Christmas Choir at the Hospice
As we do every year, the Christmas choir walked to the Hospice and brought some Christmas spirit into their hearts by singing some traditional carols and some festive songs. The […]
Category Archives: Social Innovation
Y3 Nemesis: Designing our bird houses
This afternoon Y3 are working very hard to design their bird houses for our local park. We linked this to numeracy – using the grid method to calculate the area […]
Y3 NEMESIS: Writing to the manager
Y3 have published their letters to persuade the manager of Clifton Park to let us put up some bird houses. We really want to solve the issue of helping animals […]
Nemesis project in Y3J
This morning we looked at some of the issues happening right now with deforestation. We discussed the positives and the negatives. We also recognised that animals in our local area […]
Ava and Lily’s Praise Pod
Today we had two very excited girl’s come to visit us, they were extremely proud to find out they had been nominated by there class teachers. For showcasing year 4’s […]
Year 6 Nemesis tour guides
Today we have had a fabulous group of year 6’s come and visit us. They were extremely happy and excited as it was there last chance to visit the Praise […]
Social Innovation Club
Over the last two weeks we have been working together to complete an application to the council about how to make our community around school safer. The children discussed the […]
Willow Tree school council
All four school councils met on Hangouts today to discuss what the end of year house treat should be. There was much discussion and debating during the meeting and eventually […]
The Dentist visits Y3
Today, the Y3 classes had a very special science visitor from the NHS – a dentist! We found out all about our teeth and the importance of keeping them healthy […]
Y3 REAL project – metal workshop
Today the Y3 children are very busy creating their own metal work to help raise money for the British Heart Foundation. We have been joined by Alex, a local jeweller […]
Nemesis co-creation day 2
Today the y4 children have been continuing their social innovation with Natasha. We have considered where we will take the project next. We thought about voting for an idea which […]
NEMESIS-Co-creation day 1
Today has been a break through moment for the children in Y4 as they have worked alongside 1 local and 1 international ‘change-maker of tomorrow’ . The children have been […]
Y3S calculate their carbon footprint
This afternoon in y3s we have thought carefully about what a carbon footprint is and what we can do to reduce this. We calculated our footprint and discussed how we […]
Help us save our world!
Y3J have been learning about Global Goals today and have been looking at ways we can make Earth a better place to live on. We were shocked to see how […]
Co-design Lab
Today we have began our co-design lab as part of our Nemesis project. We invited members of our local community, our children, teachers, a member of the local church and […]
NEMESIS Co-Creation Lab 1
This morning, we have been so busy introducing our NEMESIS Project to six of our Year 4 pupils. First we thought of a problem, then we discussed a solution and […]
Bakersfield Court
Today the Christmas choir performed a selection of traditional Christmas songs for the residents at Bakersfield Court. The children wore their festive jumpers and filled the room with their Christmas […]
Y6 Real Project – plastic pollution
Y6 are passionate about protecting our oceans from plastic pollution. This week they have been busy persuading the rest of school to recycle plastic. A Real project persuading a real […]
Y3 outdoor innovation
This week. In Y3 we have been thinking carefully about how we can innovate and adapt our outdoor learning space. We started by making our very own Plop using recycled […]
