News

Mar
4

Raising money for Science Week

A huge thank you to everyone that supported our team enterprise project last week.  The children really enjoyed this activity and they raised an amazing £96.80 which will go towards providing some fantastic resources for Science Week.  Well Done!

Mar
3

What’s growing in our garden?

Doves class has been exploring the school’s gardening area and identifying, sketching and labeling the plants that grow there. We have even planted our own seeds.

Feb
14

Falcons Roman soldiers

Falcons class have been busy designing and creating Roman shields. We looked at a variety of different designs and what each pattern meant. Finally, we decided to test our shields by using the famous Roman formation.
Feb
10

Values Award for KS2 Gymnastics Team

Congratulations to our KS2 Gymnastics Team who received the certificate for demonstrating the value of ‘Determination’ throughout the recent gymnastics festival run by the Redborne School Sports Partnership.

Feb
3

Bake off at Houghton

Reception and Year 2 have been making bread rolls this week in cooking. Robins even made Red Riding Hood bags to take them home.

 

Jan
30

Today we found someone really keen to join our school…

A juvenile hedgehog was found today trying to get into our school hall!!  He has been taken to Marston Hoggies to be assessed; they will then find him a foster home before releasing him into the wild when he has put some weight on and the time is right.

Jan
30

Houghton Conquest Bear Hunters!

Doves class have been writing about the book ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’ and even went on their very own hunt around the school…what an amazing time we had.

 

Dec
18

All things Christmas

The children all enjoyed making Christmas hats this morning ready to wear enjoying our Christmas lunch…

Dec
18

Lights, Camel, Action!

We are all extremely proud of our KS2 children who put on a magnificent performance yesterday.  A big thank you to parents for coming to watch and for all their help with costumes.  You were all amazing!

 

Dec
17

Hawks fabulous canopic jars

Year 3 have been painting their own canopic jars today! We have studied what types of canopic jars the Egyptians used when burying their pharaohs and have designed our own jars by molding clay. We have used gold and blue paint in order to create the patterns the Egyptians used.