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  • William Byrd Reading Festival

    Published 12/07/21

    This month we celebrated reading by having a special William Byrd Reading Festival week. During the course of the week we explored and celebrated books, comics and illustrations.

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  • Year 6 Transition Meetings

    Published 12/07/21

    We invited key staff from local secondary schools to talk to our Year 6 pupils about the exciting new journey they will embark on as they move into secondary school.

    The aim of these meetings is to talk to the children about the main changes between primary and secondary school, who their new teachers will be and also give them an opportunity to ask any questions or talk about any concerns that they may have moving into their new school.

    Thank you to all our visitors for taking the time out and visiting our school.

     

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  • Art Day

    Published 09/07/21

    We held our curriculum Art Day on Friday 9 July. The children planned and designed their own pieces of work inspired by their research into the work and techniques of famous artists. The work was all linked to their class learning, and we’re sure you’ll agree that the pieces the children have created are worthy of the Tate! 

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  • Volcanoes

    Published 07/07/21

    For their Rocks, Relics and Rumbles unit in Geography to consolidate their previous home learning, Year 3 have built model volcanoes using our understanding of rock layers, magma chambers and tectonic plate movement to give a detailed impression of what happens when a volcano erupts.

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  • Year 1 Victorian Day

    Published 05/07/21

    Our Year 1 children have been learning all about the Victorians. To immerse them into their learning, we planned a special Victorian day and asked children to come to school dressed up in Victorian clothes.

    Children had the opportunity to experience what school was like in Victorian times. They were taught lessons in a Victorian classroom following Victorian school rules and discovered how the Victorians lived and who they were.

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  • The Rainbow Fish in Nursery

    Published 26/06/21

    Our Nursery children have been very busy enjoying activities in class inspired by The Rainbow Fish.

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  • Year 1 Walk around the Local Area

    Published 24/06/21

    As part of their History topic, Year 1 children walked around the local area on Thursday 24th June.

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  • Year 5 Lifecycles Presentations

    Published 11/06/21

    Year 5 have been creating presentations looking at the lifecycles of two contrasting animals. Children made sure they selected animals from different classes and examined the similarities and differences of these animals.

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  • Reception's Project 'Big Wide World'

    Published 01/06/21

    This term our Reception children have been learning about the global community to which they belong and exploring how living things, communities and climates differ around the world.

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  • Design Technology

    Published 26/05/21

    In Design Technology lessons, children have been using their creativity and imagination to design and make creative products.

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  • Teach Meet

    Published 25/05/21

     

    At William Byrd, our teachers are continually striving to develop and improve and on Friday 25 May, we had a ‘Teach Meet’ for teachers to share teaching tips, strategies and approaches.

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  • Heathrow Young Explorers

    Published 21/05/21

    Heathrow Young Explorers, Heathrow’s new challenge for Year 6 children, is a hands-on challenge linked to the curriculum established to inspire the next generation to consider a career at the airport. 

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