Blog Author: Nicola Lawson

Our Science unit (Uses of everyday materials) saw us turn into budding engineers this week. After investigating different materials and their properties, we were set a challenge- to build a bridge.  Each group was given one type of material (wood, paper or foil), some scissors, some tape and a ten…

Congratulations to our Week 2 ‘Let Your Light Shine’ winners, Thomas and Amelia!

Well done Thomas for representing St Stephen’s so brilliantly in tag rugby! You have shown what a gifted sportsman you are through your skill, determination and enthusiasm on the pitch. We are especially proud of…

Here we are in week 2 and the term has started so positively. Moving into a new classroom, with a new teacher and a new routine can be daunting. Thankfully, these wonderfully resilient and motivated children have made the transition into Bulmerland exceptionally well and we’re off to a most…

We have had a very successful week in reception. All children are continuing to work hard and enjoying school life! We are focussing on being kind to one another and the children are trying their very best with their friends to show their kindness. This week we participated in our very first Get…

This week, Year 6 enjoyed a fantastic visit to our local library, where we took part in a special activity to celebrate Roald Dahl's birthday. As part of the celebration, the children completed a Roald Dahl-themed treasure hunt around the library. Hidden throughout the building were images from…

Now that the class are starting to find their feet a little, it’s been lovely to see more of their personalities come through in work and in play. The class have so many natural talents and watching these emerge across the curriculum has been my highlight of the week. We continued with our focus…

This week in Geography, we have been learning all about directions and compass points. The children discovered the four main compass points: North, East, South and West. We had lots of fun becoming little explorers and using real compasses to find North and work out which direction we needed to…