This week we decided to dedicate a whole afternoon to Science and focus on investigating two forces – namely air resistance and magnetism. We used mini paper ‘helicopters’ to demonstrate how a larger surface area…
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⭐Celebrating our Sporting Super Stars ⭐
At St Alban and St Stephen we love to celebrate success not only in school but outside our school hours. There are so many fantastic opportunities for learning out in the community surrounding our school…
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Speed stacking came to St Alban and St Stephen when we proudly hosted the School Games Speed Stacking Competition. The event involved Year 4 children from local schools competing to be the best stackers in…
Read MoreAt The Seaside with Reception!
This week, the early years went on their first school trip together to Shoeburyness, as part of our topic ‘At The Seaside’. The children were so excited, as for many of them it was their…
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We were so thrilled to be able to invite families into school this week for our Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 Sports Day events. The weather was kind to us and we enjoyed…
Read More🎶Ostinato Ostinato Ostinato!
In their music this week, Year 5 have been creating their own Ostinato rhythm patterns in groups. An Ostinato is a rhythm that repeats over and over. The children worked in groups to compose 4…
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The Secret of Black Rock EYFS have loved exploring the whole school text, The Secret of Black Rock, by Joe Todd-Stanton. This is an excellent story for the children’s imagination and has a very important…
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Sikhism Year 3 really enjoyed the whole school focus on Sikhism this week. We learnt so much about the Sikh religion from both the assembly we had and the workshop that followed it. The children …
Read MoreSummer Sporting Festivals
Our Year 4’s have been enjoying a number of Summer Sporting festivals. The festival season started with a Mini Tennis competition for the children who play regularly as well as a festival format event with…
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