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On Tuesday year five went to the fire station in Rugeley. They did loads of activities of how to keep safe near fire or on rail way tracks.They also learned what to do if someone steals their credit card and how to stay safe near canals and the beach.  

We had a great day. 

We have enjoyed making patterns and arrangements with the Christmas loose parts! 

We have enjoyed decorating our class for Christmas! 

In maths this week we have been partitioning numbers to 100. We used the part whole model to support our understanding and today we moved one step further and partitioned on the place value chart. 

For Parents - My Family's Digital Toolkit

We have shared this resource from Internet Matters before, but with Christmas just a few weeks away I thought it worth sharing again. The Family Digital Toolkit is where parents can get personalised online safety advice based on a number of factors such…

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TikTok Knows it is Harming Children

As well as other social media apps, TikTok has been under increasing scrutiny over the past couple of years particularly in relation to it's so-called addictive design, persuasive design features, targeting of children and more. Historically TikTok (and…

We have been learning about Diwali and we created diya lamps! They bring light and hope!

In geography, we have been learning about the continents. Our challenge this week was to find out more information about each continent and to create a persuasive presentation to convince others to visit. We worked brilliantly in our research teams and all tried really hard to develop our…

A great game of football in freezing conditions. Missing two key players our Year 4s helped out and allowed us to continue our winning streak. Some excellent performances all round, superb defensive displays and some excellent goals. Well done again boys! 
 

First half: St Mary’s 2 Henry…