Nene and Ramnoth School
Little Owls NurseryRecent Events
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January 2025
Year 1 enjoyed a visit to St Peter's Church. They learnt all about the different parts of the Church including the altar, the pulpit and the lectern. They spent time looking at the beautiful stained glass windows and saw the story of the Good Samaritan told in pictures. They especially enjoyed christening the baby at the font!
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Some of our Year 5&6 children represented the school in a Dodgeball Festival at Ely College. Their communication, teamwork and honesty was admirable. The children were flooded with compliments from the PE leaders instructing the event. Well done team NeneRJS!!
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Year 4 took a trip down memory lane and visited Wisbech & Fenland Museum, where they saw a chest which belonged to Thomas Clarkson! They learned fascinating facts about the past and listened to Benjamin Zephaniah’s poem ‘The Rebel of Wisbech’ which was a poem about the abolitionist Thomas Clarkson standing up for the rights of slaves.
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Year 5 had an amazing time at the National space Centre in Leicester as part of their space themed learning for this half term. They got to experience a 360 degree view of the Sir Patrick Moore Planetarium, which allowed them to travel through the universe and test their knowledge with a quiz. They also explored the space capsules, looked through telescopes and moved a space buggy with a remote control.
December 2024
There was much excitement in school when we had a special visit from Santa’s reindeer! They were very hungry and munched on special moss from Finland. The children had many questions and learnt lots about them.
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The children in Reception and Year 1 had a fantastic time watching our Christmas pantomime ‘Cinderella’ performed by the Purple Dreams theatre company. They particularly enjoyed joining in with the boos for the wicked stepmother and cheers for Cinderella and Buttons!
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Our school community came together at St Peter’s Church to celebrate our annual Christingle. It was a wonderful occasion, shared with parents and family. Year 6, Drama Club and Choir all contributed - it was a memorable event for everyone involved and we are so proud of everyone that took part!
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Christmas Jumper Day this year was combined with the School Fair and Christmas Dinner Day - a great day full of festive fun!
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Our first School Fair organised by the School Council was a huge success! The Councillors planned, organised and ran the stalls which included ‘Pin the Nose on Rudolph’, ‘Hook a Duck’ and ‘Beat the Goalie’. Everyone from Y1 to Y6 took part and really enjoyed all the activities on offer. The School Council will decide in the new year where the money they raised will be used.
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It was wonderful to see so many parents of SEND children at our termly
activities event, with many Christmas crafts being made together.
November 2024
Year 3 visited Flag Fen as part of their History learning for this half term. Flag Fen is famous for its ancient Bronze Age archaeology. The children got to follow in the footsteps of their ancestors by exploring the reconstructed prehistoric landscape and discovered treasures from over 3000 years ago!
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Year 2 visited Kings Lynn Museums as part of their Guy Fawkes theme. During the day they went on a local history walk, wrote with quills, made their own Stuart drink, learnt about Stuart artefacts, visited the jails and talked about life when Guy Fawkes was alive.
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Year 1 walked to Wisbech Library via some of the landmarks in town - Wisbech Castle, St Peter’s Church and gardens and Wisbech Museum, as part of their Geography learning this term ‘Where is my school and home’. They took photos of the landmarks and drew them on their own maps with a key to show where they are in a follow-up Geography lesson.
They also talked about their work on authors and illustrators at the Library and shared their knowledge on Julia Donaldson. Many children joined up to the library and were able to bring a book home.
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Everyone enjoyed wearing spotty clothes for Children in Need this year and took part in Children in Need related activities in classes. Any loose change that was collected was placed on the giant Pudsey head outside and £430 was raised for this worthy cause!
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Year 6 and Year 4 enjoyed a visit to our local cinema as part of the 'Into Film Festival' initiative running during November. It is the largest film festival for children in the world and gives them the experience of visiting the cinema to inspire future careers within that industry!
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Year 6 enjoyed an inspiring trip to Duxford Imperial War Museum. They were able to see up close tanks and planes used during the different wars and enjoyed learning about the Battle of Britain and the role that people at Duxford played in the success of this. They were immersed in the history of what happened all those years ago by trying on clothes, sitting in an Anderson shelter, imagining being pilots in the planes and asked thoughtful questions to extend their knowledge.
