Stories from The Olive Tree

After completing online lessons during the morning, primary children have been engaging with creative curriculum projects based around a different theme each week. Last week in Key Stage 2, the project theme was linked to food. The children pursued their own interests...

At the Olive Tree School we encourage a love of literacy - using talk for writing strategies, our children are given the opportunity to experience and discuss a range of high-quality texts. The children in Year 5 have recently looked at autobiographical writing during...

We have been asked by some families for advice on how to explain to younger children why schools will be closed until September.   If you would like some pointers, I can offer some below.   1. Be honest and age-appropriate Try and honour every question your child has....

The students in Year 3 and 4 at the Olive Tree are using their “Making a Difference” topic in Enrichment this year to help make a real difference to the lives of people across the planet who do not have access to clean water.  After watching a documentary on the...

This term we have been learning about Ancient Egypt. The class has been introduced to an explorer, Emily Sands and her team, who has taken them on a tour of Ancient Egypt on the hunt for the lost tomb of Osiris.  They have learnt about hieroglyphics and the Rosetta...

At The Olive Tree, teachers had watched how secondary pupils would increasingly spend their breaktimes and lunch hours on their mobiles, in that disconcerting way that many young adults have of sitting together while being apart.   Staff began to be concerned by the...