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Designing our Playground Markings

30th January 2026Joshua Meade

The children showed craftsmanship and quality to design their own bespoke playground markings. We thought hard about how they would be fun, colourful and get us all moving! #LovePlover

Save the date – Valentine’s Disco 12.2.26

30th January 2026Stuart Longley

Sharing our Stories: 30/01/2026

30th January 2026Geoff Hewitt

Beautiful work this week

Here’s a selection of beautiful work from across the XP Trust!

To read about other stories from across the XP Trust, visit xptrust.org.

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Our bake sale tomorrow

29th January 2026Miss Blackham

We are in need of donations for our bake sale tomorrow. We would be so grateful if anyone would be willing to bake or purchase items from the shop to donate. All money will go towards leavers goodies and making our Year 6 prom the best one yet!

Thank you for your continued support!

-Miss Blackham

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Handa’s Journey

29th January 2026Joshua Meade

This week we are learning about Handa’s Surprise. Handa went on a journey in Africa to deliver some fruit to her friend… but what did the sneaky animals do? #LovePlover

Fruit Tasting and Painting

29th January 2026Joshua Meade

We tasted lots of exotic fruit from Handa’s Surprise. Then we described what the fruits were like. After the children did some observational paintings of the fruit. #LovePlover

Thank you to the Wellness centre for the generous donations of wellies!

29th January 2026Miss Blackham

We are so grateful for to the generous donations of wellies which our Shine, Shimmer and nursery children are truly grateful for.

Thank you so much!

-Miss Blackham

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Our art competition entries so far!

29th January 2026Miss Blackham

Wow! How beautiful are the entires for the art competition! You still have tomorrow to enter. There will be a prize for everybody who enters and the overall winner will have their design on all of the seed packets- hoe exciting!

-Miss Blackham

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We are performers

29th January 2026Amy Woods

This week we have been using different percussion instruments to perform our improvised version of the wheels on the bus.

Mrs Williams

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Year 5 Explore Tudor Crimes and Punishments

28th January 2026Mrs Lewis

Year 5 had an exciting history lesson exploring crimes and punishments in Tudor times. Working collaboratively, the children investigated different suspects and used clues to infer what crimes they may have committed and what punishments they would have faced, such as the stocks, pillory, or scold’s bridle.

The lesson sparked great discussion as the children shared ideas, justified their thinking, and worked together to reach decisions. We finished by comparing Tudor punishments with those used today, noticing how modern systems focus more on fairness and rehabilitation rather than public humiliation.

It was a great lesson that brought history to life and encouraged thoughtful discussion about how society has changed over time.

Great collaboration Year 5!