Recent Events

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January 2026

The Panathlon Challenge is an inclusive competition with a number of skill-based activities, including: boccia blast, bean bag throw, parachute popcorn, kurling, basketball, flight path and bowling. The children did a fantastic job of supporting one another, securing a 4th place finish out of 8 primary schools. They were awarded a certificate and a medal for their exceptional efforts. A massive well done to our seven KS2 children who represented our school with great sportsmanship and pride!

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December 2025

The Reception children loved their visit to the Antarctic when ‘The Jam Jar Theatre Company’ brought their igloo to Nene! The older children enjoyed the traditional fun of the pantomime ‘Rapunzel’ produced by Purple Dreams Theatre Company. The day was filled with laughter, "he’s behind you" shout outs and lots and lots of fun! 

     

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Our KS2 Choir visited Orchard House Care Home to sing Christmas Carols to the residents and guests. They met Santa and got to play in the foamy snow from the machine. The children had hot chocolate with marshmallows and sweets.  A wonderful way to start the care home's 'Christmas Wonderland'
celebrations!

  

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34 of our families came to the Christmas SEND crafts event with Mrs O’Shea. It was wonderful to see everyone enjoying time together and also discussing with the teachers the great progress the children have made in school. 

      

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A total of 471 children from Y1-Y6 walked, jogged and ran for 10 minutes in their Christmas jumpers and hats as part of 'Santa Dash 2025'. Classes had a chance to win a surprise present if they ran the most miles in their year
group.  In total, the children ran 4,423 laps, which is equal to 231.6 miles.  Congratulations to Y5 who managed 17.7 miles during their 10 minute dash - a fantastic effort!

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Our half-termly  ‘Ethic of Excellence’ certificates were awarded to children who demonstrate our school values. For Autumn B, our school value focus was tolerance towards one another. We are a huge diverse school, children belong to different families with different cultural backgrounds.  It’s a wonderful aspect of our school to be so inclusive but this takes understanding, care and tolerance towards and from everyone. These children consistently demonstrate this key school value. Well done to them all! 

    

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Year 6 helped make history last Friday when they joined children from around the world to take part in the first live presentation from the Antarctic. Explorer Robert Swan, who was the first person to walk both the North and South Poles, hosted the event. His mission is to preserve Antarctica through the promotion of recycling, renewable energy and sustainability to combat the effects of climate change through a campaign called the 2041 Foundation. Y6 will be receiving a special certificate from the Foundation to show that they are Champions of Antarctica and a 2041 School.  This leads into their themed learning about both the Antarctic and Arctic in more detail in the Spring term.

    

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Year 3 travelled back to prehistoric times when they visited Flag Fen in Peterborough! They toured the stone age site and saw an ancient wooden causeway artefact being preserved in special tanks to prevent it from rotting away - the children really enjoyed seeing a real piece of history. They also walked along an old Roman road and went inside an amazing replica Bronze Age round house and listened to an wonderful old story about a dragon.  The children listened intently and asking some fantastic questions about all they had seen.

     

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Our Autumn Art competition showcased an amazing range of skills with children using natural materials, sketching and painting  to create both 2d and 3d artwork - it was very difficult to choose the winners!

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Year 3 have been looking at 'portal stories' and made their very own portal, taking them to a winter wonderland.

     

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We embraced the start of festive celebrations across school, starting with decorating for Christmas and our Christingle Celebration at St Peter’s Church. It was delightful to see so many families and share in lighting the Christingles, hearing the children read and sing together.  Reception and Year 1 did themselves proud performing their Christmas nativities. They were super excited to be on stage - well done to all those who took part. 

    

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November 2025

As part of their World War II enrichment and cultural capital curriculum, Year 6 had the exciting opportunity to visit Bletchley Park, the historic site of Britain’s wartime codebreaking efforts. The visit brought history and computing together in a fascinating way, allowing the children to explore the incredible work carried out there during the Second World War and to appreciate how the secret intelligence gathered at Bletchley helped shorten the war and save countless lives.
Bletchley staff introduced the site and explained its significance. Once home to some of the brightest minds of the era – including mathematician Alan Turing and cryptanalyst Dilly Knox – Bletchley Park was the beating heart of Britain’s secret war against enemy communication. 

