The Shire's plans this week for out and about were curtailed by the snowfall! Instead of bark rubbing, they took a trip to the church where they saw the font, talked about baptism and found a kneeler with a tapestry picture of the school. They looked at the architecture of the church and gravest...

In the Shire, the Pixies came back from half term to a bonfire night cafe stall, where they had great fun ordering from the menu and working out costings. They also studied Diwali and looked at pattern making by making their own mehendi designs on hand outlines and rangoli designs. The El...

This term our topic has been ‘We are Storytellers’. On the first week of term, we learned all about why the Romans left Britain in 410AD because their troops were needed in Rome. Next came the Picts who settled in the North of Scotland.  They wore tunics and had capes held together...

Wizards: This week the wizards have been on a fantastic trip to Oxford to explore primary sources of evidence in connection with their Anglo-Saxon history studies. They attended workshops at the Museum of Oxford looking at Anglo-Saxon artefacts found in Oxford. They visited the Ashmolean muse...

In the Shire we had some very exciting news this week - a letter from Peter Rabbit himself! Ms Hornibrook wondered whether he was the one who had nibbled the lettuce in our eco-garden. Last week the children enjoyed their trip to Cogges Manor Farm where they baked bread as the Victorian's...