For our Poetry topic in English, we studied the poem 'Oh Dear' by Michael Rosen. We watched a video of him performing the poem and discussed how his facial expressions and voice engaged the listener. The children identified the rhyming words in the original poem and...

As part of our science topic on our local environment, we went on a trip to the canal. We wanted to explore our local area and the goal was to closely observe and identify a variety of plants and animals in their habitat. The children took magnifying glasses and bug...

At the end of reading The Secret Sky Garden in English, we talked about the benefits of Funni's beautiful garden and discussed the positive impact such a place would have on the world and people. We wanted to make our own school even more beautiful and so we planted...

We were learning about place value using tens and units equipment. We looked at different two digit numbers and looked closely at the tens and units in each number. The children then used the equipment to make their numbers using tens and units. 

Our first topic for RE is 'Beginnings'. We learn about the Creation story and God being there at our different beginnings. We studied Psalm 19 and explored the scripture. The children also listened to ‘Morning’ from the Peer Gynt Suite by Edvard Grieg and we talked...

Our mission statement at St. Benedict's is 'With Jesus we learn, love and laugh'. During our first week back at school, we explored our mission statement and discussed the different parts. Children worked with a partner to make a poster depicting what the mission...