They also had a guided tour, a D-Day workshop interrupting morse code linked to a D-D message and interactive activities around the park when exploring the huts looking at the Enigma machine and the Bombe machine. 

     

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Year 3 had their first cooking session with The Country Trust as part of their year long project. They made ‘Fridge Soup’ which was made of locally grown vegetables gifted from a local farmer. 
The children practised their cutting skills, using the bridge and claw technique and also used the peelers. The children took their soup home to share with their families.

    

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The children enjoyed a non-uniform day as part of learning about ‘Children in Need’. During the day they took part in different activities linked to Pudsey and the different aspects of the charity work . As a school we were able to raise £369!

   

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Our Year 5 team, which consisted of 4 boys and 4 girls, travelled to The Hive Leisure Centre in Ely to learn all about the Dutch sport of Korfball. Its rules reduce physical contact and rely on passing, positioning, and teamwork rather than strength, so our players of different sizes and abilities were able to succeed. Everyone took turns attacking and defending, ensuring full involvement and skill development. The team participated in a number of activities that honed in on shooting, passing and movement. Throughout the event, each player grew in confidence and every aspect of their game significantly improved. They returned to school excited about the possibility of Korfball being included in their PE lessons. 

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Our Reception classes had a visit from Fens Falconry who bought a selection of birds for the children, linked to their learned learning for this half term.

    

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Our KS2 Girls team took part in a Tag Rugby Competition at Ely Tigers Rugby Club. They showed skill, determination and teamwork and coaches, sport leaders and officials were full of praise for the team’s resilience and positive attitude. They finished in 5th place with 4 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses - scoring a total of 25 tries! Well done to all the players for representing the school with such enthusiasm and sportsmanship!

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Year 4 had an interesting visit from mountaineer Adrian Hall who shared his stories of mountain climbing adventures and showed the children essential equipment for a successful climb.  After the workshop they went outside and used the North Star to find their direction and learned about various symbols commonly used on maps to represent locations and activities. 

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Our KS2 Girls Football Team travelled to Witchford Village College to play in a tournament against 8 other local primary schools.  Although they didn't finish first, their respect, resilience and teamwork did not go unnoticed and in recognition of this were awarded a special ‘one of a kind’ medal for sportsmanship. A huge congratulations to our Girls Football Team, who represented our school with great passion and pride.

  

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As part of their History learning this term Year 2 visited Kings Lynn Museum to learn more about Guy Fawkes, the Gunpowder Plot and why we celebrate Bonfire Night.  Whilst at the museum the children had the opportunity to hold and compare different artefacts from the time period, make a traditional (non alcoholic) wine, make lanterns like Guy Fawkes used below the Houses of Parliament and practised writing with a quill and ink.  During the trip the children were able to share their knowledge and learning from our history lessons with the museum experts. 

      

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Newton class worked with Harriet from The Country Trust on their first gardening session.  They collected ‘brown’ and ‘green’ materials to make their own compost, which will be ready to use in the springtime! They weeded the raised beds on the Y2 playground and planted some spring bulbs.  Finally, they made bird feeders from toilet roll tubes, mashed bananas and mixed seeds.

  

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Our second inter-school football league fixture was hosted at our Money Bank field against Fleet School FC.  Our team played well together and came away with a hard-fought 2-1 victory.  Man of the Match was Aironas for his great strength and composure when on the ball!

 

October 2025

Well done to the  winners of the first homework challenge of the new academic year!  There were some excellent examples of Art and many children chose to use their writing skills to write reports about the year group History or Geography theme. All the children were so proud of their efforts and as always it was lovely to welcome parents into school, to view the Challenges in the Hall.

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Our first half-termly  ‘Ethic of Excellence’ certificates were awarded are to children who demonstrate our school values. Last half term the focus was
on ‘curiosity’ as a learning behaviour.  All children are encouraged to be curious in their learning, ask questions and find out more based on the learning happening in school. Well done to our first recipients!

    

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The children and staff had an amazing time at Hilltop Outdoor Centre in Sheringham! They took part in many outdoor activities which made them feel challenged.  They learnt about verbal and physical support and showed great team work when solving problems together. They also enjoyed socialising with each other by playing chess and board games as well as having table tennis matches and learning how to play pool. It was the first time we have stayed at Hilltop and the staff complimented the children on their behaviour and enthusiasm for every challenge. We are very proud!

