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

Last week was full of exciting learning experiences across the curriculum. In Maths, the children enjoyed taking their learning outdoors, working with a partner to solve negative number calculations. In Science, the children had great fun making their own periscopes. They put their understanding of light into practice by exploring how light travels in straight lines and reflects off mirrors to allow us to see objects from different angles. We also had an excellent time at the

It has been another busy and engaging week in school, with our pupils continuing to show such enthusiasm and eagerness to learn. It is always wonderful to see their curiosity in action as they explore new ideas, ask thoughtful questions and discover the joy that comes from learning something new. Next week, pupils from Robins and Red-Kites will be heading to the Bath Literature Festival. This promises to be a wonderful opportunity to celebrate our love of reading and to inspi

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

This week, Oak Class began our new RE topic on Hinduism. The children did a fantastic job exploring important symbols and uncovering their meanings. They showed great curiosity and respect as we started looking at the rich traditions and beliefs of this faith. In science, we had great fun investigating our amazing eyes. To see how our sight works, we used light and dark spaces around the playground and classroom. The children used a mirror to watch their pupils open and c

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

We have had a super week in Apple Class! The reception children have been working hard in phonics, practising their letter formation and being very creative in drawing club. They have also had lots of fun with their year 6 buddies. Year 1 and 2 have continued to work on different types of sentences and gave some good advice to the orangutan from our class book 'There's a rang-tan in my bedroom.' We have also explored number lines in maths. In the afternoons, Robin's have lea