Fête de la Musique, June 2026

‘Fete de la musique’ celebrates not only music and performing, but also the rich cultural traditions of countries around the world.

We will have a ‘poetry slam’, which will be performed in front of the whole school. The children will share their class poems, reciting them from memory.

Our instrumentalists will play in a special performance with Mr Kirby.

Linked to the focus week, the children will also perform their ‘class songs’ at the PTA Summer Fete, on Saturday 27th June.

Throughout the ‘Fete de la musique’ week there will be a range of in-school experiences, including flag making workshops, ‘boomwhacker’ music sessions, samba, dance and a whole host of other activities. Most importantly, we want children to enjoy and appreciate the power of ‘performance’. It’s going to be a great week!

MFL, Music, Dance, Poetry, Performing Arts

Some Year 1/2 poems to choose...

Some Year 3/4 poems to choose...

Some Year 5/6 poems to choose...

Health and Wellbeing Week, May 2026

The week focused on the '5 ways to Wellbeing' where we looked at a different aspect each day: connect, be active, take notice, keep learning and give to others.

MHST practitioners ran Understanding Emotions workshops for the whole school.

The RSPCA visited every child from Reception to Year 5 to talk about pet welfare and how we can best look after our furry friends to keep them happy and healthy.

Somerset Cricket Foundation came in to run cricket workshops with every child in KS2. Healthy body, healthy minds!

Our Year 6 children had 'SATs breakfasts' provided for them this week. A chance to fuel up and get ready for the day ahead.

PSHE, RSHE, Wellbeing, PE

Book Week: Inventors and Inventions, March 2026

Inspired by the celebration this month of the 100th anniversary of the invention of the telephone we planned our book week around inventors and inventions. Here is a list of some of the events in our whole school book week:

Monday 2 March

A World Book Day voucher will be given to every child.

Tuesday 3 March

Stay and Read parent-carer sessions:

• Nursery 9:10-9:40

• Reception 2:30-3:00

• Year 1/2 3:15-3:45

Come along and share the love of books with your child! Staff will also be present to discuss your child’s reading and phonics if you would like to. Please note that children cannot attend the after school session without a parent/carer.

Wednesday 4 March

The Big Book Swap: Please send your children to school on Monday and Tuesday with any good condition old books, and on Wednesday they can swap them for something different! Teachers will record how many books children bring so that they can bring home a similar amount.

2:30-3:00 Reading Journey Workshop: Please come along to find out more about how to support your child’s reading journey. This will include exploring the positive impact reading has on learning and development, how to help your child think more deeply about their reading, and simple ways to expand your child’s vocabulary. The session will include refreshments!

Thursday 8th March

World Book Day Assemblies

Friday 7 March

Dress Up Day: Children to dress up as an inventor or invention, or a character from their favourite book.

Please do not feel any pressure to buy anything especially for this day – the aim is to celebrate books, authors and inventors. Taunton Library is offering a “costume swap” where you can take in old costumes and swap for something new – and of course borrow a book to go with it!

English, Science

Winter Olympics, January 2026

'Let's celebrate the start of the Winter Olympics and Paralympics 2026 together!'

In celebration of the Winter Olympics starting in Northern Italy, we had a focus week about the games and the host country.

Some of the activities we planned included:

• Italian language study

• (Ice) Hockey development

• Biathlon development (Golden mile with a twist!)

• Playground Fitness circuits for play and lunch

• Class workshops

• King's College Sports Leaders sessions

• A class challenge- to collaborate to make a class flag design  for our closing ceremony.

On some afternoons we mixed up the age groups across the school- to have cross-year classes about the Winter Games!

PE, MFL, Geography

India, November 2025

We had a whole school focus about India, thinking about both human and physical geography.

We thoroughly enjoyed a visit from Avtar Indian Dance where we learn about some cultures and traditions.

We ran a competition for children to produce a creative factfile display! See the results in our KS1 corridor.

Geography, RE, MFL

Art Week: Ponds, September 2025

We created an outdoor walking trail of artwork including sculpture/installations on the theme of ponds using the whole school grounds.

We will learn about pond creatures so that children understand more about the pond redevelopment.

We had a visiting Willow artist and created works that were displayed at the Taunton Together event in Goodland Gardens.

Art, Science