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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!
December 2023
Our Year 4 children have been learning to play the ukelele this term with 20Twenty Productions, a local arts organisation. In the final week of their lessons, they performed their songs to an audience of children from other year groups.
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It was lovely to see so many families getting involved in our SEND Christmas Activities Afternoon and getting covered in glitter, making robin and handprint reindeer Christmas cards, cross stitch baubles, stained glass Christmas shapes as well as Christmas puzzles, as well as enjoying biscuits and hot chocolate!
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Reception and Year 1 children took part in Christmas singing and performing the Nativity play to their parents. They sang beautifully and made us very proud!
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Our KS2 Choir visited the residents of Orchard House Care Home to sing some Christmas carols and songs. The children were wonderfully behaved and sang with pride and confidence. The residents enjoyed this festive treat and happily joined in. The children each took a Christmas bauble for the residents, which they handed out with seasons greetings.
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Everyone had a busy day making our school festive during the Christmas Activity Day. The children enjoyed Christmas crafts and activities, with many taking part in a live festive 'doodling event' with other schools around the country. They also practised carols and songs, ready for Christmas performances to parents and our Christingle Service at St Peter's Church.
All the children made their own Christingle, discovering its origins and the symbolism behind each section. Lots of families joined us later that day at St Peter’s Church for our Christingle service, which was led by the children of Year 5 and Year 6. Children from across the year groups also created a Christingle collage to display at the Church.
November 2023
This half term the KS1 children have enjoyed taking part in STEM workshops organised by Cambridge Science Centre. They learnt about land yachts and then made their own using wheels and axles. They then used a fan to test if the wind would get behind their sails and push the yachts along!
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Adrian Hall came to talk to Year 4 about his mountain climbing experiences, as part of their themed learning 'Have you ever seen a mountain?' He showed the children photos of his expeditions and demonstrated some of his mountaineering equipment and also talked about the purpose of climbing mountains.
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Attenborough Class had a great time learning about different cultures, when one of
our parents volunteered to come in and teach the children some Bollywood dancing. The children listened to the rhythm and practised different dance steps which they used to choreograph their own Bollywood dance!
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Everyone showed how ‘Spotacular’ they were when we supported Children in Need! Children bought in a donation for wearing non uniform clothes with a Pudsey Bear and spotty theme. They learned how the money collected is used to improve the lives of disadvantaged children and young people in the UK.
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Fens Falconry came to visit Reception as part of their themed learning 'Who's awake in the night? The children were able to share lots of facts they had already learned about owls and birds of prey. They were also able to dissect some owl pellets and saw some small bones which they thought might be mice!
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Playleader training took place last week for our 60 Playleaders. Witchford Sports visited school to deliver Playleader training to some of our older children. They demonstrated different sport and play activities they could lead with our younger children.
Our Playleaders support lunchtimes in all outside areas and were given their Playleader Award Record which will reward them over the academic year.
October 2023
Some Year 4 children also took part in a residential trip to Kingswood and had a brilliant time! On the first day, children had great fun trying out archery, Nightline and sat around a bonfire with a warm cup of hot chocolate, singing songs. The next day, children attempted the zipwire and completed problem solving tasks.
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Some of our Key Stage 2 children took part in Bushcraft Days at our outdoor learning field in Money Bank. Year 3 and Year 4 learnt about Fenland landscapes, rivers and animal food chains.
For Year 5 there was a Science theme as they used the environment to discover how animal lifecycles have evolved. They also took part in some teamwork activities which taught them how to work together and share ideas.
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Some of our Year 6 children have been given the privilege of being a 'Wellbeing Warrior'. The children have taken part in a training programme run by the MHST (Mental Health Support Team) who worked on strategies to look after themselves as well as working with other children. The children were awarded with certificates and special wellbeing badges - as well as giving them their bright yellow Wellbeing Warrior jumpers to wear in school.
