Parkside Primary School

23/09/2026

Everyone on the Year 5 residential has settled in and already doing some activities and having a great time.

23/09/2026

22/09/2026

In Science and French, the children have been learning about the different features of the face. They used mirrors to carefully observe their own faces, looking closely at the different parts and details. They then created self-portraits and labelled each feature of their face.

21/09/2026

Today, the Vase class began writing and putting together their study about their class artist, Catherine Vase.

Last week, the children carried out lots of research into Catherine’s life, her artwork, her artistic style and any other interesting information they could discover about her. They worked hard to gather a wide range of facts and details.

Now that they have collected all their research, the children are bringing it together to create an interesting and informative fact file about Catherine Vase. Their aim is to make sure that anyone who reads their work can learn all about her life and art in one place.

We are looking forward to seeing all their fantastic research come together!

18/09/2026

Year 3 have started learning this year’s musical instrument — the recorder!

Today, Laurent Class began their recorder journey with the fun little song ‘Bouncing with B’. Mr Baxter is teaching the children all about keeping in time, playing together and following the beat.

The children are already enjoying the challenge and are excited to develop their musical skills as the year progresses.

We will keep you informed of the children’s progress and look forward to sharing their musical journey with you!

17/09/2026

English in Milhazes Class! ✏️

Milhazes Class have been learning all about nouns in English. The children worked together in groups to identify and categorise nouns into three different categories: Person, Place and Object.

Once they had successfully sorted their nouns, the children put their learning into practice by writing sentences that included the nouns they had identified.

It was fantastic to see the children working collaboratively, sharing their ideas and developing their English skills. 🌟

Well done, Milhazes Class! 👏

17/09/2026

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16/09/2026

Today Parkside took part in National Fitness Day. Each class took part in a different fitness activity encouraging the children to try new sports and get even more active.

15/09/2026

Sims Class’s reading book this term is Roz the Robot. Today in English, the children have been writing their own sentences using appropriate reporting clauses and punctuation.

Their writing is based on everything they have learned about the story so far, allowing them to use their understanding of the characters and events to create their own ideas. The children have been really focused on making sure their writing is interesting and engaging for the reader.

It has been wonderful to see them putting so much thought and care into their writing!

14/09/2026

Harrison Class are learning all about classification in Science, understanding what classification is, why we use it, and how it helps us to organise and identify living organisms.

In today’s lesson, the children explored how to classify living organisms using a branching database. They used their observation skills to identify similarities and differences between organisms and followed a series of questions to sort them into groups.

The children really enjoyed investigating how different living things can be classified and developing their scientific reasoning skills! 🔬🌱🐞