Thank you to all who came along to support a very sunny Sports Day. It was a real scorcher so thank you for being understanding about us cutting things short. Ash, Chestnut and Elm classes took part in various activities which included ladder run, beanbag in hoops and stepping stone. The children were all collecting
Read More...Posted in June 2017
Another busy week planned for the pupils of Cherrywood this week! Year 1 pupils will be taking their phonics screening test this week. It will be completed with Mrs Lewis on a one-to-one basis. Find out more information about the test here. Year 6 writing will also be externally moderated. Schools and local authorities (LAs)
Read More...Posted in June 2017
Year 2 are finishing off the final papers for their SATs this week. Tuesday: Some year 5 and 6 pupils are attending a more able maths event at Towerhill. Wednesday: Year 3 trip to Fishbourne Thursday: Year 4 Class assembly at 2.30pm. Year 5/6 Tri Golf Festival at Samuel Cody after school Training going on
Read More...Posted in May 2017
Pupils in year 2 are completing their maths SATs papers this week. Find out more information about year 2 SATs on the Elm class page. We are interviewing teachers to cover maternity leave. Tuesday: The school’s School Improvement Manager and Leading Learning Partner are observing teaching and scrutinising progress and attainment across the school with
Read More...Posted in May 2017
What a whirlwind start to the summer term! Miss Culverhouse has already completed the last three maths parent workshops with year 3, 4 and 5! Thank you to all that attended. You would have been provided with a copy of your child’s maths curriculum and the school’s current calculation policy. These can also be found
Read More...Posted in May 2017
Tuesday: Year 3 Maths Parent Workshop at 2.30pm Thursday: Class Photos Friday: Year 4 Parent Maths Workshop at 2.30pm Class teachers and LSAs are completing training including; county maths advisor to support teachers in planning sequences of maths lessons, video enhanced reflective practice and subjects leaders will monitor and give feedback on their lead areas.
Read More...Posted in April 2017
This week Monday: Year 2 Maths Workshop Tuesday: Year 1 Maths Workshop Wednesday: Year 4 Ukelele Concert @ 9.20am; Year 4 Exhibition @ 10am; Year R Maths Workshop Friday: Year 6 Maths Workshop. Also, teachers are attending training for PE & Writing Moderation.
Read More...Posted in April 2017
Pupils shared an eye opening, awe inspiring experience with their parents on Wednesday afternoon. Ash Class (R) Ria: We put milk and colouring on a plate and put fairy liquid in on a cotton bud. The colour spread! Chestnut Class (1) Eli: We had to put an egg in a bag and try to wrap
Read More...Posted in March 2017
On Wednesday March 22nd Cherrywood School celebrated Sing Up Day, a special day set aside to celebrate the power of music through singing. Groups from across the world, from Primary Schools to Secondary Schools, community choirs to families, came together to sing the Sing Up Anthem ‘Let Love Shine Through’ a song celebrating individuality, uniqueness
Read More...Posted in March 2017
In the next few weeks all classes will have joint pupil-parent maths session run by their class teacher and Miss Culverhouse (Maths Leader at Cherrywood). You will soon receive an invitation from your child with all of the details. We urge you to come along, find out what your child needs to learn this year
Read More...Posted in March 2017
On Wednesday we did a science experiment to see what would happen to raisins if we put them into coke. We first thought about what we knew about coke to predict what would happen. When we put the raisins into the coke we found they danced! They went up and down. We thought this might
Read More...Posted in March 2017
On Wednesday 15th March, we welcomed parents and the whole school to watch Year 3 perform their class assembly. Larch Class children wrote about their experience: Today was our class assembly, it went so well. We performed a song, dance and showed our Stone Age art. We have really enjoyed this topic especially the book ‘Stone
Read More...Posted in March 2017
Event Information Blog
Read More...Posted in March 2017
In Larch class, we had a strange parcel delivered to us today. It was an ordinary brown box with fragile written on the front. When Mrs Gillatt opened the box there was a note asking us to look after the egg. We opened the box and took out the hay, Mrs Gillatt looked very surprised.
Read More...Posted in March 2017
Recently, we have significantly extended our reading scheme for older pupils. This will mean your child may have been a ‘free reader’ and will now be given a reading scheme book again. We would like to re-assure you this is to ensure they are sufficiently challenged and are not freely choosing books that do not
Read More...Posted in February 2017
A big thanks to all the parents who attended the year 3 seaside themed reading workshop this afternoon! Here is a link to the presentation: Larch Reading Workshop. This is the website that Mrs Gillatt highly recommended: Love Reading 4 Kids (Free online book available when you register). Check out the ‘holidays reading snaps’ below!
Read More...Posted in February 2017
The year 3 girls are up first in our series of book recommendations… Mariana recommends… Want to buy it? Click here: Amazon link to ‘The kitten nobody wanted’. Nyah also recommends Holly Webb… Want to buy it? Click here: Amazon link to ‘Misty the abandoned kitten’. Other books in the series by Holly Webb:
Read More...Posted in February 2017