Ready to Ride!

4th July 2025S Graham
 We’re Ready to Ride! ✨
This week Oaks, year 6, took part in the Bus Induction Project—part of the fantastic Schools Go Smarter programme—and what a brilliant experience it was! With the help of a Nexus Youth Liaison Officer we learned everything we need to know about travelling safely and confidently: how to use our Under-16 Pop Cards, read timetables and navigate public transport like pros.
The best part? We got to hop on a free demonstration bus journey to a local secondary School! It gave us a real taste of what September could be like and now we feel so much more prepared (and excited!) for the big move.
We had such a fun day—full of learning, laughs and loads of confidence-building. Bring on secondary school!
#Year6OnTheMove #SchoolsGoSmarter #SecondarySchoolBound #ReadyForTheNextStep #BusSmart

Trip Advisor Reviews and Formal Responses

28th March 2025S Graham

In Oaks this week we began by writing negative reviews of either a restaurant, theme park or activity centre. We wrote these in the style of reviews on websites such as Trip Advisor and thoroughly enjoyed bringing out our dark side!

We then changed roles in our following piece and wrote a formal response to our complaint in the role of the manager of the restaurant, theme park or activity centre. We really enjoyed exploring and using formal language. Some of the children used some truly outstanding word choices and we completely convincing in their roles.

 

Mr Graham

Cricket in Cherries

10th December 2024G Mills

Over the last few weeks, a PE coach called Darryl has been working with Cherries to teach them cricket skills. The children have had great fun improving their catching and batting skills.

Science “Rocks”

22nd November 2024G Mills

This week in Science, Cherries have been carrying out an investigation as part of their “Rocks” topic. They have been testing to see how hard or soft rocks are. Also, if they are permeable, or buoyant. 

RE in Cherries

22nd November 2024G Mills

In RE this week, we have started learning about the Christmas Nativity story.

We began by finding out who Mary and Joseph were and how the Angel Gabriel visited them to tell them the news that Mary would be having the son of God, Jesus.

We made small paper models of Angel Gabriel and used Mary and Joseph puppets to retell the beginning of the nativity story.

Odd Socks Day and Anti-Bullying Week

22nd November 2024G Mills

On Tuesday, we started anti-bullying week with odd socks day. The whole school looked amazing wearing their odd socks to show how we are all different but we all still work well together.

The theme of this year’s anti-bullying week is “Choose Respect”. During our PSHE lessons, every class talked about how we could act towards each other to be respectful. All children completed work where they promised to choose respect by behaving in appropriate ways. There were some great ways to show respect, shown in the photographs below.

Children in Need

15th November 2024G Mills

We’ve had a great day in school raising money for Children in Need.

School Council organised a t-shirt competition where children designed and made their own Pudsey t-shirts. Each class had a winning design and the children won a Children in Need water bottle.

School Council also arranged a cake sale. We raised over £100, which has been donated to Children in Need.

Well done everyone and thank you for your generous efforts.

Making Guacamole

28th October 2024Mrs Storey

Today, Elms made some guacamole as part of our D.T learning around cooking and nutrition. The children used lots of different preparation skills such as cutting, slicing, peeling, mashing and spooning. They put their learning into practise by discussing food safety and also how the guacamole could be eaten as part of a balanced diet. The activity also linked to our learning about Mexico.

Scientific Cooking in Cherries

17th May 2024G Mills

As part of our Science this week, Cherries made cakes. We looked at the chemical change when ingredients are mixed and then cooked. We created a fair test by following a recipe, to make sure the correct amount of ingredients were used so the cakes tasted great!