Sonning Common Primary School

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A fantastic end to the term!

Dear Parents, Happy Half Term! We feel so lucky to have had such a sunny day at Bucklebury Farm Park! The children represented the school so excellently, and we took some lovely photos of thier day. We have shared these photos on evidence me if you would like to take a look. We wondered whether […]

School trip information

Dear parents, We are really excited to go on our school trip tomorrow. Just a few reminders: We are leaving school at 8:45, please ensure your children are here by 8:30am It is going to be very hot. Please make sure your child comes to school with a water bottle, sun hat, and wearing sun […]

Term 5, Week 4

Dear parents, Despite it only being a 4 day week, we have packed a lot in! We have spent a lot of time this week learning about Sir David Attenborough! We have found out some fascinating facts all about him, and on Friday we had an extra special tea party to celebrate him turning 100! […]

Term 5, Week 3

Dear Parents, What a dino-tastic week we have had! The children have loved learning all about dinosaurs; naming them, playing dino games on the computers, talking about them during our Oracy sessions, and pretending to be dinosaurs too! They really have thrown themselves in this week. We started the week reading ‘Worrysaurus’ and talking about […]

Term 5, Week 2

Dear Parents, We have had another bug-tastic week this week! The children have written some wonderful sentences about the different bugs they have found, and done some great artwork too! This week in Tales Toolkit the children were challenged to write captions for the pictures that they drew. This week we took inspiration from our […]

Term 5, Week 1

Dear Parents, It has been lovely to welcome the children back into the classroom this week with their smiles and Easter stories. We have had a fantastic week learning all about minibeasts. The children have loved exploring what different creepy crawlies they could find in the garden, and we had a trip to the allotment […]

Term 4, Week 4

Dear Parents, This week we have been very busy! We had a wonderful trip to the Earth Trust on Monday, where we were fortunate enough to see some calves which were only days old! The children enjoyed several activities, including nature treasure hunts, pretending to milk a cow, and creating some nature art. This inspired […]

Term 4, week 3

Dear Parents, We hope you have all had a wonderful week! We have had a fun-filled science week – from awesome explosions, to tasty chocolate melting, we have enjoyed it all. This week, the children were challenged to think of questions to answer using science. Our big question of the week was: ‘Does heat effect…?’ […]

Mother’s Day Portraits

Dear Parents, In Kites this week, the children have drawn portraits of their mums for Mother’s Day. After school tomorrow and Friday these pictures will be displayed on the playground…but they are missing the children’s names. Can you work out who’s who? Can you spot yourself? We hope you enjoy seeing what the children have […]

Term 4, Week 2

Dear Parents, What a lovely week it has been! We have thoroughly enjoyed seeing more of the sunshine. The children have loved running around outside without their coats on – it really feels like spring is here! We have been really busy this week – on Monday we learnt all about different vegetables we enjoy […]