Year 4 had an amazing time celebrating Book Week, centred around the word aspiration. We explored the beautiful story What Do You Do With an Idea? by Kobi Yamada and loved sharing and listening to the children’s own aspirations. Our classroom is now filled with aspiring doctors, hairdressers, members of the armed forces, vets, police officers, spa owners, and so much more. Throughout the week we wrote short stories, created drama pieces using freeze frames, got crafty by designing our own ideas inspired by the book, sketched portraits and used Chromebooks to research future careers and create posters. A very special moment was every child planting a seed at each table to represent their ideas. We learned that soil is like a safe place where friends, teachers, and family support your idea; water represents practice, as ideas grow stronger when you keep trying; and sunlight represents encouragement and believing in yourself, even when it’s hard. Most importantly, we learned that seeds don’t grow overnight and aspirations don’t either. They need patience! Here are a few pictures capturing the week.

Pupil Leadership

On Friday 9th January, the Prefects delivered spome yummy Christmas treats and a hand-made Christmas card, to Quinton Care Home. This was an idea that they had shared they would like to do before Christmas. Due to a festive packed last week of school, the delivery was postponed. 

The children were very polite and calm when talking to the residents, asking questions about what they had been up to over the Christmas period and if they had received any exctiting presents. 

We hope they enjoy their treats and we look forward to seeing them soon.

Dear Parents/Carers, What a great start Year 2 have made to 2026!   They have really enjoyed our story 'The Dark', which is about a little boy who was afraid of the dark.  Our focus was on the Quinton Quality of 'Bravery'.  Laszlo showed amazing bravery by facing his fear of the dark.  The children came up with good and bad things about the dark and used a Conscience Alley and role play to help Laszlo make a decision.  They wrote fantastic acrostic poems about 'The Dark'.  They also practised their oracy skills by reciting a poem by James Carter which portrays darkness as a gentle and protective presence rather than something to fear, encouraging the children to view it positively. Well done Year 2. Finally, we discussed times when we showed bravery in our own lives.  Enjoy a small selection of photos and have a lovely weekend.

Dear Parents/Carers, From now on, we will be sharing our Science, Geography and Topic/History knowledge organisers with you each term. Knowledge organisers outline the key facts, vocabulary and concepts that children are expected to learn in each subject, helping them to build and retain knowledge over time.  In school, teachers use knowledge organisers to introduce new topics, revisit prior learning and support retrieval activities, ensuring children develop a secure understanding of the curriculum. By sharing these, we hope to give you a clear insight into what your child is learning and provide an opportunity to support discussions and learning at home. Kind regards,  Mrs. Martin

Year 5 enjoyed a wonderful Book Week this week. Our theme was Bravery and we looked at the book I believe in Unicorns by Michael Morpurgo. This is a thought provoking book that shows bravery in many different ways. The children all engaged enthusiastically with the activities and showed bravery by stepping out of their comfort zones too!  This week we have:  - created stories using unusual props - written character profiles and discussed how characters in the story showed bravery - we have looked at what it means to be a good storyteller - we practised these skills then went to Reception to tell the children a story from memory - we created wonderful works of art including shape poems and unicorns made from old book pages The children also thought carefully about what bravery means to them and how they can show it in small ways everyday.  Well done Year 5 on an excellent book week!