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  • Debating History

    Published 05/12/24, by Lisa Reed
    This week started in a very memorable way for Chestnut and Sycamore Class: with a trip to London. After a long journey on the coach, there was huge excitement as we entered the city; children were spotting high rise buildings, football grounds and fa
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  • Simply the Zest

    Published 28/11/24, by Lisa Reed
    Ash Class have been in ‘peels’ of laughter this week, completing their DT project of making fruit smoothies! First, they had the arduous task of evaluating the tastes of different fruits, before deciding which three would make the cut int
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  • We're All in This Together

    Published 21/11/24, by Lisa Reed
    This term in singing assembly we have all been learning the new Mosaic Partnership Trust song. Its message is about equality, chasing dreams, endless possibilities and, most importantly, working together. True to the message, all 12 schools in Mosiac
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  • Speedbounce Challenge Accepted

    Published 15/11/24, by Lisa Reed
    This week all of Box Primary School have been taking part in the next of our Mosaic inter-academy challenges: the Speedbounce! The children had 20 seconds to bounce a basketball as many times as they could.  It was fast, it was frantic, it was g
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  • We Remember

    Published 08/11/24, by Lisa Reed
    Our value this term is, very fittingly, Peace. This week we have been thinking about world peace and celebrating Remembrance. Sycamore Class led a beautifully moving assembly about Remembrance, telling us about why we have Remembrance, the significan
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  • Building the future

    Published 17/10/24, by Lisa Reed
    We’ve had budding animators in Chestnut Class and now we have budding architects in Beech Class! Beech Class have been busy designing their very own mosques. Like all good architects, they need to think about the needs of the users and incor
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  • As easy as 1, 2, 3..?

    Published 10/10/24, by Lisa Reed
    The Reception children have made a fantastic start to their learning journey. Now that they have settled into routines, they have begun learning the basics of reading and writing (through phonics) and of early number. Each number takes a special turn
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  • Animated filmography

    Published 26/09/24, by Lisa Reed
    Watch out Aardman Animations, Chestnut Class will soon be taking over as the foremost studio for animations in the south west! As you may have guessed, Chestnut Class have been learning all about animation in their computing unit this term. Starting
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  • Eat- Have- Share- Harvest

    Published 20/09/24, by Lisa Reed
    This week at Box Primary School we have been thinking about harvest, with the highlight of our first visit to church this year. Harvest is an interesting word in which many other words can be found and these have been the basis of our collective w
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  • Mindful Mondays

    Published 12/09/24, by Lisa Reed
    Focus only on your breath. Breathe in……and out…... Well hopefully, you feel relaxed and able to concentrate on reading this post. Mindfulness has been growing steadily in importance at Box Primary School, after the introduction o
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  • New Beginnings

    Published 06/09/24, by Lisa Reed
    It is so wonderful to see all of the children (along with a few new faces) back in school this week: making new starts in either a new classroom, with a new teacher or with a new group of classmates. A new thing for everyone this year is a change in
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  • Business is 'blooming'

    Published 19/07/24, by Lisa Reed
    Wow! We can hardly believe another school year is nearly over. It has flown by so quickly: it only seems like yesterday that we were welcoming the new Reception children into school and now they are getting ready to be Year 1s! It doesn’t even
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