Last week, Oak Class enjoyed an excellent outdoor learning experience to the Iron Age hillfort on Little Solsbury Hill, expertly led by Mr Rouse. Before leaving school, the children decorated their faces and arms with Celtic-inspired patterns using face paint. With many dressed in tunics, the class looked every bit like a tribe ready for exploration. At the top, the children used maps to navigate, locating north and identifying local landmarks such as St Mark’s School and eve

The Swainswick football team enjoyed a match against Batheaston Primary School this week. Both teams were well matched, making it an exciting and evenly balanced game from start to finish. The Swainswick players attacked with confidence and creativity, keeping the game moving well, while the defenders stayed calm and focused, marking closely and working hard to keep things steady at the back. What made the game especially memorable was the team spirit. There were smiles, supp

Apple had loads of fun yesterday, creating their own sculptures out of natural materials inspired by Andy Goldsworthy, Patrick Dougherty and Jaakko Pernu. The children were very creative! This week we have also written wonderful character descriptions in Literacy, finished out fractions unit in maths and learnt all about river pollution in Science.

It’s been a busy week! We’ve had Hazel and Oak class trip to Stonehenge, Oak class Celts day and forest school! We’ve been having so much fun in the sunshine, and have been really enjoying our learning. Mrs Simmons, Mr Griggs and Mrs Boyce went to our Trust Academy Leaders Day on Monday, which was focussed on better supporting children who have special educational needs or are experiencing disadvantage. We heard from an Educational Psychologist, and spent time with colleagues

Apple have continued their 'Earth art' topic by painting stones! We explored making patterns and are now in the process of painting rocks to look like animals. We have also been busy writing setting descriptions in Literacy, researching endangered animal species in Science and having as much fun as we can!

Apple Class were very lucky today. One of the children collected frog spawn a few weeks ago and has been observing the metamorphosis into tadpoles. He very kindly (and carefully!) brought a small tank into class ready for show and tell. The children were amazed and full of curiosity, asking questions about what tadpoles eat and how they turn into frogs. What a wonderful show and tell!

Welcome back to the start of term 5! The time is flying by and we have had some wonderful weather! The children have settled in well and are enjoying their new topics for the term. Larkhall house enjoyed their reward for earning the most house points last term. Click here to see pictures. Our Christian value for the term is trust. In celebration assembly this week, we talked about what this means and explored how we can both show trust and be trustworthy. The thought about th

Welcome back to a new term! We have started our new topic 'What a wonderful world' by focusing on our new class text 'We are water protectors' and wrote some super poems. Linked to this, we completed a science investigation about saving water. We found that if we left the tap on while we washed our hands, we used 3.5l of water compared to just 500ml if we turned the tap off! What a difference! In Maths we have continued to work on fractions (year 2), shapes (Reception) and po