As we reach the end of our first term, I would like to thank our children, staff and families for helping to make it such a purposeful and productive start to the school year. It has been a term full of learning, growth and opportunity, and it has been wonderful to see our school community working together so positively. A particular thank you to everyone who attended our Harvest Service at St Mary's Church. The children represented the school beautifully, sharing songs, ambi

This week, the children enjoyed playing a variety of maths games and solving puzzles, encouraging lots of mathematical talk, teamwork and creativity.  On our final day of term, Oak Class had fun with a day of pumpkin themed activities. The children explored sensory writing during Author's Hour and had great fun creating stop-motion animations with plasticine models. It was a wonderful way to end a busy and enjoyable term.

What a lovely way to finish the term! Hazel Class produced some fantastic, published versions of their innovated Leon and the Place Between stories. The children showed wonderful imagination and creativity, using expanded noun phrases, repetition and conjunctions to bring their own magical ‘Places Between’ to life. Well done, Hazel Class!

This week has been a fun week. In reception the children had fun making stick puppets and acting out the story The Three Little Pigs. They continued to do activities around the theme of the rainforest. The children did a fantastic job at creating a home for animals using the bricks. In Maths they have been learning to recognise and find the value of numbers up to 5. They did an amazing job of collecting different amounts of objects and matching them to the correct numeral. W

It has been another wonderful week at Swainswick Church School, filled with exciting learning opportunities. From tag rugby and autumn poetry to the many fantastic activities taking place across the school, it has been a pleasure to see our children engaging so enthusiastically in their learning. Following our Values Assembly on Wednesday, which focused on Harvest, charity and supporting those less fortunate than ourselves, we have been delighted by the generous donations rec

This week reception has been having lots of fun. We have been developing our fine motor skills by threading beads and making patterns with on the peg boards. In English we have been using the Pink Panther story as a focus to develop our writing skills. In the outdoor area the children have got creative by role playing with the dinosaurs and painting pictures of the rainforest. They did an amazing collaborative piece of artwork! In Year 1 and 2 we have been writing our own ver

Hazel Class have had another magical week! In English, we have been letting our imaginations run wild as we created wonderfully descriptive and persuasive writing all about visiting the mysterious Place Between. We have also been working hard on our times tables, with some fantastic effort and progress on TTRS. Well done, Hazel Class!