    

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Y5 welcomed the Jaya Dance experience to school as part of their RE topic. They have been looking at Diwali which is celebrated by over 800 million people across different faiths. Music and dance are an integral part of Diwali, with the Garba ( a traditional folk dance) being performed, accompanied by live music. 

  

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Year 1 had an exciting visit  from Peterborough Museum who brought lots of toys from the past to show the children as part of their themed learning for this half term.  They got to meet Fred - a 90 year old teddy bear who had glass eyes and straw stuffing. They also got to see a very old toy from 190 years ago - a monkey who performed flips on a wooden stick. They also discussed how the toys from the past used no technology and were made from different materials. 

    

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September 2025

 Year 6 spent the day practising their survival skills. They are reading a range of real-life stories showing how people respond to extreme situations and what they must do to pull through and show resilience. The children found out that in order to survive, bodies must be hydrated and kept warm in extreme temperatures. To better understand this, they worked in small teams to build shelters and learned how to filter dirty water using stones, twigs and cloth. They used natural resources to create sparks to make their own fire, took part in an assault course and weaved together paracord keyrings which could even be used as a rescue line in emergencies!

     

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Year 4 had a visit from Fens Falconry, who bought along two beautiful owls. 
The children had the opportunity to learn all about their habits and even had the wonderful opportunity to live sketch them in their art books, which enabled them to produce a beautiful display in school.

    

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Year 3 took part in an exciting visit to Wicken Fen as part of their geography, art and science learning for this half term. They took part in four different activities to explore the nature reserve in all its glory: 
The Wind Pump and it's role in draining the Fens
Connecting to the Wild
Exploring a traditional Fen Cottage
Pond Dipping and discovering the water wildlife

     

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Year 3 spent a morning learning about different fruit and vegetables as part their project with The Country Trust initiative. They learnt how to weight and measure out different ingredients as part of the cookery session. Anning class took part in their first gardening session where they gathered some seeds from plants in the schools raised beds. They then planted these seeds along with other seeds to take home to grow.

 

Year 5 travelled to Banham Zoo to discover more about life cycles. As they ventured around they learned about the life cycles of meerkats, Amur tigers and many others, including different gestation periods. During a workshop, children examined different eggs, a snake skin and met ‘Stacey’ the stick insect! On their return to school they created a Life Cycle about a creature they had seen to inform their themed learning for this half term.

     

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Year 2 have been learning about towns and cities as part of their geography curriculum. To support this, the children visited Wisbech town centre and Peterborough Cathedral, exploring key features of the human geography around them. They identified important landmarks and discussed the differences between urban and rural areas - two great opportunities to see real-life examples of what they have been learning in class.

      

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Nene & Ramnoth FC travelled to Alderman Payne for their first fixture in a new inter-school local league. Their confidence took a hit when the score went to 2-1 to Alderman Payne but they persevered and showed incredible resilience to score three goals in the last 10 minutes! What an amazing comeback - and one of our players also received man of the match.

 

July 2025

The finale of our Year 3 County Trust food discovery programme was a harvest feast. The children picked salad leaves and herbs they had grown to use in their cooking and used the chopping, peeling and grating skills they had previously been taught to prepare the ingredients.

    

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In a blast from the past, Year 4 had an exciting trip to West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village, where they stepped back in time to explore what life was like over a thousand years ago. The children explored reconstructed huts, examined real and replica artefacts and discovered how the Anglo-Saxons lived. This trip helped deepen the children’s knowledge and
understanding of this remarkable historic period and is the focus of their themed learning for this half term!

      

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Our KS2 Choir took part in 'The Big Sing' at Thomas Clarkson Academy with 11 other local schools. In total there were 260 children and some truly spectacular singing!  The children had a brilliant time and it was definitely a day to remember!

  

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Year 1 had a fantastic day in Hunstanton as part of their theme this term - ‘What would you see at the Coast?’ They spent the first part of the day on the beach where they built sandcastles, collected shells and saw the Wash Monster boat coming in! They visited the Sealife Centre during the afternoon where they got to look around and see a wide variety of sea creatures such as starfish, crabs, stingrays, seals, otters and sharks!  They also had the opportunity to touch a jellyfish!

