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Friday 28 March 2025 Year Four Exploring Sikhism Year Four have had a morning full of awe and wonder at Kettering Gurdwara. We were warmly welcoming and given the opportunity to explored the Sikh place of worship. The children were incredibly respectful because they were allowed into Sach Khand where Guru Granth Sahib Gi was resting until worship. We recognise the importance of understanding other faiths as part of how we growing to learn more about our community and the wider world so that we can ultimately positively contribute to our society now and in the future. What a brilliant awe-inspiring experience!
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Friday 28 March 2025 'Cracking' Reception It has been super 'eggciting' in Reception classes this week with the arrival of our very own eggs which the children have been lucky enough to watch hatch into the cutest chicks. The children have been wowed by this first hand experience and there has been lots of discussion about the life cycle of the chicken. How quickly they have changed!
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Friday 28 March 2025 Year Five Perform Opera Wednesday evening saw the incredible performance of The Magic Flute at the Derngate Theatre in Northampton. Every child in Year 5 took part in this annual DRET Performing. The Opera was performed by Year 5 children from across 8 other DRET primary schools in collaboration with the Royal Opera and Ballet schools project. The repertoire was highly challenging and included songs composed by Mozart but you would not have believed it. Our Year 5 pupils were truly phenomenal, they threw themselves into the performance and made everyone involved incredibly proud.
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Friday 28 March 2025 Year Two Get Creative with Moving Mother's Day Cards! This week, Year Two students have been putting their DT skills to the test by creating special Mother’s Day cards. Using everything they’ve learned this term, they designed and made cards with moving parts, using levers, cutting, and sticking to bring their ideas to life. The children worked hard to perfect their designs, carefully assembling their creations with love and care. Their handmade cards are a wonderful way to show appreciation for someone special this weekend. Well done, Year Two, for your fantastic creativity and effort!
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Friday 28 March 2025 Year Six Getting Organised
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Friday 28 March 2025 Newsletter 28th March 2025 The thumbnail has been assigned to the news item, and for convenience also added to the body here:
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Friday 28 March 2025 Heavy and Light Objects in Ladybirds Ladybirds have loved playing with water outside this week, scooping and pouring. They have been practicing their cutting skills in the creative area and looking at objects and talking about 'heavy' and ' light' in Maths. They have also been very interested in how big the hungry caterpillars are getting!
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Friday 21 March 2025 Year One Discover Tree Giants
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Friday 21 March 2025 Year Three Visitors This week year Three invited some nasty creatures into their classrooms as part of the Talk4Writing unit. They learned all about locusts including their life cycles, habitats and diets. They then used their amazing knowledge of insects to create their own fact files. Year Three are excited to continue their bugs and lifecycles topics in Talk4Reading and science where they will be observing and writing out butterfly lifecycles after a special delivery of eggs this week!
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Friday 21 March 2025 A Day at Duxford
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Friday 21 March 2025 Year Ywo Dance Moves This term in PE, Year Two have started their Dance unit. The children have been having lots of fun exploring different ways to move their bodies. This week, the children went on an exciting space adventure! They experimented with shapes, speeds, and levels as they imagined floating in zero gravity and zooming through space. They moved to the beat, using swinging, mirroring, and balancing to create sequences. Pupils worked on their posture, control, and rhythm while following instructions. The warm-up and cool-down helped the children stay safe and ready to dance. They can’t wait for their next adventure!
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Friday 21 March 2025 Reading for Pleasure
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Friday 21 March 2025 The Stars ( of Year Four) Remarkable Rhinos are thoroughly enjoying learning about space in their science lessons, so much so that every single member of the team wants to share everything they know around the subject at every single opportunity they get! They had a fantastic time learning all about the sun this week and could not believe how tiny it is in comparison to many other stars in the universe!
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Friday 21 March 2025 Ladybirds and Caterpillars In Ladybirds this week, the children have been observing their very own caterpillars in class. The caterpillars have been eating a lot and already growing! The ladybirds have been making pictures using different 2D shapes and helping each other during play with the phonics sounds and picture cards. They have continued the topics of land and sea and had lots of fun with the pirate ship set up in class.
