Classroom Corner

As we start 2020 we are pleased to announce that we have established the Shiplake Primary Expedition Society in partnership with The Children’s Challenge (www.thechildrenschallenge.com). The Expedition Society builds character, confidence and resilience amongst the children and fosters a sense of mutual respect. The Expedition Society is also designed to 
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  Year 5 were competing against 9 schools from Henley, Peppard, Sonning Common and Kidmore End. They took part in an array of track and field events and demonstrated their agility and detemination by coming 4th overall. They gave it their all, supported each other and had a lot of 
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As part of Year 5’s Science Topic on ‘Forces’ we carried out an investigation into buoyancy and upthrust. The class had two challenges. The first was to make a boat from Plasticine that would float on the water. This took lots of testing and re-designing of initial ideas and as 
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Year 3  have been working really hard on their information text writing all about an animal of their choice. They went off and researched all about their animal during ICT and at home. All of the children remembered headings, sub headings, conjunctions, expanded noun phrases, paragraphs, pictures, correct use of 
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