Last week, we competed against other DCAT schools in the Times Tables Rock Stars Challenge 'Battle of the Brains'. As well as ending up in a respectable position on the leaderboard, we have also got better and better at our times tables recall. We have also made a huge amount of progress in our writing, where we have been using various devices inspired by E Nesbit's 5 Children and It to create characters of imaginary creatures.

We got technical in Science, where we used a digital thermometer to measure the melting points of different solids, including butter, chocolate and ice-cream. Now we know why fridges and freezers are so important! This term we are being particularly active with three PE sessions a week. As well as our regular lesson, where I am teaching football skills, we are lucky enough to have a specialised rugby coach to visit is on Fridays.

Our regular sports coach, Mr Poplett is also inspiring us to get active with our Chance to Shine cricket opportunity. I have been so impressed with the effort the children are putting into these sessions and can see that they're having lost of fun doing so. 

So, a great start to 2025 - let's see what else it will bring!