Portway Primary School

🌱🐣🤟 A busy week of learning in Year 1! 🤟🐣🌱

In PSHE and Science, Year 1 explored lifecycles and development, learning how living things grow and change over time. The children sequenced lifecycles, identified key physical and developmental changes, and shared their ideas with their classmates, showing great curiosity and enthusiasm throughout.

The children also had a fantastic time celebrating British Sign Language Day. They learnt how to sign familiar words and songs, including Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, while developing their understanding of different ways people communicate. As part of the celebrations, they took part in a range of activities, including learning signs, matching and colouring flags from different countries, and discussing how languages connect people around the world.

It was wonderful to see the children's confidence, curiosity and appreciation for diversity grow through these engaging learning experiences. 💙🌍✨

This week, we enjoyed the story Jack and the Beanstalk. The children listened carefully to the tale and had lots of fun acting it out using character puppets, bringing the story to life through imaginative play.

In Humanities, Year 4 pupils explored what life was like for city workers during the Industrial Revolution. Using a range of historical images, they examined evidence, discussed what the pictures revealed about working and living conditions, and compared life in the past with life today.

The children considered both the positive and negative impacts of the Industrial Revolution, helping them to develop a deeper understanding of how this period transformed people's lives and shaped the world around us

Year 4 became wildlife explorers during an exciting gardening workshop!

The children discovered fascinating facts about animals, insects and the habitats they call home. Armed with their new knowledge, they headed into the school gardens for a mini beast hunt, carefully collecting creatures to observe up close.

They then sketched and wrote detailed observations about their discoveries before responsibly returning each creature safely to its natural habitat. It was a fantastic hands on learning experience that brought nature to life! 🌱🔍

Thank you for another brilliant session! 💚

🏴‍☠️ Kimia, Yasmina and Kelson enjoyed a creative pirate adventure using a large cardboard box and two cardboard tubes!

Working together, they transformed the box into a pirate ship and used the tubes as telescopes as they sailed through their imaginative world. Along the way, they shared ideas, created stories and built on each other's play, demonstrating fantastic creativity, curiosity and teamwork.

This fun activity helped develop their communication skills, cooperative play and ability to use everyday materials in imaginative ways.

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⚽🏆 Portway’s 3rd Annual Soccer Aid Event! 🏆⚽

Today, all of our pupils took part in a fantastic day of football themed activities, celebrating the sport while promoting health, wellbeing and teamwork.

From watching the staff football match to training with coaches from the West Ham United Foundation, pupils enjoyed developing their football skills and knowledge throughout the day.

A brilliant event and a memorable experience for everyone involved!

The 2026 Men’s Football World Cup has arrived and our catering
team is getting in on the action! ⚽🏆

Throughout the tournament they will be using the excitement of
football to encourage pupils to think about how eating well
supports an active, healthy lifestyle. Come and dine with us and
pick up a sticker along the way! ️😊

Welcome back from Half Term!

At the end of last term, Reception explored their understanding of our recent trip to Tesco by sequencing photographs from the journey in the correct order.

This activity supported the development of communication, memory recall and early geographical awareness as the children reflected on familiar routes within our local community.

Year 3 enjoyed an exciting trip to London Zoo as part of their learning about animals and habitats.

During the visit, pupils explored a range of environments and observed how different animals live within their habitats. They also deepened their understanding of animal classification, bringing their classroom learning to life through a memorable hands on experience.