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Friday 14 March 2025 Newsletter 14th March 2025 The thumbnail has been assigned to the news item, and for convenience also added to the body here:
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Friday 14 March 2025 Static Magic Science in Year Two This term, Year Two has been learning about electricity. This week, they explored static electricity through fun investigations. The children discovered what happens when two materials are rubbed together. They experimented by rubbing a balloon on their hair and seeing how it could attract objects like paperclips and pencils. The children were amazed by the results and enjoyed learning how static electricity works.
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Friday 14 March 2025 Play Dough and Motor Skills in Ladybirds This week in Ladybirds, the class have been busy toy mini beast stamping at the play dough table using their motor skills to use one handed tools. They have enjoyed lots of time in the garden area, looking for mini beasts. Also, the children have practised climbing and moving round the garden like mini beasts, using their wings and speedy legs!
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Friday 14 March 2025 Scholastic Book Fair Here are the Powerful Panthers class showing off all of the wonderful books they have purchased from the Scholastic Book Fair throughout this week. Watch this space for more information regarding how much commission you have helped us raise, for books for our school libraries.
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Friday 14 March 2025 R.E. in Year Four Here is the lovely Lexi in Year Four who is absolutely smashing her learning while studying the topic of Sikhism in R.E.
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Friday 14 March 2025 Reception go to the Garden Centre This week, Reception have had a great visit to Bosworth's Garden Centre in Barton Seagrave. The children travelled by school minibus, which they thoroughly enjoyed. On the journey, they spoke about places they recognised and what they could see. The children then had a walk and tour around the garden centre. The Bosworth's staff showed the groups around and even showed them where they grow plants, tomatoes and even trees backstage. The children then planted their own plants which they were able to take back to school. The children had a fantastic time and have been extending their learning all about plants during the 'Understanding the World' curriculum in school.
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Friday 14 March 2025 Year Six 3-D Modelling
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Friday 14 March 2025 Much Ado About Nothing! On Wednesday our amazing cast of Year Six actors performed Shakespeare's 'Much Ado About Nothing' on stage at the Deco Theatre in Northampton. These children have worked exceptionally hard over the last 6 months to ensure they were performance ready - and my gosh did they put on a show! We are so proud of each and every one of them!
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Monday 10 March 2025 World Book Day 2025
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Friday 7 March 2025 Newsletter 7th March 2025 The thumbnail has been assigned to the news item, and for convenience also added to the body here:
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Friday 7 March 2025 A visit from Rosie Wighting MP Year Six enjoyed a visit from our local MP, Rosie Wighting today, when they gained an insight into pathways into governance.
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Friday 7 March 2025 Dialogue through Drama - Tim and The Red Coats in Year 6 This week Year Six got into role as Tim the Ostler and the Red Coats from the text 'The Highwayman'. Children worked collaboratively to re-enact the scene where Tim reports the Highwayman's whereabouts.
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Friday 7 March 2025 Chima Shelters in Year Four Check out the Year Four Chima Shelters. As the new PiXL characteristic, organisation task, Year Four had to build a shelter for the Chima Qang. The children were super organised, each child took a different role and all achieved a camouflage, waterproof and 'mitchnado' proof shelter. Year Four are smashing organisation!
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Friday 7 March 2025 Year Two 'Levers' This term in DT, the classes has been exploring mechanisms and how they work. They had the exciting opportunity to create their own lever mechanism, which they all enjoyed! Firstly, they cut out a lever strip and a cover, then carefully pushed a split pin through to allow movement. They then used glue to attach the cover to the lever, ensuring it was secure. Finally, they added the pictures they had designed, bringing their mechanisms to life. It was a fantastic hands-on experience that helped the children understand how levers work in real life!
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Friday 7 March 2025 Writing Names in Ladybirds In Ladybirds this week they have been learning about mini beast and making their own mini beast models. The children have found mini beasts in the garden and continued to learn our story, The Hungry Caterpillar. The class have also been busy practicing their name writing and trying to find their name from a group. ??
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Friday 7 March 2025 Play Maker Leadership Training This week, several children from Years Four and Five, along with the Sports Captains, began their Play Maker Leadership training. The scheme, run by DRET Sport, will enable these youngsters to plan, organise and run playground games during lunchtimes. This will provide the children of Greenfields the opportunity to enjoy a variety of activities that will help them become more active during their school day and have amazing fun at playtimes.
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