Newton on Trent C of E Primary School

10/09/2026

This week, Ted, the Oak Class bear, had a birthday! The children baked him a cake and decorated the classroom, as well as making some cards to give to each other for their own birthdays over the next year. They then sang Happy Birthday to Ted, before finally sitting down to try the cake - it was delicious! 🥳

06/09/2026

Over the summer, the Oak classroom provision was refreshed, to ensure we continue to provide a rich, high quality learning environment that meets the needs of our ever-changing cohort of children and gives them every opportunity to flourish. Over the first two days back, it has been a delight to see the children start to explore and enjoy the new provision with such confidence and curiosity. What a fantastic start to the new school year!

21/07/2026

Holly Class have thoroughly enjoyed their DT unit of learning! As part of their project, the children baked their own bread and enjoyed it as part of a delicious picnic alongside fresh salad, strawberries and ice cream.

Throughout the unit, they have developed their cooking skills while learning more about locally produced food and farming. It has been wonderful to see their enthusiasm and pride in creating and sharing their picnic together!

17/07/2026

14/07/2026

Ash class have enjoyed experimenting with melting and evaporation this morning.

09/07/2026

Loving the rides but finding shade where we can too!

09/07/2026

We have arrived and the first rollercoaster is complete x

08/07/2026

Oak Class have been busy gardening this term, and lots of seeds have been planted and put into our new greenhouse. Unfortunately, last week, the children discovered what happens when you don't keep watering your plants - especially during a heatwave! Although the plants the children have transferred to our beds have started to produce beautiful tomatoes and flowers, the seedlings in the greenhouse looked very sad indeed.

That setback was no problem for this tenacious bunch, though, and they set to work using all of their new gardening skills to compost the old seedlings, sift the compost, prepare new pots and sort their remaining seeds into categories. Once the new seeds had been planted, they were carefully placed back into the shed and some, I am pleased to confirm, have already started to sprout thanks to a regime of diligent watering over the last few days!

We have also enjoyed the sunshine over the past week, and had lots of fun keeping cool in the mud patch, following our own homemade maps and setting up camp in the garden.

06/07/2026

Holly class have spent the last few maths lessons using interlocking cubes to explore volume. They have developed their understanding of making and measuring the volume of cuboids by comparing the number of cubes each contains and identifying which has the greater volume. Today, they were asked to estimate the volume of various objects found around the classroom to further develop their understanding of volume.

03/07/2026

Birch Class enjoyed a fantastic trip to Skegness this week! We visited the aquarium, enjoyed some delicious fish and chips and had great fun paddling in the sea.