Tintern and Turvey have been shearing sheep and milking cows in provision as part of our learning about jobs on a farm. They will also be baking bread this week, supporting their learning on the uses of farm produce. Well done children. You have been very engaged in this topic!

In Art this half term, Woburn have been using artwork from Deborah Shapiro and David Mceown as inspiration for their very own Arctic collages. They used water colours to create a graded background wash and used different materials and images of Arctic animals to create a collage of the Arctic tundra. 

Whitby have worked hard this week in their monthly write. They have retold the story of the Gingerbread Man and all of the children tried really hard to write their sentences independently.

Here are photos of Soluun and Antonino's work. We are really proud of how independent they were with their writing and how much progress they have made this year.

Westminster class filled their class POM POM jar last week and were rewarded with a special treat! A movie, pyjamas and biscuits! Well done to you all Westminster what a treat! 

Missenden have been making shadow puppets at part of their learning around Light and Shadow. They have been focusing on the Shang Dynasty and made puppets with moving parts in DT. Well done Missenden. These are great!

Melrose have also been learning all about light and shadow.  They have made puppets with moving parts and had fun projecting them up onto the interactive whiteboard. 

As part of their topic on light and shadow, Marham have made working lighthouses as part of their home learning. They have worked so hard on this science-based topic! Well done children.  

Years 5 and 6 have been focusing on Peter Thorpe, who is well known for his striking paintings of rockets. They have used pastels and paints to create a collage effect. 

This is amazing artwork- well done children!

Sadly, I have had numerous complaints in the last couple of weeks about parking at drop off and collection times and it is becoming unsafe for pupils around the school grounds. 

 It is important that you do not park:

• Over people's driveways
• Over a drop curb - onto someone's property
• On corners- obstructing the view
• Up the pavement- obstructing the pathway
• In the middle of the road- so your child can get out and run to the gate
• In the middle of the junction.
• In the parking allocated for Daisychain and Buttons families. 

As I stand at the gate every morning, I have seen all sorts of dangerous driving and terribly unsafe and inconsiderate parking. When residents call me to complain, I have to agree with them! 

There is a 15-minute window where you can drop your child into school and there are three entrances. This is ample. Please try to be more thoughtful and if you have any issues please raise them with myself- jfellowes@abbeysprmary.org