.