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Pre-Prep
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01 Play park Year 1
02, 04 Fleet Air Arm Museum
03 Planting fun We began our journey with a topic all about our our own creative work, and we welcomed parents
05 We The Curious trip amazing brains. We explored the five senses and into class to help build moving merry-go-rounds
discovered how to keep our brains healthy. A — always a highlight! A trip to We The Curious
highlight was visiting Millfield Senior School for a brought forces to life with an interactive workshop
Brain Morning, where the children loved guessing and a visit to the planetarium.
jelly baby flavours, completing puzzles, and even
seeing a real sheep’s brain! To celebrate Chinese New Year, we joined with
Year Two for a wonderful morning of cooking,
Each week, we headed to Forest School, enjoying crafting, and singing — it’s always special to come
activities like pewter casting and picking together as a key stage.
blackberries and apples — which we then used to
make delicious crumbles! Our next topic, From Our final topic focused on Living Things. A visit to
A to B, took us on a transport-themed adventure Ms Denbee’s farm had us spotting signs of foxes,
around the world. We wrote non-chronological badgers, and rabbits. The children loved meeting
reports about our favourite machines and were the lambs and stroking the cows.
thrilled to explore a real Navy helicopter during our
trip to the Fleet Air Arm Museum. We ended the year with our brilliant production of
Pirates vs Mermaids. The children shone on stage,
Our Christmas Nativity was based on ‘Twas the singing and acting with confidence and joy — a
Night Before Christmas’, featuring festive songs fantastic end to a busy and exciting year!
from ‘Hail Out the Holly’ to ‘Rudolph the Red-
Nosed Reindeer’. We made Christingles in RE and
learnt the Christmas story — and to everyone’s
excitement, Father Christmas arrived in
a helicopter!

We were also fortunate to visit the Bristol
Synagogue when we studied Judaism, and
Wedmore Church as we explored why Easter is
such an important time for Christians.

In the spring term, we investigated Pushes and
Pulls. We kick-started the topic with a visit to the
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park to find real-life examples of forces. A visit to 03
Millfield Senior School’s art exhibition inspired

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