The Meads Primary School

🎨✨ KS1 Art Club – Week 1 ✨🎨

What a fantastic start to KS1 Art Club!

This week, the children explored the art style of Neoplasticism and learned about the famous Dutch artist Piet Mondrian. They discovered how Mondrian used bold black lines and blocks of primary colours to create his distinctive artwork.

Inspired by his style, the children created their own fantastic pieces of art, experimenting with shape, colour and composition. We were so impressed by their creativity, focus and artistic flair!

We can't wait to see what our budding artists create in the coming weeks. 🌟🖌️

🐞🦋 Early Years Minibeast Adventures! 🐛🐜

The Early Years children have been busy learning all about minibeasts!

They enjoyed going on exciting minibeast hunts around our outdoor areas, carefully exploring the creatures they found and learning about their different features. The children showed great curiosity as they observed and discussed a variety of fascinating minibeasts.

To bring their learning to life, the children also used clay to create their own wonderful minibeast models, showing off their creativity and attention to detail. 🎨🐞

What a fantastic way to learn about the natural world through exploration, discovery and hands-on fun!

🍌 Thank You Tesco Calverton Road! 🍌

A big thank you to Tesco Calverton Road for supporting The Meads through Tesco’s Free Fruit & Veg for Schools scheme, helping us provide fresh, healthy snacks for our children.

Here are some of our pupils happily enjoying their bananas! 😊

We really appreciate your generosity and ongoing support in promoting healthy eating across our school community ⭐

🔬🧪 Year 1 Science Fun 🧪🔬

This half term, Year 1 have been busy learning all about materials and their properties through lots of exciting hands-on investigations!

The children had great fun designing and making their own windsocks before testing them outside to see how well they worked — just like real scientists! 🌬️🎏

They have also been exploring which objects float and sink, making predictions before carrying out their investigations and evaluating their findings afterwards. The children showed fantastic curiosity, teamwork and scientific thinking throughout their experiments.

We are so proud of the enthusiasm and creativity Year 1 have shown during their Science learning this half term! ⭐

🐝🍯 Early Years Bee Experience 🍯🐝

Early Years had a very special visit from Rosemary, a beekeeper, who shared lots of fascinating facts all about bees!

The children learned about the important jobs bees do, their lifecycle, the different roles within the hive, and the special protective clothing beekeepers wear. They also explored two different types of beehives and discovered how honey is made.

One of the highlights of the visit was learning and performing the “waggle dance” — the special dance bees use to help locate their hives and communicate with one another! 🐝💃

To finish the session, the children were able to taste some delicious honey, which was a big hit! 🍯✨

A huge thank you to Rosemary for such an engaging and memorable experience that inspired lots of curiosity and excitement in our youngest learners.

🌊🦭 Year 5 Adventures in Norfolk 🏕️⚓

What an incredible residential trip Year 5 had at Aylmerton Field Study Educational School!

From a swashbuckling pirate morning and waterproof den building challenges to spotting grey seals at Blakeney Point, every day was packed with adventure and learning. The children also tackled orienteering at Felbrigg Estate (while avoiding water pistol monsters!), explored coastal erosion and Ice Age rocks at West Runton beach, and enjoyed unforgettable evening activities including a wildlife safari walk and an amazing reptile show.

We are extremely proud of the children for their impeccable behaviour, teamwork and enthusiasm throughout the trip. Everyone returned home with wonderful memories and lots of tired smiles! 😊

🍏🥧 Year 6 DT Week 🥧🍏

During DT week, Year 6 were busy making delicious apple lattice pies! 🌟

The children began by researching different types of apples and deciding which would work best in their pies. They explored recipes, ingredients and cooking methods before presenting their findings in fantastic Google Slides presentations. 💻🍎

They then put their skills into action by making their pies and finally evaluating them with a tasty taste test! 👅😋

A brilliant week full of research, creativity and hands-on learning — we hope the pies made it home to be shared! 👏✨