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Reception children enjoyed a visit from Fens Falconry linked to their theme for this half term 'Who is awake at night?' They were introduced to different nocturnal birds to help embed their learning.
October 2024
Year 2 had a fantastic day out at Peterborough Cathedral as part of their Geography learning. They took part in three different activities including a tour of the Cathedral, making their own maps/cities and creating their own stained glass windows.
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Year 5 children had an amazing time exploring Indian dance as part of our Diwali celebrations. The children were reminded of the story of Rama and Sita, how goodness always triumphs over evil and how light conquers darkness. The storytelling in the dance brought the ancient tale to life, reminding everyone of the powerful message of hope and resilience at the heart of Diwali.
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Year 2 enjoyed going on the Wisbech Town Trail as part of their geography theme ‘Is Wisbech a city? Is Wisbech bigger than Peterborough?’ They walked from school to see the features in town including St Peter’s Church, Wisbech Castle, Wisbech & Fenland Museum, Wisbech Library, the bus station, the Thomas Clarkson Memorial and the Remembrance Day Memorial. They enjoyed discussing similarities and differences between Peterborough and Wisbech back at school.
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Years 3 & 4 took part in an 'Autumn Apples' day, organised by the East of England Agricultural Society. There were lots of different apple themed activities and they enjoyed tasting different varieties of apples and learning how the sweetness and crunchiness of apples are measured. Everyone also prepared a baked apple to take home and cook.
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Year 2 enjoyed their 'Red, White and Blue Day' as part of their geography themed learning. They came to school dressed in the 3 colours and learnt facts about the 4 countries of the UK. They tried food from the different countries, enjoyed learned their colours and numbers in Welsh and made paper plate shamrocks to represent Ireland.
Year 6 created and made a healthy menu of fruit salad starter, chicken skewers and salad main with a brownie for pudding as part of their science work on maintaining a healthy body and recognising the importance of a balanced diet.
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Year 5 had a wonderful time observing the life cycle process, when watching the eggs in the incubator hatch and the excitement of seeing the tiny chicks emerge!
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Year 1 had a visit from Peterborough Museum, linked to their current theme ‘Memory Box’. They have been looking at toys from the past and comparing them to more modern toys. The children really enjoyed playing with the older toys the Museum brought and noticed that some of the toys you can still buy, but look a little different and are made from different materials.
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September 2024
Some of our Y6 children took part in a three day residential trip to Kingswood in Norfolk. While there, they experienced new challenges, worked with different peers and learned new skills. The children tried fencing, shelter building, climbing and caving. The children faced their fears while climbing 'Jacob's Ladder' and going underground. They rose to the challenges presented to them and made us proud with their resilience and behaviour!
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Year 3 enjoyed a day at Wicken Fen linked to our local area and their art work for this half term. They walked along the raised boardwalk overlooking the meadows and spotted some of the 9000 species of the wildlife that inhabit Wicken Fen. They saw the only surviving working wooden wind pump in the Fens and their last stop was the traditional Fenland cottage built using local materials and furnished in 1930’s style.
During the visit they walked beside the river to photograph the natural environment of Fenland, in the style of artist Ashley Baldwin-Smith so they could replicate his art back at school.
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Year 5 took a trip to Banham Zoo as part of their themed learning for this half term. They observed a variety of animals and took part in 'Discovery Workshops', learning about evolution and life cycles.
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Year 3 children explored our local area by visiting The Castle, Wisbech Library and the Museum as part of ‘Autumn Fest’. They learned about the fruit and vegetables that grow locally, designed their own gardens, decorated plant pots and planted some seeds to take home. They explored artefacts and learned about the history of our local area.
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Year 5 enjoyed a Science Day in school, exploring solutions and discussing soluble and insoluble substances. They tested chemicals in water, oil and acid concluding that acid was the most effective solvent for a drug (medicine). They also examined reliable and unreliable sources of information.
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The whole school took part in a ‘Green Curriculum day.’ Each year group read the book ‘Old Enough to Save the Planet’ and focused on a section to complete activities and tasks around the green issue highlighted on that page.
Year 3 learned about how precious water is and how we can work together to reduce the amount we use. They learnt how water is filtered to make it clean for us to use and then made their own water filters and used them to filter some very dirty water!
Year 5 looked at animal conservation and animals on the brink of
extinction. They researched animals on the endangered list and the number of societies that use breeding programmes to help.
