Our KS1 children have been getting festive at lunchtime today, creating the sweetest little robins and gingerbread houses! 
A huge well done to all the children for their creativity — the craft table has never looked so colourful! 
Year 3 have been busy writing their adventure stories 🕯️
So much imagination, brilliant vocabulary and some very exciting plots — we can’t wait to read the finished pieces! More photos can be found on our Facebook page.
🚦 Road Safety in Year 1 🚦
Year 1 have been practising how to stay safe when crossing the road by following the four key steps: Stop, Think, Look and Listen. Great learning and sensible choices from our brilliant Year 1s! 👏
🐺🎨 DT with Year 1 🎨🐺
Year 1 have been busy in DT making moving pictures using a wheel mechanism. They designed scenes from Little Red Riding Hood, bringing the story to life as the wolf jumps out in front of Little Red Riding Hood!
Brilliant work and lots of imagination on show ⭐ More photos can be found on our Facebook page.
Last week’s Christmas craft was a huge hit at Breakfast Club! 
The children had a brilliant time getting creative and proudly took home their festive makes. Well done everyone!
Year 4’s science lesson focussed on how sound vibrations require a medium in order to travel because of the particles required to vibrate against one another. We also learnt that in space, there are virtually no air molecules or particles for sound waves. As a result, sound cannot travel in this environment.
We carried out 3 different experiments today to test how well sound travels through solids, liquids and gases. To test the solids, we had a metal coat hanger and tied two pieces of string the bottom of it. We then wrapped the string round our finger on each hand and put our fingers in our ears whilst our partner tapped the hanger. We discovered that the sound was travelling very well through this particular medium and a lot of the children were amazed by the results.
To test liquids, we tapped two forks under a bowl of water and for gasses, we played a song at the same volume from the laptop and increased our distance from the source.
By the end of the lesson, all children were confident in being able to say that sound travelled fastest through the solid because of the close proximity between particles.
Year 1 Computing Fun!Year 1 have been busy in Computing today, using their mouse and typing skills to create their very own Christmas cards. They did a fantastic job and showed great focus and creativity! 
More photos can be found on our Facebook page.
The Progressive Kids Roadshow will be back at Brentry Primary from Monday 8th December and there is still time to book. Don’t miss out – there are only a few spaces left for each workshop!
This Week’s Exciting Lineup:
Monday: Magical Monday – Balloon Magic with Jojo
Tuesday: Test Tube Tuesday – Mad Science Lab
Wednesday: Wild Wednesday – Reptile Adventure Zone
Thursday: Tasty Thursday – Pizza Chef Workshop
Friday: Funky Friday – Silent Disco Party
IMPORTANT:
Your child MUST be booked onto the “Roadshow Workshop” session to take part. Bookings on other sessions (e.g. sports club, short/full session) will not give them access.
We can do the booking for you! Just reply to this email or contact office@progressivekidsbristol.com and we’ll switch your child to the right session.
To book yourself:
Log into EnrolMy
Click “Casual” tab
Change to “Roadshow Workshop” (if already booked)
OR select “Roadshow Workshop” for new bookings
Workshops run at the end of the school day–5:30pm at £12 per session. Consider collecting later than usual so your child can enjoy the full experience.
Last chance to secure your child’s spot – don’t let them miss out!
Best wishes,
Progressive Kids
Year 3 have been busy investigating how shadows are formed today! 
They explored how changing the distance between an object and the light source affects the height of the shadow. Lots of brilliant questioning and discoveries!
KS2 had a fantastic time at Movie Night 
A huge thank you to Marie and her brilliant team for organising and running the event. The children loved it!
Thursday 11th December 2025
We’re excited to be supporting Save the Children’s Christmas Jumper Day again this year! 
Pupils (and staff) are invited to wear a jumper of their choice — Christmas-themed, sparkly, silly or simply their favourite cosy one. All we ask is that pupils bring in £1, which goes directly to Save the Children and the brilliant work they do.
As part of year 4’s Geography unit ‘Where our food comes from’, we looked at different food products such as bananas, avocados and red meats and plotted their country of origin on a world map. We then measured the distance from here to the U.K. with our rulers and used a scale bar (1cm = 8000km) to work out the total food miles of the product before it gets to our mouths!
The children loved this activity and not only did it teach us key vocabulary like ‘air freight’, ‘carbon footprint’, ‘importation’ and ‘food miles’ but it also intertwined some key maths knowledge too!