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Year 6 pupils stepped into the world of virtual reality in this exciting computing workshop focused on expressive writing. Using VR headsets, the children experienced thrilling rollercoaster simulations, immersing themselves in the sights, sounds and sensations of the ride. Inspired by the twists, turns and drops, they then channelled their experiences into vivid pieces of descriptive storytelling. The workshop combined technology and creativity, helping pupils develop their

Today, School council kicked off our Safer Internet Day 2026 with an assembly. They talked about this year's theme - the safe use of artificial intelligence. School council shared with the school why we are taking part in Safer Internet Day, when we might use AI in our day-to-day lives, and also told the school what to do when things go wrong when using artificial intelligence and who to talk to. This was just the beginning of our day - classes also took part in a live lesson

This term, Year 6 have been diving into the fascinating world of ancient civilisations, and one of the highlights of our learning has been our virtual journey to Chichén Itzá—one of the New Seven Wonders of the World ! Using Google Earth, we zoomed across the globe to the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico, where the incredible ruins of Chichén Itzá still stand today. We explored: El Castillo (the Temple of Kukulcán) – the famous step pyramid The Great Ball Court – where ancient May

Year 4 pupils  took part in an exciting and creative animation workshop led by Engagedu, where they explored both digital drawing and stop‑motion animation techniques. The workshop began with pupils using iPads and a stylus to design their own stick‑figure characters using the app Flipkit. They learned how to duplicate their drawings, erase selected parts of the image, and make small changes to each frame. By repeating this process, pupils created simple animations of their s

In School Council's Autumn school survey on technology, pupils expressed an interest in using computers to create art. As a result of this, this week in Year 3, we looked at a character description of the Grinch and had a go at using an online platform called Tate Paint to create a piece of digital art. We enjoyed experimenting with the different brushes and textures available to use and adding the features mentioned in the character description, like the fence that the sneak

In Animation Club, the children began applying plasticine to their armature figures, carefully shaping their characters and bringing their ideas to life. Exciting steps toward their very own stop-motion animations!

The children are really enjoying their time at Animation Club! This week, they’ve been busy creating colourful backdrops for their short films. Using their imagination and creativity, they designed scenes to bring their stories to life. We can’t wait to see their finished animations!

Last week, school council did a survey to find out how children feel about using technology in school. Today, they bravely gave an assembly to share with school what they had learned. As a result of our survey, the student council decided we need to have charging monitors in school to make sure the chrome books are charged, and we also discussed adding more opportunities into school for creating digital art. We will now start talking about what our Spring student voice survey

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Today, student council met to discuss the outcomes of our pupil voice technology survey. They came up with some fantastic ideas to solve problems with using technology in school, and we discussed some great ideas as to how we can better use technology to support our learning.  We are looking forward to sharing what we found out in assembly next week.

School council have been busy promoting our pupil voice survey. We are trying to find out what children like about using technology and if there is anything we can do as a school to improve.  Next week, we will be presenting what we found out in assembly and hopefully using what we learned to use technology more effectively in school.

June 2025 In Year 3, we have been creating podcasts interviewing Paddington bear about his time going back to Peru. Some of our children...

Safer Internet Day is a chance to focus on the the online safety and wellbeing of children. During the day we were able to address key online safety concerns and encourage children to discuss and respond to online issues.