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Year 3 walked to The Boathouse in Wisbech as part of their ‘How do rivers shape Fenland’ themed learning for this half term. They investigated the different features they could see associated with a working river and harbour. They observed the high water mark on the far side bank and discussed what types of boats might travel along the River Nene and what their uses might be.
July 2024
Y4 children went on an exciting trip to Wisbech Castle to see their very own written stories of the ‘Legends of the Fens’ come to life, following on from some workshops in school. The children watched as actors brought their imaginative tales to the stage, complete with vibrant costumes, artefacts and captivating performances. It was a magical experience for them to see their words transformed into a live spectacle.
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Year 6 took part in interactive workshops at Wisbech Fire Station and were taught skills
to help to keep them safe in different situations. They were taught how to make 999 calls to
contact the fire service, the police, the ambulance service and the coastguard. Everyone was really excited when the fire crew had to respond to a real 999 emergency and were
amazed to see how quickly they were ready to leave the fire station!
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Year 1 had a fantastic day at The Sealife Centre in Hunstanton looking at and learning about lots of different animals and habitats. The children got the chance to see fish, sharks, turtles, stingray, seals and penguins. They learnt about rock pools and had the chance to touch a real starfish! A highlight of the trip was walking through the tunnel where sharks and turtles swam over their heads!
June 2024
Year 2 took part in a 'Money Matters' workshop with their visitors from the Yorkshire Bank. They talked about 'wants' and 'needs' and completed activities to help them understand this.
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Year 6 were visited by ‘Portals to the Past’, who gave them an unforgettable Ancient Egyptian day. Through a range of interactive activities and stories, the children learnt about life in one of the world’s most famous civilisations. The activities included studying real Egyptian artefacts, playing a game common during the time period and helping to carry out a mock mummification.
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The children in Reception had a fantastic morning with 'Mini Monsters' and discovered lots of facts about the animals that came to visit!
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Fenmarc came to visit Year 3 to share their food workshops. The children enjoyed solving vegetables jigsaws and learning new facts about fruits and vegetables. They also donated packs of vegetables for each child to take home.
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Y1 took part in the annual ‘Wisbech Reads’ Literacy Festival to celebrate reading and took part in activities based on dragons from the books by Beach. In the Museum, they did a science experiment, trapping gas in a balloon and worked as team to make an exploding rocket! In the grounds of the Castle the children got to meet Beach - a published author and illustrator. He shared one of his books and explained the process of writing and how a book is made.
Year 6 enjoyed a trip to the ‘STEM in the Fens’ pop-up in our town centre, organised by Cambridgeshire University. The children spent time thinking about how land is used in the Fens and how there are sustainable alternatives. They also explored the amazing interactive displays based on scientific ideas such as air resistance, parts of the human body, DNA, sound, light and how our brains work - a fascinating visit!
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Year 3 visited Peterborough Museum for a 'Really Roman Day'. They took part in different activities learning about Roman money and pottery. They made clay faces as seen on Romans flagons, tried on togas and Roman soldier helmets and experienced what it was like to work in a Roman Villa kitchen. The Roman doctors surgery was fascinating and the children were shocked to learn that the cure for toothache was to put ground up worms on the tooth and in your ear!
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3 fantastic sports days took place during the week before half term. Ensuring the children had fun, this was a fantastic opportunity for teamwork and good sportsmanship. Our Playleaders attended all 3 events, supporting the children in all year groups and it was great to see so many parents cheering the children on!
May 2024
Year 3 had a wonderful trip to Thomas Clarkson Academy for the ‘Once Upon a Tune’ performance. They got to experience an engaging concert that explored music in storytelling with award-winning artist James Mayhew. They loved the artist's creations and were impressed with how just a few instruments managed to create such a magical sound!
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Year 1 enjoyed taking part in Fenmarc's vegetable workshops in school. They enjoyed looking at the different vegetables and learning their names. The children each got to a tasty pack of vegetables to take home to try!
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Year 4 took a trip to Hunstanton Sea Life Centre as part of their themed learning for the half term. They discovered the diverse marine life and explored what creatures may be found in the rock pools. Afterwards, they visited the beach and saw first-hand the threat pollution poses to sea creatures; they helped to clean the shoreline and pick up the litter left by visitors.
