Rode School had a fantastic World Book Day celebration, filled with creativity, imagination, and a love of stories. The day began with an assembly led by the Year 4 librarians, who did a brilliant job of introducing World Book Day and explaining the exciting competition taking...
BFG and Wild Things Classes went on on an exciting trip to the Roman villa at The Newt in Bruton. As we arrived, we were greeted by beautiful gardens that looked just like the ones the Romans might have had. The villa itself was amazing,...
This week Gruffalo and Elmer Class were visited by Sergeant Hales. He talked to us about what police officers do and how they help us. We learnt the number to call in an emergency 999; and that we need to tell them our name and...
This half term BFG have been learning netball skills in PE lessons. For their final week we were lucky enough to have Jilly Clay, from Team Bath, come in and share her expertise. The children split into 4 teams and all played each other in...
Thank you to everyone who supported our first NSPCC Numbers Day today. We focussed our day on the book 'How Many Jelly Beans' by Andrea Monetti. The children (and staff) looked fabulous and spent the day counting, subitising, sorting, rounding, measuring, collecting data and sequencing...
This week, our school was buzzing with creativity as we celebrated Poetry and Writing Week! The children explored a variety of writing styles, performed their own poetry, and embraced the magic of words. We kicked off on Monday with a special visit from Bristol-based poet Danny...
A new football club started this week on Wednesday lunchtime with Mr Phillips. Fully subscribed, it was a resounding success. All of the girls were enthusiastic and supportive. They learned shooting techniques and dodging opponents with fancy footwork. It ended with a short game and...
Last Friday, Year 4 BFG had the pleasure of attending Warminster School who had put on a Sports Morning especially for us. The morning's activities of tennis and cricket had been planned by the Head of P.E, Mr Lyons and the Year 13 P.E. A...
Last Friday morning Gruffalo Class took part in a Super Hero Sports session delivered by I.G Sports. The children had to use lots of different skills; listening, balancing, running at different speeds and negotiating space. They all worked brilliantly in teams encouraging each other and...
Elmer Class enjoyed a ’Starter Sports’ session with IG Sports this week. They played games called ‘Golden Nuggets’ and ‘Pass the Bean Bag’, working hard on their throwing, catching and teamwork skills. They enjoyed playing in coloured reams and overall the blue team won ’Star...