This week, Year One designed their very own Super Veggie Superheroes! From lightning-fast carrots to broccoli defenders of the planet, the imagination on display was truly inspiring.
Each child created a unique veggie-themed superhero and after completing their masterpieces, the children took part in a gallery walk, proudly showcasing their artwork and admiring their classmates’ creations.
As part of our expedition, we welcomed our second hero – and we couldn’t think of anyone who embodies our core values more than Ben Parkinson.
Before his visit, the children spent time researching Ben’s life and his incredible achievements. This meant they came ready with knowledge, curiosity, and thoughtful questions. When Ben arrived, alongside his equally inspiring mum and dad, he shared photographs and special objects that held deep meaning to him. Listening to his story gave our children the opportunity to show real compassion and respect as they heard about his journey.
The children asked some fantastic questions, which Ben answered with honesty and humour, leaving everyone inspired. To recognise the way Ben embodies all of our school’s character traits, we were proud to present him with one of our Community Champion Awards.
The timing of Ben’s visit was even more special because, during our first week back, we had been selecting crew names inspired by people who show strong character. One of the crews had chosen Ben Parkinson as their role model, so they were absolutely thrilled to meet him in person and have their crew photograph taken with him.
It was a truly memorable and inspiring visit, and we are so grateful to Ben and his family for sharing their time and story with us.
Class 3 had a fantastic Stay and Play session this morning, where children and parents teamed up to create their own superheroes! In just half an hour they designed unique heroes with special powers and made colourful superhero masks to match.
It was a short but super-powered session, full of creativity and teamwork. Thank you to all the families who joined us, we loved seeing your amazing ideas!
Today was no ordinary school day in Class Three – it was Superhero Training Day, and what an incredible day it was!
From the moment the children arrived, it was clear we were in for lots of fun. Dressed in their superhero finest, the class looked fabulous!
Our heroes faced a series of exciting and challenging missions designed to test their courage, creativity, and strength:
They put their brains to the test, solving tricky superhero-themed riddles and Paw Patrol codebreakers.
Next, they used their artistic superpowers to design their very own superhero badges and had so much fun joining in with our superhero song and dance.
Disaster struck when our class superhero, Walt, got stuck in a tree! But fear not – Class Three leapt into action with teamwork, problem-solving, and a whole lot of determination to bring him back to safety. Mission accomplished!
Physical Training – Finally, they completed their superhero training with some energetic physical challenges. Whether it was agility, strength, or speed – our heroes showed they had what it takes!
After all their hard work and heroic effort, each member of Class Three was proudly awarded their official Superhero Training Certificate. They truly earned their titles today!
Well done, Superheroes – you made us all proud.Â
Today we were lucky enough to welcome our very first expert visitor of the expedition – the brilliant author and illustrator Phil Sheppard!
Phil shared some of his fantastic stories with us, and we especially loved The Worm Book. There were plenty of laughs and lots of fun as he brought the story to life while reading aloud.
Afterwards, we took part in a draw along where we learned how to create our very own superheroes. The children did an amazing job and showed off some fantastic creativity!
To make the day even more special, we had the opportunity to buy our very own signed book by Phil – a real treasure to keep.
We all agreed that Phil truly deserved one of our special Community Hero awards for his craftsmanship and the quality of his work. What an inspiring start to our expedition!
Class Three have enjoyed some lovely stories whilst exploring our crew question ‘How does what I do impact others?’
Working together as a team was so much fun in the sunshine, we worked hard to solve problems by sharing ideas and listening to each other.
We thought about our own families at home and how we are a big family in our crew and class at school. We worked together to create our crew norms and thought about what makes a happy classroom.
Finally we thought about how we could make kindness our own superpower and spread happiness amongst our friends. Year One decorated biscuits and gifted them to the children in Reception to welcome them into school.
In Class Three we have been studying and taking inspiration from the American artist Deborah Shapiro. She uses newspapers and magazines to create wildlife collage artwork. It was so much fun spotting the hidden words and images within the artwork during our gallery walk in the classroom.
We worked together to create our class collage.
We are incredibly proud of our beautiful work!
Crew Goodyer enjoyed taking part in some fun crew sessions outdoors this week led by Mrs Jackson. We began by using our senses to explore and describe objects found out in our school grounds.
We then took part in the matchbox challenge to see which team could fit the most objects into a matchbox. Frankie and Eliza were excited to be named champions!
Wearing red, white and blue the children in Year One joined in with today’s VE Day celebrations. After learning about and discussing the importance of VE Day we enjoyed fish and chips for lunch and created some fabulous WW2 spitfires.
We spent time celebrating World Maths Day in our key stage one community meeting this morning. We thought about when we use maths outside of school, why it is important and we even talked about some famous mathematicians!
We finished our community meeting with some maths puzzles. I was very impressed how people were grappling to solve the problems!
Super work Key Stage One
Mrs Parsons xx
