Niki Jones

We have been working hard to explore our school vision and make this truly accessible and meaningful to our entire school community. On 13th May we held a vision and values learning day which involved all classes working on a collective project to bring understanding to the vision, especially making concrete links between our motto …

Oak class have been learning about ‘Living things and their habitats’ in their science block. They were very excited to have had a visit from some eggs in an incubator today. The children had a question and answer session with Ruby’s mum. They asked lots of carefully considered questions. We then had a go at …

Oak and Hazel class had a trip to Sir Hillier Gardens this week. They took a journey around the gardens and enjoyed starting their science learning with some observations, games and hands on activities. The children enjoyed pond dipping, meadow sweeping, log rolling and flower gazing. 

We are so lucky at St Katharine’s to have lots of tadpoles along the lane from us. This is a super learning opportunity for our children to learn about the natural world around them, make observations, describe what they see, hear and feel and understand some important processes and changes in the world around us.  …

St Katharine’s held a small schools sports festival this week. children from other local small schools came along to take part. The children took part in a relay, sprints, hurdles, bat and ball, rugby try and skipping. We were very impressed with how the children supported their team and how resilient they were. As an …

Hazel class are incredibly lucky that each week they get to enjoy a morning in the forest as part of our EYFS curriculum. This is a fantastic opportunity for them and one that they all look forward to each week. Using our forest is a fantastic way of developing a variety of skills and there …

The St Katharine’s Eco Council have been very busy planting fruit trees which were donated by ‘From the Ground Up’. Our new fruit trees will be registered to the Queen’s Green Canopy and are part of the incredible Platinum Jubilee Celebrations. Eco Council worked very hard to create our own mini orchard on the school field. 

Oak class travelled back in time this week. They went in a time capsule back to the Victorian times and spent the day, in role, as Victorian school children. The children enjoyed completing activities such as classroom learning, making candles and lavender bags, gardening, washing clothing and carrying out kitchen duties. The day even featured …

We have been thinking about how to develop the spirituality of our learners alongside their sense of awe and wonder at the beautiful planet on which we live. We are extremely lucky to have our own piece of woodland and you can’t fail to notice that at this time of year it is carpeted in …

The hockey tournament that two teams of sycamore children went to, was a blast! We won matches, drew matches and only lost one match . Each team was allocated a pitch; the yellow team was on pitch 3 and the red team were on pitch 2. The yellow team included Nina, Athena, William, Eva H, …

On Thursday February 3rd we were visited by Charlie (Sports Partnership lead in our area) who brought with her a whole class indoor curling set for us to try out. These curling ‘stones’ has little wheels on the bottom which made them perfect for using in our school hall. We had a fun and competition …

On Friday 8th October our Year 4 adventurers had a day at Oxenwood outdoor education centre. The day started at 9:00am and finished at 9:00pm and it was certainly a day packed full of activity. Everyone (including Mrs Pattenden and Mrs Crocker) went home tired but happy! Throughout the day the children experienced a range …