Animation in KS1

Today, our amazing Seahorses Class embarked on their creative journey with the ‘Rocket to the Moon’ stop frame animation topic! 🎨✨ The room was buzzing with excitement as they experimented with their ideas, crafted their scenes, and let their imaginations soar. We can’t wait to see these budding filmmakers bring their stories to life! 🌙👩🚀👨🚀 […]
🌼 Flower Power in Seahorse Class! 🌟

Last week, we had the incredible opportunity to welcome Miss Powell from Ivy and Rose Florist to our school! 🌷 Miss Powell enchanted the children in Seahorse Class with her knowledge about the different parts of a flower and how they grow. The excitement in the room was palpable as she guided our little ones […]
World Book Day 2025 Potato Parade

There was lots of fun to be had at our World Book Day 2025 event this year. All the staff dressed up as their favourite book characters, whilst the pupils could choose between their own comfortable clothing or fancy dress costume. All the children took on the challenge to transform a potato into a book […]
Pizza Making Trip

This week Years 1-6 pupils went on a trip to Pizza Express. The children shaped the dough, added toppings and then baked their pizzas. The children learnt about how the dough was made, how long it takes to cook as well as a balanced diet.
RSPB Big Bird Watch

Seahorse Class have been busy taking part in this year’s RSPB Big Bird Watch. The children enjoyed learning the names of British garden birds and using their maths skills to record how many birds the spotted. Year 1s used tens frames and Year 2 were introduced to tally charts.
Know Yourself, Grow Yourself

This week the children have been celebrating Children’s Mental Health Week. The theme this year is ‘Know Yourself, Grow Yourself.’ We have been talking about our mental health and the different emotions we experience. We talked about things we can do and who we can speak to if we do not feel ourselves and considered […]
Reading Buddies

The children in both KS1 and KS2 have enjoyed sharing books together. This is a wonderful opportunity for the children as they experience reading for pleasure and get to show other children their super reading skills. The KS2 children are always eager to support KS1 with their decoding which promotes our school values.
Christmas Production

Festive Bake-off – Nativity What a wonderful performance by the children of St Weonards Academy this week at their Christmas production – ‘A Festive Bake-Off!’ Well done to all the staff and pupils for all their hard work, which culminated with a thoroughly enjoyable and adorable version of the nativity story.
Raglan Trip

Starfish, Seahorses and Octopus Class all enjoyed a visit to Raglan Farm Park where we met lots of different animals, burnt our energy off in all their different play zones and were even lucky enough to meet Father Christmas. https://www.raglanfarmpark.com
Christmas Trip

On Wednesday 4th December Starfish, Octopus and Seahorse classes went to visit Raglan Farm Park. The children learnt about the animals living on the farm as well as enjoying the play facilities on offer. To end our day the children visited Santa in his grotto and received a gift. The children had a lovely day!