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Our Year 3 class had a fantastic experience during their visit from the Science Dome. For an hour, the children were immersed in an exciting, interactive session all about light and sound. As soon as they stepped inside the inflatable dome, the darkened space and curved screen created a sense of wonder and excitement. The presenter was knowledgeable, engaging and brilliant at explaining tricky ideas in a way the children could easily understand. He demonstrated how light trav

Our very first 'Shining Star' - Harsimran from Y4. Harsimran was awarded this for going above and beyond to be a kind friend, especially towards a new member in his class. Any child across school can be a 'Shining Star' for super learning, brilliant behaviour, being a kind friend... the list goes on! We look forward to presenting more books across the coming weeks and months!

Year 1 visited Kingswood Trust Centre for the day to develop their geographical skills as part of their current Dimensions theme ‘Never Eat Shredded Wheat’. We enjoyed lots of opportunities for map reading and comparing different localities. We completed a ‘peg orienteering’ challenge around the grounds and followed a map through the forest to find our way along an ‘Owl Trail’. We collected natural materials as we walked through the woods and explored the fantastic outdoor mu

Reception took part in Nursery Rhyme week last week and had lots of fun exploring Nursery rhymes which can help to develop early language and literacy skills, numeracy skills, social, physical and emotional skills . They met up on a Teams meeting with the other EYFS classes in the Trust and shared their nominated song, 'Sing A Song Of Sixpence'. They also baked (and ate) fairy cakes, made crowns, put Humpty back together again and most importantly, spent the week exploring rh

Children across school have enjoyed our non-fiction focus this month. During Reading For Pleasure, pupils have been able to expand their knowledge of facts. Children have particularly liked the big books we have in school!

Year 6 had a WONDERFUL day at Blists Hill Museum where they travelled back to the Victorian era and really got a feel for what life was like back then. They began the day by taking part in an Intaglio Printing workshop, using the printing machine which was many years old! For the rest of the day, they explored the exhibitions and looked at key landmarks at the museum. They asked the demonstrators fantastic questions which helped them understand and compare what life was like

Year 6 have had an absolutely amazing day, celebrating Children in Need and raising money for a FANTASTIC charity! They took part in a 25 minute scavenger hunt, where they had to find hidden Pudsey bears around school! Miss Louca had a list of clues which were given 1 by 1 to each group and they worked together as a team to hunt them around school. The children had so much fun doing this and what a great way for them to raise money! Well done Year 6!

In our Year 5 art lessons, we’ve been inspired by our Earth and Space topic to create some truly stunning artwork! We began by painting the Moon and the Sun, before moving on to design and paint our own imaginative planets. Throughout our work, we have been experimenting with different marks, textures, and techniques, as well as mixing colours to create new shades and tones. We explored how to use both watercolour and poster paints, and even added a touch of glitter to make o

What a fantastic day Year 5 have had! As part of our Earth and Space topic, we were completely immersed in a spectacular Science Dome experience. Inside the dome, we explored the wonders of our Solar System — journeying past the Moon, Jupiter, Saturn, and learning all about the Apollo missions. We also discovered fascinating facts about asteroids, comets, and meteoroids. One of the highlights of the day was getting to touch real rocks from the Moon and Mars — an incredible op

All children across school took part in anti-bullying week and we kicked-started the week with everyone wearing Odd Socks to show how we are all individual and unique! This years theme was 'Power For Good' which was introduced in assembly to all children on 'Odd Socks Day'. The children were fantastic at recognising how 'power' could mean lots of different things and we discussed in assembly how the theme for the week was using our power for good, to prevent bullying. Each cl

Year 5 had a brilliant day raising money for #ChildrenInNeed  They absolutely loved their “25 sponsored Challenge” where they had to complete a 25 lap three-legged relay! They worked really well in pairs and had lots of fun! Thank you for all the donations, what a brilliant end to the week!

Our first Dodgeball Competition was last week and what a great performance from Team Edwards! Four rounds of games with different schools and several rounds in each, balls were flying left, right and centre. There was plenty of jumping and ducking, diving and deflecting and a constant show of pride for our school! A massive well done to all the Year 5 and 6 children involved, you did our Edwards family so proud!  Mrs Harper 😀

49 KS2 pupils will become published authors in the recent poetry competition with Young Writers: I have a dream. A fantastic experience and opportunity to excite our pupils and give them real purpose for their writing!

Bonfire celebration day went with off with a bang for EYFS this week.  We used our imaginations and senses in the morning and then Reception finished the celebrations by toasting marshmallows on a real fire. We had the best day!

We have well and truly flown through our Gymnastics unit! Early Years have been learning all about the different ways in which their bodies can move and cemented multiple gymnastics shapes including straight, pike, straddle and dish and such shapes. KS1 have been using the shapes previously learnt and to begin developing simple jumps and rolls including Star and Straight jumps and then log and forwards rolls. Year 3 and Year 4 have moved their learning to focusing and using t

The second league mixed football game took place at the end of our first half term. The children were very excited the play this second fixture, with some fresh faces taking to the pitch the game was set. Long Knowle arrived with an Entourage of supporters, but our support base didn't let us down and arrived in full force. We had parents and carers, current pupils, previous pupils and staff all out to show their support - this was just wonderful to see!   We started the match