Grayling 4

Many thanks to Miss Barnes for our fabulous photos! You were all Sports Day superstars – well done, Team Grayling! 🏆🏅👏

This afternoon we were lucky enough to have a virtual visit with author Richard O’Neill, who has received a National Literacy Hero award and who also wrote one of our favourite stories – Ossiri and the Bala Mengro. The children […]

It’s been exciting to see what has happened to the beans we planted just over a week ago! It’s a good idea to ‘harden off’ your bean plant if you want to plant it outside so it can acclimatise. You […]

The children had a fantastic first Sports Day and we were so proud of how everyone joined in, did their very best and cheered on their team mates! There are lots of lovely photos on their way – here is […]

We wish you all a happy, relaxing half term – hopefully full of sunshine and lots of outdoor fun! If you’re looking for a bit of inspiration why not try out some of our home learning ideas linked to our […]

Grayling 1 were busy chopping, pouring and tasting in our smoothie-making session this week. The children loved creating their own flavours and nearly everyone liked how their smoothie tasted! Click on the link below to have a look at our […]

We have loved sharing this story in our literacy sessions this week. Ossiri is a Traveller girl who works hard with her family as ‘Tattin Folki’ (or rag-and-bone people). She loves music and dancing and makes an amazing instrument from […]

This week we explored the patterns and textures around our school grounds by doing rubbings with wax crayons. We found lots of interesting surfaces! Then we used our rubbings to make pictures and collages – this is called frottage. Have […]

We hope you have all had a good rest and lots of fun over the Easter break. What a lovely sunny start to the term we have had! Perfect for our new big question for the half term – What […]

Thank you for all your amazing efforts with our celebration of words today. The children loved showing off their outfits and sharing their words which reflected their personalities and interests so well! We wish you all a wonderful break and […]