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Last Friday, The Berkeley’s Comic Relief Comedy Show was a wonderful and memorable charity event. We raised an incredible £411.50 for @comicrelief . It was great to see so many children speaking with confidence when sharing their best jokes. Choir were also as fantastic as ever.

Years 3 and 5 enjoyed a visit from a published author #RebeccaKing this week. The children enjoyed the visit and felt very lucky to have met a published author in their school! #EmberShadowsandtheFatesofMountNever #EmberShadowsandtheLostDesertofTime

This week Year 6 really enjoyed working with Will on #TheArtofBrilliance. We considered why we were already so brilliant and at how we could become our 'best selves'. We shared what makes us happy and took the time to make new connections.

If your child has been unsettled by recent events in Israel, our #WakeUpWednesday guide has some insightful tips for helping young ones deal with worrying news content they may have seen online. Download >> bit.ly/46sAMAy

Thanks so much for all of your kind donations going to the charity #ChanceChangingLives . The children thoroughly enjoyed our Harvest Assembly with Revd Mike and Rachel from @maryandluke where we learnt all about the meaning of Harvest. 🥦🥕🌽🍅🥬

On Tuesday Mrs Jaffer shared her knowledge about Diwali with Year 3. The children enjoyed asking lots of questions! #Hinduism #Diwali

This week, Year 4 took part in the Level 1 Bikeability training. This offered them the chance to develop their skills and confidence to cycle safely. @BikeabilityUK #bikeability #year4

In this morning’s KS2 assembly, the children placed the planets in order of distance from the sun. They were taught a mnemonic and it was wonderful to hear a Year 6 pupil share a different one that she was taught last year!

In their Science lesson today, Class 7 set up an experiment to find out which soil/compost is best for germinating cress seeds. #primaryscience #year3 #rocksandsoils

& thank you to FoBs, the Year 6 Young Leaders, the Year 6 Executive Committee and our School Councillors for organising the fundraising event.

Thank you to everyone who came to our Macmillan Coffee Morning/Afternoon. We had a great time raising money for an amazing charity. 🍰☕️💚

Today, Class 7 used toilet roll for their History lesson about the Stone Age!! They thought about how many years each sheet could represent. It really helped them to understand how long this period and the Bronze Age and Iron Age lasted.

💚🍰🧁☕️💚 We will be holding a Macmillan Coffee Morning/Afternoon on Friday 29th September. A letter has been sent out with all the details. Thank you for your continued support and we look forward to seeing you on the day. #MacmillanCoffeeMorning

Year 6 have been finding out more about the heart works by creating a human circulatory system.

97 million messages. Every. Single. Minute. 🤯📱 Our updated #WakeUpWednesday parents’ guide to WhatsApp examines the latest features on the world’s most-used messaging app – and what #OnlineSafety issues they might raise for children 👀 Download >> bit.ly/3t0WKLY

On Wednesday, Class 7 enjoyed their first cricket lesson of this half term. They learned about the importance of catching a ball with their hands in a bowl shape whilst always keeping their eyes on the ball. They also learned how to hold a bat. 🏏 #cricket #Year3 #primarysports

Class 8 also enjoyed their cricket lesson with Harry from @cheshcricanon 🏏👏

On Friday, the children in Year 3 and Year 5 enjoyed meeting and spending time with their reading buddies. We can't wait to share our favourite books with one another! 📚📖 #readingforpleasure

Class 3 have had our first lesson in the computer suite. We have learnt how to log in and use the mouse to move objects around the screen. We used the website studio.code.org/s/course1/less… if anyone wants to try it at home.