The Nursery children have been looking after tadpoles in the classroom. We have been watching them grow into frogs and learning about how to take care of them. We all went for a walk down to the lake to set the frogs  free. The children have really enjoyed watching the changes from frogspawn, to tadpoles , to frogs.

On a glorious Thursday morning, J2 set off for a creative day at the Brewery Arts centre in Cirencester. The children had the opportunity to use several different looms to make a colourful assortment of weaves. During our visit, the children spent some time in a gallery discovering the wonderful world of silk and even had a go on a very large loom.

On May 18th three staff and twenty pupils set off to explore the coastline of Portishead, Clevedon and Weston-Super-Mare. As the pupils have been studying "Coasts" within their Geography lessons it was a perfect trip to see first hand the topics discussed within class.
We were fortunate that the weather was fantastic and the Bristol Channel was calm. The three different places held their own beauty and many pupils said they would visit again with their parents.
The highlights of the trip included the trek around Poet's Walk in Clevedon, the new marina in Portishead and lunch onthe clean golden sand of Weston's huge (deserted) beach but definitely at the top of everyone's list had to be the big surprise at the end of the day. We all took a ride on the gigantic observation wheel on Weston sea front followed by an ice-cream!
Many pupils remarked that it was the best school trip ever and they certainly learnt a huge amount.

Thirty-four Junior School pupils entered this year's Duathlon.The race consisted of a run followed by a cycle followed by a run. These carried straight on from each other, so there was no time for a rest.
All those who took part worked incredibly hard and many found the task of running after cycling particularly difficult. The races were keenly contested and the final results were as follows

J3/4 Race:
1st -Emily Musgrave
2nd -Thomas Breare
3rd - Mollie Tice

J5/6 Race:
1st Cameron Watt
2nd Eleanor Brealy
3rd Alex Dennett

A fabuolous effort, well done to all those involved
Mr Arnold

Blessed with fine weather and fairly smalll crowds J6 enjoyed a full day exploring this masterpiece of medieval castle building. We marvelled at their defensive lines and empathised with an attacking force. Most braved the castle dungeons with some emerging hoarse from screaming! Over lunch we witnessed the world's biggest trebuchet in action and Elliott Cox and a duck re-enacted a 13th Century joust- this time over his packed lunch!

Our second Forest School Working Party took place on Saturday 8th May and it was another great success. A team of fourteen parents and teachers worked hard all morning to clear pathways, repair and create new shelters, a new bird hide and seating areas.
The children have been so excited to see the new developments and will enjoy them during our Summer Forest School sessions. A big thank you to all the parents who joined us and worked so hard.

Mrs Hockey & Mrs Breare