      

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Pete (The Skipping Ninja) visited our school again to share his skipping achievements with us and spoke about the importance of physical activity in our daily lives. The children then took part in skipping workshops and some won special Skipping Ninja prizes, including branded hats and bags, for showing off their super skipping talent!

      

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As part of the County Trust initiative, Year 3 enjoyed a day at Hill Farm. They explored the farm discovering what crops were grown. They learnt the difference between wheat and barley and ate some fresh peas straight from the field. 

    

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Year 5 had a fantastic day at the 20:Twenty Literacy festival.  They met author Matty Long
who taught them how to illustrate and create fun characters. At the Museum, they worked as a team to crack a secret code and unlock a magical element.  For the last activity in the Library, they chose books to read, drew a bug hotel and enjoyed a story time session.

    

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The Y6 Penpal Project came to a wonderful conclusion with a trip to London, when
children visited their penpals at Benthal Primary School.  The children enjoyed spending time with their penpals - playing together, sharing lunch and spending quality time face-to-face following their successful letters and Google Meet. They also took a lovely walk around Stoke Newington and enjoyed some fun and fresh air in the local park.
It was a brilliant opportunity to build lasting friendships, experience life in another school community and connect their learning to the wider world. 

  

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June 2025

Year 2 enjoyed a visit from Fenmarc and learnt the names of different vegetables and lots of facts about them! They also learnt about what Fenmarc does and the vegetables they produce. The children all received a pack of vegetables to take home and a sticker chart for when they ate them!

    

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Year 5 & Year 6 children have been busy learning key life skills for riding bikes safely with the 'Bikeability' team. They learnt how to check their bikes, ensuring good maintenance as well as safely riding on the roads. Everyone who took part received a certificate and badge in recognition of their hard work during the course.

   

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 Year 5 took part in sustainability workshops with 20:Twenty, creating wind turbines using LEGO and programming them with code so they would move. They investigated how wind turbines work, explored different design ideas and collaborated to develop strong and sturdy models. 

    

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Year 4 visited a mosque in Peterborough as part of their RE theme of ‘How do Muslims worship?’ and ‘Why are places of worship different?’  The children were able to explore the different parts of the mosque, such as the minbar and mihrab. The Imam explain how Muslims share many stories from the Old Testament with Christianity. It was a great opportunity for the children to share their own knowledge and deepen their understanding of the religions of the world we live in. 

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'Mini Monsters' visited our Reception children as part of their 'Minibeasts' themed learning!

      

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On the 80th anniversary of VE Day we started our day by reflecting on the sacrifice that our brave soldiers made for peace and took part in the two minutes silence that occurred at 12 o’clock.  In the afternoon, we enjoyed a lovely picnic, where we wrote a letter of gratitude to the heroic soldiers and enjoyed cupcakes and biscuits.

       

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The children in Year 3 learnt some valuable skills in their cooking session with The Country Trust. They learnt how left over vegetables can be used to make a delicious soup; practising their peeling and chopping skills which they had developed in their last cooking session.
    

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Year 3 stepped back in time and experienced life in the Roman town of Durobrivae (Roman Peterborough) when they visited Peterborough Museum for a 'Really Roman Day'. They met a Roman surgeon and discovered how common illnesses were treated. They also learnt the skills of a Roman potter and made clay faces inspired by the Museum’s collection of flagons. 

      

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Some children in Years 3 and 4 had a great day learning bike safety with the
'Bikeability' team.  They developed their riding and braking skills, using activities set up on the playground. Everyone passed the course and received a badge and certificate in recognition of this!

  

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The Reception children really enjoyed an afternoon with the staff from Fenmarc. They learned all about vegetables and healthy eating and took part in activities which included sorting and matching vegetables. 

  

April 2025

26 families joined Mrs O’Shea in some Easter fun activities to celebrate the end of term and how well the children have done this term! The children enjoyed building Easter baskets with their adults and decorating eggs to go in them - such creative designs!

    

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Year 6 made careful observations of Darwin's sketches, following their learning about Charles Darwin. They sketched chimpanzees and then transferred these into paintings.

