We all had great fun celebrating World Book Day today. There was some fantastic costumes and Where's Wally was everywhere!

Great fun was experienced in KS1 at the recent Reindeer Run in KS1. They raised an incredible amount of money!

 Spruces really enjoyed sharing their books and reading with Elders on Friday. We hope to make it a weekly event!

Oaks visited Colchester Castle this week with the rest of Year 4. They had a fanstastic day exploring The Iron Age, The Roman Takeover and The Roman Heyday. The children went into the Roman vault under the castle and they were shown the Roman temple that was originally built before Bouddica and The Celts burnt it down. They were then shown how the castle was built and what would happen if the Celts refused to do their job. We also had a go at building a Roman villa or an Iron Age roundhouse so we could compare the differences. Finally the children walked around the museum to collect information in their packs.  

Year five have been using chemistry to learn about chemical irreversible changes in science. We learnt that you can make Casein plastic from white vinegar and warm milk and this practise was started in the 1900's! We also found out that chemical changes cannot be reversed but they can be a bit smelly!

We had our harvest assemblies today in KS1 & KS2. There was lots of great singing and a wonderful amount of food collected for the food bank.

KS2 hall with the learning champions from Spruces.         KS1 hall at the end of school