Blog Author: H Walmsley

The theme for Children's Mental Health Week 2026 is 'This is My Place', and the aim is to support the systems around children and young people to help them feel they belong.

Each child in class 3 shared how they feel they belong. They then designed a card all about them explaining the things…

In Science, we have been learning about insulators and conductors. We investigated materials in a circuit, such as wood, copper, foil and glass. We then created our own switches using materials we knew were conductors. We were really pleased when the bulb lit up. 

We have been learning about electricity. We created our own circuits and understand that in order for electricity to flow, there can't be a break in the circuit. We explored this by creating a human circuit which lit up our energy stick. We were very impressed. 

Class 3 have loved starting their gymnastics lessons today. Lots of floor work was covered. They will transfer their skills to apparatus soon. 

What an incredible afternoon and evening we had at Young Voices. The children were a joy to take on the trip and they sang beautiful. I am very proud of them all! Mrs Walmsley 

We have loved seeing all the children today to start the new year. We have had lots of fun playing in the snow. Huge snowmen were created with joy. Smiles and red noses all around.

We have had a delicious Christmas lunch followed by singing 'The Twelve Days of Christmas!'. We then had party games with lots of music, dancing and some more food in class. What a lovely day! 

We have been investigating magnetic fields in Science. We placed magnets under a piece of paper and then sprinkled some iron filings onto the paper. The filings created patterns when they attracted or repelled. This was lots of fun to see and we know much more about magnetic fields…

We have been learning about the British designer Charles Macintosh and how he waterproofed material. We learnt how to origami fold paper boats and then we worked on waterproofing them. We had a range of materials like sticky tape, wax crayons and plastic wallets to choose from. Once we had…

We have learnt about John McAdam in Science. He was a Scottish engineer who modernised the way we build our roads. We investigated lots of different surfaces using toy cars and Newton Meters. We reflected on what properties made a successful road.

We have learnt about British designer W B Wilkinson who in 1853 came up with the idea of setting steel bands within concrete to make it much stronger. We looked at all the amazing concrete buildings that are around the world. We particularly liked the tallest bridge in the world which is found in…

We have been investigating which objects are magnetic in Science. We made predictions and then tested the objects using magnets. We now know that magnetic materials are iron, nickel, cobalt and steel. Non-magnetic materials are aluminium, copper, gold and silver. We loved investigating so much…