As the Spring term draws to a close, we celebrate a season of curious minds, hands‑on learning and memorable experiences across our primary school. From practical investigations and creative writing to immersive trips and collaborative projects, pupils have embraced new challenges and deepened their understanding across the curriculum. The progress and enthusiasm shown by every year group reflect our commitment to engaging, purposeful learning that connects classroom study to the wider world.
Year 1
This Spring, Year 1 enjoyed a term full of discovery and hands-on learning. In English, the children immersed themselves in The Runaway Iceberg, using the story to inspire rich discussions and lively retellings, focusing on characters’ journeys and challenges. In Maths, pupils investigated measurement through practical activities, comparing lengths, heights, masses and volumes while becoming confident using measuring tools and recording results carefully. History lessons took the class across the globe as they learned about explorers from Ibn Battuta and Matthew Henson to Felicity Aston and Amelia Earhart; the trip to the Ice Park gave them a vivid taste of the extreme cold polar explorers face. In Science, pupils observed changing seasons and weather patterns, developing skills in observation and recording. It has been a lively term with curiosity, enthusiasm and growing confidence evident across the year group.
Year 2
In English, pupils explored non‑chronological reports by studying a range of nonfiction texts about animals. They identified key features such as clear headings and subheadings, labelled illustrations, interesting fonts and fact boxes, and used these elements to produce their own well‑organised animal reports, strengthening their ability to present information clearly and confidently. In Maths, children focused on multiplication and division through repeated addition, arrays and dividing by 2, 5 and 10, and practised measuring length, height, weight, capacity and temperature using standard units to solve practical problems and real‑life investigations. In Science, pupils investigated everyday materials, comparing properties and suitability for different uses and recording findings through simple tests and diagrams. Our History unit on Kings and Queens deepened their understanding of monarchy: children learned about significant figures, placed events on timelines to build chronology skills, and compared aspects of past and present monarchies.
Year 3
It has been a busy and brilliant Spring term in Year 3. In English, the students have used their amazing imaginations to craft informative non‑chronological reports about their very own fictional creatures. The reports were full of wonderful descriptions and explanations of habitats and diets, as well as interesting “did you know?” facts. It has been a particularly fun and hands‑on term in Maths, as the students tackled fractions, length and perimeter, and mass and capacity. Our Topic lessons turned into a mini‑adventure as the students explored the rich and colourful countries of Europe: each week they researched a different country, learning about languages, landmarks, cultures and traditions. In Science, the students showed real curiosity while investigating how light travels — making shadow puppets, testing reflective materials and creating rainbows. ICT was a highlight this term as the class were introduced to coding; they showed fantastic focus as they learned to write code and download it onto micro:bits.
Year 4
Year 4 have enjoyed another busy term full of varied learning and plenty of fun. In Maths, pupils worked through multiple White Rose units — division, length and perimeter, fractions and decimals — tackling tricky concepts with resilience. English lessons linked strongly to this term’s Sustainability topic: after studying The Lorax, children innovated sections of the text to write their own stories and then applied persuasive devices in letters advocating for greater sustainability across the school. In Science, students studied electricity and the digestive system, consolidating learning through hands‑on investigations (and some delightfully messy experiments). Topic work included investigations into renewable energy and data‑logging pollution levels, and the trip to the chocolate factory provided an engaging, real‑world link to fair trade and ethical production.
Year 5
This term in Science our focus was Forces. Children explored how gravity, friction, air resistance and pushes and pulls affect how objects move and behave. Over several weeks, pupils worked in small groups to design, plan and create a parachute system to protect an egg — the ultimate test: would the egg survive? After iterative testing and refinement, groups launched their parachutes from the top of the school roof. Each team then produced a PowerPoint presentation explaining their design process, the forces they considered and why they made specific choices; these were presented confidently to proud parents and families. The project showcased pupils’ developing scientific understanding, creativity, teamwork and communication skills and was a wonderful celebration of perseverance and learning.
Overall, this Spring term has been full of engaging, curriculum-linked learning across the primary phase. Our termly trips and practical projects have deepened understanding, encouraged inquiry and given pupils memorable opportunities to apply their skills in real‑world contexts.
