As we approach the end of term, we have had another busy week filled with fun and excitement. Each class has had lots of fun and produced some amazing work. Well done to everyone for all of your hard work this term. In collective worship, we learnt about the perseverance of speed skater Stephen Bradbury, who won Australia's first gold medal in the Winter Olympics in 2002. He competed in four Winter Olympics and overcame severe injury to win. We finished by reflecting on and c

Apple class have been having lots of fun this week. Year1 and Year 2 have really enjoyed practising our times tables using different games, while Reception children were making towers to compare height and length, using key vocabulary. The whole class worked together to make a giant train track that filled the classroom - what an amazing job!. Finally, you may have notices a new piece of equipment in our outdoor area - our water wall!! It has been a wonderful addition to our

The young engineers in Oak Class have been hard at work this term, building electric cars.  This week, the children have started to add bodywork and have made technical adjustments – fine tuning each component for maximum performance.  Next term look out for photos of the test runs and championship races.

This week, Hazel Class have continued their work on fractions. We have explored unit and non-unit fractions, and the children can now confidently explain the roles of the denominator and numerator. They also practised ordering fractions and showed great progress in comparing their sizes.  In Art, we finished the term by creating our own map “tiles.” The class spent time arranging these tiles to form a beautiful collage. We also revisited last week’s ‘stained glass’ maps — the

It's been another wet but wonderful week at Swainswick. The children have been busy in class and produced some amazing work! On Monday, we welcomed Debbie Smith from Education Safeguarding Solutions. Debbie visits schools across the country to provide feedback on their safeguarding systems, processes and culture. She spent the day with us looking at how we keep everyone safe, and spoke with children about their thoughts. Pupils shared they feel Swainswick is an inclusive and

Over the last few weeks in DT, Oak Class have been building their motorised vehicles.  They are now at a stage where electrical circuits are being added, and panels are being added for extra stability and style.  In Science, the children have been thinking about why materials matter; they investigated the properties of materials using objects in the classroom and considered hardness, transparency and magnetism.

We have had lots of exciting things happening in Apple this week! On Tuesday we investigated whether different search engines give different search results. The children chose their topic to search and found that Bing and Google do show different results. On Wednesday, we had fun in RE with a bit of acting. We thought about Good Friday including Jesus visiting the the temple, the washing of the feet, and the angry leaders. Across the week, EYFS have continued to explore the n