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Year 6 had a wonderful time at Duxford Imperial War Museum and were treated to a flying display from a Spitfire and a Hurricane! The trip gave them a real insight about what life was like for the men and women who served in the forces as well as a chance to see how people lived during this time. They went inside an Anderson shelter and could not believe families could spend their time in such a small, confined space. In the American Museum they were amazed at the wingspan of a giant B52 bomber plane and excited to see the Blackbird (the fastest and highest-flying jet aircraft in history). They were also able to go aboard Concorde 101, which flew at over twice the speed of sound.
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The KS2 Girls Football squad attended a Football Festival at Witchford Village College. The girls played alongside 5 other schools and took part in a range of football skills sessions, learning to control the ball better with their feet and developing their ball retrieval skills. They also had the chance to play in mini 5 aside games and were encouraged them to use the spaces on the pitch and the skills they had learnt. Every girl received a medal of recognition for their effort.
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Year 2 went on a 'Town Trail' of Wisbech as part of their learning for this half term: 'Is Wisbech bigger than Peterborough? Is Wisbech a city?' They enjoyed using their checklists to tick off what they saw as they explored the town trail. They also compared the modern and old buildings in the centre of town.
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The first presentation of our Year 6 Recognition Awards took place on 4th October. Eight children were chosen to receive their first pin badge, which acknowledged their exemplary behaviour on the Kingswood Residential trip. Two other Year 6 children also received Recognition Awards as excellent role models in school. Well done!
September 2023
Around half of our Year 6 children went on a 3 day residential trip to Kingswood near Cromer. They were able to challenge themselves in a variety of activities - each day was packed full of character-building tasks that involved teamwork and resilience to achieve. Some of the activities they took part in were problem solving, shelter building, archery, climbing, a blindfolded obstacle course and the exciting High Equilibrium, which required children to balance on a 30ft high seesaw!
For many of our children this was their first time sleeping away from home, which enabled them to tick off another important first in their development and they made us incredibly proud with their behaviour!
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Year 1 had a visit from Peterborough Museum as part of their 'Memory Box' topic. They got to experience lots of old toys including Fred Bear who was 80 years of age and an old doll made from wax!
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Some children from Year 5 got to experience hands-on STEM experiments at Wisbech Museum. They saw their speech turned into sound waves and air resistance in action when designing objects to fly in a wind tunnel. They created an optical illusion of fish swimming in a bowl when spun quickly. They also experimented with chemical reactions, watching the pressure build in a film canister and watching the lid pop off due to the pressure building in the small space. They absolutely loved watching Science in action!
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Year 3 took a visit to Wicken Fen as part of their Geography theme and enjoyed walking along the raised boardwalk there where they tried to spot some of the 9,000 species of wildlife found there. They also saw a modern day wind pump and compared it with an older wooden wind pump. They took a walk beside the river to take pictures of the natural environment and explored Fen Cottage, a tradition home of the Fen-men and their families.
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Year 5 enjoyed a great day at Banham Zoo. The children enjoyed seeing all the different types of animals that are cared for and are part of the conservation breeding programme at the zoo. They listened carefully to a talk about the different life cycles of animals as part of their Science theme, including the life cycles of marsupials and stick insects! The children also got to pet some animals in the petting farm and learnt interesting facts about the different animals at the zoo.
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Year 2 enjoyed their Wisbech Town Trail as part of their Geography theme for this half term. They learned lots of interesting facts about the Church, such as the importance of stained glass windows. The children were fascinated to see all the different buildings in our town. They compared old buildings (such as Wisbech Castle) and modern buildings (such as the Library) and explored the Market Place.
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Year 3 walked to The Boathouse near the River Nene as part of their ‘How do rivers shape Fenland?’ theme. They investigated all the different features they could see associated with a working river and harbour and observed the high water mark on the far side bank. The trip generated lots of questions which the children looked forward to finding out the answers to when they returned to school!
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Year 4 received their Arts Award certificates from Trinity College, London. While in Year 3, the children took part in an ‘Alice in Wonderland’ project with The Royal Opera House which celebrated a range of art skills.
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We welcomed our new Reception children during the first week of September! They loved our newly renovated playground, which includes a trim trail and role play areas.
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In aid of MacMillan Cancer Support, we held a cake sale at our Ramnoth site and raised just £160 for this very worthwhile charity. Thank you all very much!
