This year our pupils and staff had a brilliant time dressing up as characters from their favourite books for World Book Day.

This term in English, Hazel Class are reading Superworm by Julia Donaldson, a wonderful story that also highlights the very important topic of caring for animals – both big and small.

This term has got off to an amazing start for the pupils of Pine Class as they have already welcomed Kieran, a Ranger from ZooLab, into class along with his collection of incredible creatures!

Before we broke up for the half term holidays, Beech and Maple Classes rounded off their pottery topic with a visit to the Perfectly Potty Pottery in Winchester.

On Thursday 5th February Ash Class went to Rosie’s Chocolate Factory near Wargrave.

Following on from National Storytelling Week, which took place from Monday 2nd to Sunday 8th February, Chestnut and Pine classes were very happy to welcome local children's author, J-J Murray, into class.

This term the pupils in Beech and Maple classes have been learning about pottery through the ages.

Today Beech Class took part in a live storytelling workshop with rapper and storyteller, Alim Kamara, as part of National Storytelling Week. Based on the Soundtrack Your Story theme, the workshop aimed to inspire a love of story creation through music and rhythm.

Doodle is a suite of four apps (DoodleMaths, DoodleTables, DoodleEnglish and DoodleSpelling) that cover the core areas of maths and English which create a unique work programme for your child precisely tailored to their needs and helping to boost their confidence and ability.

Hazel class welcomed some very unusual international visitors to class on the afternoon of Friday 16th January including a Corn snake, a Chilean rose tarantula, some Indian stick insects, an Asian Forest Scorpion, some Madagascar hissing cockroaches and a Giant African snail!

Pine Class had an intrepid start to the week as they explored The Living Rainforest. No, it wasn't in the Amazon, but much closer to home in Hampstead Norreys, West Berkshire!

Hazel Class have shared what they learned in class yesterday about autumn.

It was a very exciting day for Maple Class last Friday (5th December), when they met and fed the two Capybaras they had adopted at Beale Wildlife Park as their prize from coming third in the Park's Halloween Scarecrow Competition.

Pine Class started to get ready for Christmas when they took a trip to the The Ugly Duckling Pottery Studio in Newbury.

This term, Hazel Class have been exploring 'We’re Going on a Bear Hunt'! They engaged in a fun sensory tuff tray activity, identifying the different terrains the family travel through on their bear hunt.

Just before we broke up for the half term holiday, Pine class took a trip to Butterfly World & Farm Park which is in Wroughton in Wiltshire.

Before we broke up for the half term holiday Chestnut held their own Halloween party in class. Staff and pupils dressed up as Gru and Dave from Minions, a spooky witch and Jack Skellington from The Nightmare Before Christmas.

As part of their learning about Ancient Egypt, Maple class visited Ufton Court in Reading, where they experienced life as part of the Royal Egyptian Household.

Ash enjoyed their BIG TRIP of the half term last Thursday (16th October) when they took a trip to the Hawk Conservancy Trust near Andover.

Seven pupils from Beech and Maple classes had a marvellous time at the Autumn Harvest Celebration Day, on Wednesday 1st October at Newbury Showground, which was organised by the Newbury and District Agricultural Society.