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Year 2 visited The Cresset in Peterborough to celebrate the beginning of their ‘Create and Dance’ project journey. They were joined by professional ballet dancers from the Royal Opera House who helped them create a piece of dance to retell the story of ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’.
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Year 4 took part in 20:Twenty Production's robotics workshops in school. The children showcased their DT skills and created a range of robots. Then they applied their computing knowledge to program them to work efficiently!
April 2024
Our Key Stage 2 Choir visited Orchards Care Home to sing some songs from ‘Matilda’ and used BSL (British Sign Language) to share ‘Do You Hear My Voice?’
The residents joined in with the choir when singing ‘It’s a Long Way to Tipperary’ and requested an encore!
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Children in Reception to Year 4 enjoyed taking part in 'Number Day'. They came to school in clothes related to maths and number. During the day they enjoyed a range of maths activities, including scavenger hunts and making their own board games.
March 2024
The whole school enjoyed dressing up and taking part in activities aimed at promoting reading during World Book Day, including 'book blankets', completing a book trail, making a reading river, reviewing and recommending books to others and visiting the libraries in school. Our chosen book for this year was 'Leaf', a text about a polar bear by Sandra Dieckmann.
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Year 2 had a visit from a local artist called Marian Savill. She talked to them about sculptures and read a book all about different lines. The children had to find straight, wavy, zigzag and circular lines in their classrooms and then have a go at making paper sculptures using strips of paper.
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Year 1 had our local Octavia Hill museum visit them in school. Octavia Hill was born in Wisbech and they learnt about her life and all the things she achieved, helping many poor families during Victorian times. The museum also brought some Victorian toys and artefacts for the children to look at.
February 2024
A diverse mix of creatures made their way to school when Zoolab visited Year 6, as part of their work on evolution. The children were able to hold and ask questions about the creatures, relating to their themes learning for this term.
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All year groups took part in internet safety day. Each year group discussed a range of topics including staying safe online, what to do if someone is unkind to you online, the important of age restrictions on games, the positives and negatives of artificial intelligence and how internet influences you as a person. We also held a competition to design an internet safety poster, with a prize being on offer in each year group for the most informative and well presented!
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Everyone took part in celebrating Chinese New Year as part of our diverse cultural learning and produced some absolutely beautiful pieces of display work. Some year groups learnt about the traditional Chinese Dragon dance and dancing with fans.
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Year 4 thoroughly enjoyed the experience of visiting a mosque in Peterborough. They were greeted by the Imam who shared insights into Islamic traditions and practices. The children loved the mosque's architecture, intricate designs and serene atmosphere. They took part in activities such as learning about Islamic rituals and talked with some of the mosque members. The visit provided a unique opportunity for the children to ask questions and gain a first-hand understanding of the Muslim faith. 
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Many of our Reception families took part in a craft event at Nene. It was a chance to meet Louisa, our Family Adviser and to talk to our Family Support team about attendance and a range of other subjects!
January 2024
Year 2 took part in a ‘Florence Nightingale’ Day. The children came to school dressed as Florence Nightingale or Victorian nurses and doctors and experienced a virtual visit from Florence Nightingale herself! She spoke to them about her journey as a nurse and her achievements and the children learnt how influential her role was in the founding of modern nursing.
Year 5 had an amazing time at the National Space Centre in Leicester. They got to experience a 360 degree view in the Sir Patrick Moore Planetarium, which allowed them to travel through the universe and test their knowledge with a quiz. They explored space capsules, tried a telescope and even got to see a piece of moonrock. It was a fantastic day!
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Our Key Stage 2 Choir attended the Young Voices event again this year, at the Birmingham Resort Arena. They sang alongside 6,000 other children from schools all over the UK. It was a spectacular concert and an amazing experience for both children and staff.
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Year 4 children enjoyed revisiting their knowledge of the Fens from Year 3 when they took part in 'Legends of the Fens' workshops led by Cambs Curiosity. They explored an old map showing the Fens and surrounding area and examined a diverse array of artefacts discovered in and around Wisbech. This gave them the inspiration to compose their own stories set in the Fens!
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Year 4 visited St Peter’s Church as part of their theme about the history of Wisbech. They were able to experience the actual history of Wisbech, seeing a 600 year old brass monument of Thomas de Braunstone, which is usually hidden from the public to help preserve it!
