Blog by Gemma Dennett

Last week there was a definite buzz about Science around the school! A whole school investigation was set called ‘Table Top Glaciers’ where children had to investigate what happened to an ice cube when it came into contact with water of different temperatures. This linked well to a discussion with…

This term in History, Beech Class has been learning about the history of Bridge School from when the school opened. We were very lucky to have visits from Mr Fawke, Miss Allison and Miss Andrews who told us about when they came to the school as pupils. We were very excited to find out that when…

Thank you to all of the children and families who took part in our Science House Competition. We had some amazing entries in all presented in a creative and unique way showing what farming may look like in the future. We were very lucky to have Mike Barker from Essentially Hops as our judge and he…

There was great excitement around the school last week as it was Science Week. The week started with all classes taking part in an investigation called Get Set Jellies! The children had to investigate which of the fruits provided would stop the jelly from setting. As a class they had to decide how…

On Friday 19^th May we welcomed volunteers from Pfizer into school to hold six different workshops for the children as part of our science day.  Each class had the opportunity to take part in two hands-on science activities. The activities were exploring bubbles, flame test, exploring the build of…

Year 2 were fortunate enough to be surrogate parents to 6 ducklings for the day, today! Every child had the opportunity to hold a duckling, sketch it after careful observation and use their new-found science knowledge to present the ‘Life Cycle of a Duck’, in words and pictures. Naturally, duck…

As part of our topic on the Great Fire of London the children were set the challenge of re-building London. The children had to design a model of the building they were going to create and used our trip to Canterbury as inspiration. The children then choose which construction material they wanted…

We have been learning about Thomas Becket. We listened to the story and acted it out. Then we chose how we wanted to retell the story. Some of us drew story maps, some of us drew cartoon strips and some of us chose to write the story. 

This week has concluded our learning on the True Story of The Three Little Pigs by the children writing their own story from the point of view of the wolf. Prior to writing the children acted out the story through drama and using puppets. All the children did an amazing job and included lots of…

This week we have been learning about habitats. We started by going on a walk around the school grounds to see how many different habitats we could identify. We then worked in small groups to create a picture of a chosen habitat and thought about the different types of animals that could live…

Year 2 had great fun during science week. The children carried out many different investigations with a focus on our bodies. One of our investigations looked at hand hygiene. This involved children placing a handprint on a piece of bread after touching various surfaces around school. We have been…

On Thursday 30th January, Seren will be donating her hair to The Little Princess Trust. 

With a little encouragement from Mum, Seren has decided to cut her extremely long hair, but decided she wanted to help others by doing this. After researching different charities, Seren chose to donate it…