Isambard Kingdom Brunel Primary School

This term, Year 3 have been mastering the art of one-point perspective! They’ve learned all about the horizon line and vanishing point, using these skills to create stunning landscapes, 3D word art, and a row of Tudor houses—just like the ones in these photos. Fantastic work, Year 3! 🎨👏🖌✨

This term, our Year 1 students have been busy learning how to create simple coding patterns! Using Beebots, they practised their programming skills by designing different routes for the bots to follow. A fantastic way to develop problem-solving skills—and lots of fun too! 🐝💻

A big well done for the half termly winners of the IKB attribute awards! Well done for your resilience, respect, positivity, kindness, engagement and for rising to challenge!🤩🥳

What a fun last Friday of the half term! Thank you for our amazing IKBFC for organising a yummy cake sale!🧁❤️Thank you for our amazing staff for organising an amazing Active Afternoon!🤸‍♀️🤾‍♂️⛹️‍♀️...and thank you for our amazing children for bringing the fun and energy! 😁🤩🥰Have a very Happy Half Term everyone! We will see you on the 24th February!

Our Year 3+4 girls' football club had the opportunity to play their first friendly match against Wellesley Park on Wednesday evening. The girls all participated in the a game and showed resilience and maturity. It was great to put their skills to the test. ⚽️

Thank you to Miss Harvey and Miss Buttle for leading the team, Mr Park for organising and Wellesley Park for hosting 🏆

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Travel Week in PE is almost over! 🤸‍♀️🤸‍♂️🤸‍♀️

Children have all enjoyed developing strength and balance using the apparatus this week. Children have been building their confidence and techniques to take on the rope frame or jump onto the vault at different heights.

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We are very excited to be welcoming top athlete Gemma Frizelle to the school on Friday, 28 February 2025
Gemma will be leading a sponsored fitness circuit with all pupils, followed by a motivational assembly, and Q&A session. The aim of the event is to inspire the pupils to be more physically active, but just as importantly, encourage them to discover and pursue their passion in life.
The event will both connect the pupils to an extraordinary athlete role model and raise money for new sports equipment in the school, as well as supporting both athletes and para-athletes, so that they can continue to inspire the next generation.
A sponsorship form has already been sent home with your child; however you may prefer to sponsor your child by visiting:
• www.greatathletes.org and clicking on the button “Set up a Fundraiser Page”
or
• Scanning the QR code on the poster below
As a thank you, pupils will receive the following thank-you gifts for meeting these milestones:
• Raise any money: an A5 sheet of motivational stickers
• Raise £5 or more: a blue Great Athletes wristband
• Raise £15 or more: a blue wristband, and a red wristband with Gemma’s signature
• Raise £30 or more: all of the above, plus a signed Gemma Frizelle poster
Whichever route you decide to take to sponsor your child, everything needs to be completed one week after the event has taken place.
Our thanks in advance to supporting such a memorable event.

Well done to last week's stars of the week. We are very proud of the resilience and respect you have shown! 🤩

Yesterday, Year 1 took part in the annual sports festival held at Court Fields School. The children had a wonderful time working together in team games and developing new skills. Thank you to the sports leaders for a brilliant morning! 🏀⚽️🎾🥎

Happy National Storytelling Week! 🌟

IKB School had an absolute blast with this year's Mystery Reader event. Every class eagerly listened to their daily clues and loved guessing who their visitor might be. In the afternoon, our mystery visitors shared their favourite stories with each class. 📚

A huge thank you to all our fabulous volunteers for making this another wonderful event!

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Our Year 2 children have been getting creative, inspired by the work of artist Paul Klee! This week, they took on the challenge of recreating his Separation in the Evening using only primary colours (red, yellow, and blue) plus black and white. Any other colours they wanted to use for their imitation had to be mixed from scratch! 🎨

The results? Stunning masterpieces full of vibrant colours and creative flair. Well done, Year 2 – true artists in the making!

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This afternoon, KS1 and KS2 classes all had a very informative workshop led by Mr Smalley from Somerset Road Safety. 🚸🚲🚦

The children all practised 'Stop, Look, Listen and Think' and learnt about the importance of wearing bright clothing and wearing helmets when cycling and scooting.

Please ask your children about their knowledge and support them in putting it into practise when next out walking and cycling.

Please see information about upcoming, free workshops that would support all parents but especially those with neurodiverse children.

Happy Fri-YAY ☀️😎💛
We love Friday lunchtimes!

Today, we had an amazing time at our weekly playground disco, with so many children (and staff!) showing off their best dance moves – a fantastic way to wrap up our January Big Exercise Promise! 💃🕺

We also made the most of the winter sunshine, enjoying the fresh air and fun outside. 🌞⚽

A huge well done to this week’s chosen children for Friday football! They demonstrated our school attributes all week and enjoyed a fantastic game as their well-earned reward. 🏆👏

What a brilliant way to end the week! Wishing everyone a wonderful weekend! 💛

This week's stars of the week have shown so much respect and resilience. Their teachers have been really impressed with their learning behaviours and attitude. Well done!

This week, Year 4 put their historical knowledge into action by creating their own Anglo-Saxon houses! They carefully considered the materials used and then worked together to design a full settlement layout. In doing so, they considered key questions such as:

💧 Why were settlements built near water sources?
🏠 Why was the chief’s house placed centrally?

Fantastic work, Year 4—your settlements truly bring the past to life! 👏

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Year 3 had a fantastic time yesterday in their online lesson with The National Archives Education Service in London!

The workshop, Image of a King, gave them the chance to explore historical sources that reveal how Henry VIII wanted to be seen.

Did you know…
👑 He embroidered crowns on his horse’s caparison so, even in armour, his status sould be known?
🎨 He was often painted as physically larger than his peers to appear more powerful?
🦁 He used animals like lions and greyhounds to symbolise bravery and loyalty?

A brilliant session bringing history to life!

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