Curriculum News
PE – Team Building
The children had their PE lesson with Miss Jones. The children focused on team building. The children began with an explorer warm up. They moved around the jungle in different ways - explorer walk, river jumps, side step the snake and stepping stone hop. The children...
Computing Photographs
The Reception children have been exploring hardware in Computing. The children thought about the enquiry question - Can we learn how to operate a camera and/or iPad and use it to take photographs? The children were reminded how to use the iPad and talked about the...
Year 5 angles
I had the pleasure of teaching Year 5 today! We went outside and deadheaded the daffodils and used the stems to create different types of angles: acute, obtuse and right angles. It was so lovely being able to teach maths outside in the sunshine! [gallery...
The 4 x 4s Maths challenge
Some of the Year 6 children have been enjoying the 4x4s challenge. They had to make the numbers 1-50 using only the digit 4 (4 times). In order to complete this challenge, some KS3 Maths knowledge was needed so this really extended their problem solving skills....
Woodpeckers Art – Imagination
This term we have been focusing on observational drawings, the children have created lots of beautiful art work! To finish our unit off today the children got to use their imagination to create a 'magical plant'!
Wolsey Theatre Company – Grandad Anansi
The children welcomed the Wolsey Theatre Company in to school as they performed the play Grandad Anansi. It was absolutely brilliant! The children listened to the story and songs as the story was acted out. The children really enjoyed the play. [gallery...
How does exercise affect our heart rate?
The children have been learning about the heart. Today they came up with a question to investigate that explored the affect exercise has on the heart. They enjoyed carrying out their investigation and being active in the Science lesson. [gallery...
Bridge Theatre Education Workshop
The children welcomed the Bridge Theatre Education Workshop in to school to tell the story of Rilee. It was an interactive, immersive performance designed especially for primary schools helping the children learn about history, sustainability, and being creative. The...
Computing
The Reception children have been exploring hardware in Computing. The children thought about the enquiry question - Can we explore and tinker with hardware to develop familiarity? The children explored the tinker tray of objects. The children were asked to match the...
Still Life: Year 6
Year six have been using charcoals to draw 'Still Life'. We looked at the famous drawing by Ibere Camargo (Natureza-morta) and some children decided to create their pieces in this style - paying close attention to where the light and shadows fall on the objects....
Computing – Data Handling
The children in Year One have been learning about data handling in Computing. The children thought about the enquiry question - Can we represent data in different ways? The children were asked to sort and categories objects and to explain how items have been sorted...
Roman Invasion
Today we learnt how Britain became part of the Roman Empire, to help the children understand this, we acted it out! The children each took on a role; Emperor Claudius, Roman soldiers and Roman messengers, as well as, Boudica, Celt warriors and Celt villagers. The...
Swans Still Life Art Lesson
Year 6 have learning how to draw 'Still Life'. They focused on proportion, space, line and shading. Some excellent pieces were created.
Immersion Morning – On The Farm
The children began exploring their new topic for this half term. The children received a letter from Farmer MacDonald asking for the children’s help. Farmer MacDonald had woken up to find his animals had disappeared. The children went for a hunt around the classroom...
Computing Digital Imagery
The children in Year One have been learning about Digital Imagery in Computing. The children began by creating a new adventure of the 'Naughty Bus at School'. The children created a story plan, them set up their scenes referring to their planning sheet. When they were...
Drawing
We began our new art unit of 'Drawing' this week! We learnt some techniques of how to sketch using shape and put these to the test in our natural environment! The children created some beautiful artwork.
KS2 Easter Art Afternoon
KS2 had a lovely afternoon making Easter Bunnies - it's amazing what you can do with a few egg boxes, old cereal packets and scrap pieces of card!
Live Session from the Space Centre
To kick Science Week off, the Year 6 children took part in an interactive lesson about space travel. They learnt lots of interesting things about space and what plans there are for the future with regards to landing on Mars and living on the moon. [gallery...
Mountfitchet Castle
On Tuesday 17th March, the Owls class went to Mountfitchet Castle, which is a recreated Norman castle and village. The trip followed on from last half term's History topic on the Norman Invasion. The children enjoyed looking inside all the different buildings and...
British Science Week – Boats
The children had their ‘Forest Fun’ session with Mrs Clark and Miss Jones. The children began with a materials scavenger hunt. They had to look for different objects made from different materials. Miss Jones reminded the children of the forest fun rules and spoke to...
Year 3 Maths
Year 3 have had a great time exploring and comparing mass, looking at the equivalent of kilograms and grams!
World Book Day
The children celebrated World Book Day by dressing up as their favourite book character. The children joined everyone in the hall to see everyone’s costumes and they found out the winners of the story jar competition. The winners were awarded a £5 gift to spend at...
Geography – Mud Mountains
Today we have been learning about mountains in India and their mountain ranges; we learnt that there are 5 types of mountains and created a catchy rhyme to help memorise these. We focused on fold mountains and plateau mountains. To make our learning even more...
Rainforest Dioramas
Year 6 have been learning about the Amazon rainforest and thinking about why the Amazon matters. We started off the topic by looking at the difference between a temperate rainforest and a tropical rainforest. In Science, we looked at the different layers of the...