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

This week we have been getting into the Autumn spirit during our singing assemblies, rehearsing some classic autumnal songs in preparation for our upcoming Harvest Service. We look forward to sharing our singing with families — please see the dates below for more information. Continuing our focus on our school value of ‘Respect’, we have been exploring the idea of faith in action. In assembly, the children learned about pilgrimages and special journeys that are important with

In reception this week, the children have had great fun in Drawing club exploring The Three Little Pigs story. They did some fantastic acting and created pictures showing different parts of the story. I was very impressed to see the children using their phonics knowledge to write different sounds. In Maths they enjoyed making patterns using different objects. In Year 1 and 2 the children used rhyming words to create their own fabulous poems based on the story There’s a Rang t

It has been a busy and rewarding week at Swainswick Church School, with the children enjoying a wide range of learning opportunities both in and out of the classroom. We are delighted to share some of this week's highlights and celebrate the achievements of our pupils. Red Kites and Robins enjoyed a visit to the Guildhall in Bath to attend the Bath Literature festival, joining sessions with different authors. We were incredibly proud of the children, who represented the schoo

This week, the children have finished their insect shadow puppets, created fact files about animals that live in the rainforest and wrote some fantastic setting descriptions about the rainforest, based on our class text 'There's a rang-tan in my bedroom'. Reception have been exploring how much liquid different types of containers can hold. Robins also enjoyed a visit to the Guildhall in Bath to attend a session with children's author Kes Gray, who shared some of his poems and

A week of fun in Apple! We have continued with our art topic 'Insects' by making amazing clay sculptures. In science, we conducted an experiment to see how water is transported around a plant, using food dye. We found that the blue food dye had the biggest impact and the leaf looked amazing! We also went on a leaf hunt around the school and thought about why different trees have different leaves. In geography, we thought about the climate of a rainforest and the year 2/3 wrot

We have had another enjoyable week of learning at Swainswick Church School, with the children continuing to settle into their routines and making the most of the opportunities to learn, explore and grow together. We are delighted to share that Friday morning Celebration Assemblies will be returning to Swainswick Church after half term and we are also pleased to have secured dates for our Harvest Service at Woolley Church. We look forward to sharing these special occasions wi