    

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Reception through to Year 6 enjoyed a day celebrating Maths - EYFS, Year 1 and 2 enjoyed their Number Day where they played number games. Year 1 and  2 enjoyed estimating how many items were in a jar and using deductive skills to eliminate possibilities. Year 3 and 4 enjoyed dressing up as rock stars and taking part in times table activities and competitions throughout the day. Year 5 looked at NRich reasoning problems and Year 5 and 6 looked at fraction PONGOs. Year 6 also looked at the Fibonacci sequence and practiced their estimating skills.

    

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Year 6 saw their learning about Darwin and the theory of evolution and adaptation brought to life when they had a visit from Zoolab, linked to their themed learning on 'Evolution and Inheritance'. The children learned how each of these creatures they saw had adapted to survive in their environments, for example tarantulas have sharp needles on their legs so they can attack predators and corn snakes have adapted by developing a black and white underside which camouflages them in maize or corn.

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Year 1 went to visit Peckover House and gardens, the National Trust property in Wisbech linked to their theme 'Who was Octavia Hill?' and the links to the National Trust through Beatrix Potter. The children spotted a hedgehog house and beehives and peeked at the oranges growing in the orangery.  They also took a tour around the house, including the Library which has over 1000 books and a fantastic dolls house!  They looked at some of the collections from the Peckover family who owned the house 100 years ago. They also learned about how the National Trust look after the property and the gardens.

    

 

March 2025

Ten of our KS2 girls attended a Tag Rugby Competition at The Hive Leisure Centre. They competed against 8 other Cambridgeshire Primary schools, scoring tries and taking tags! The School Games Organisers commented on the team’s fantastic fair play and perseverance against highly-skilled opponents!

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Our Reception children had a amazing time visiting the ruins at Castle Rising as part of their themed learning about 'Kings, Queens and Castles: Who lives in a castle?'  This was followed by a picnic lunch at Sandringham!
      

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Year 1 had a visit from Fenmarc who arrived at school ready for 'veggie workshops'!  During the visit they showed the children some of the vegetables they prepare in their factory and the children took part in activities linked to them.  To end their visit they gave each child some veg to take home so they could try them with their families.

  

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Year 6 had an exciting day at a careers event held at Thomas Clarkson Academy, exploring their future prospects and speaking to representatives from employers such as universities, banks and even the Navy! They took on challenges like building mini structures, tested their skills in sports activities, and even learned about X-rays. 
A highlight for many was the chance to try on a real firefighter's suit - it was incredibly heavy! The children showed great enthusiasm and curiosity, making the most of the experience.

  

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Our purple school jumpers changed into a sea of red as we supported
the 40th anniversary of Comic Relief and Red Nose Day. Each class took it in turns to place coins in the big red nose painted on the trim trail. Duringthe day, children learned that the money they raised will contribute to supporting projects in the UK and across the world that help children to be happier and safer, families stronger, communities prouder and millions of lives fairer.  

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Year 5 children went to Thomas Clarkson Academy to watch a live orchestra perform.  Their faces lit up with excitement as the musicians played many tunes the children recognised! 

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Eight of our Year 3 and 4 children attended another Netball Festival at Littleport Vista Academy. The children practiced their skills - finding space and acting fast to keep possession of the ball.  After a couple of matches against other schools at the festival, the team came into their own and could not stop winning!

February 2025

Seven Year 3 and 4 children attended a Netball Festival at Wisbech Grammar School. The children participated in a carousel of activities to develop their throwing, catching and movement skills. The team played matches against numerous other primary schools, they communicated well, demonstrating tremendous teamwork!

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Everyone took part in Safer Internet Day - last year, over 170 different countries celebrated the day and gave the children a chance to think about any worries they might have about using technology and the internet, but it’s also about celebrating all the fantastic things technology can help us with. Last year, over half of the children in the UK heard about or joined in with Safer Internet Day! Our KS2 E-Safety Ambassadors taught the Y2 children about personal information and what information was safe to share online and what information should be kept private.

  

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Year 1 visited Nene Valley Railway as part of their themed learning on ‘How Do People Travel?’  The children were able to
travel on a train to Peterborough which was very exciting and then had a
guided tour of the station!  They explored the signal box and learned how the
the signals are controlled and how to close the gates so the trains can go
through. They also looked in the engine shed where they fix all of the trains and were very excited to see Thomas there!