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Mummification
In our History topic on Ancient Egypt, Owls have been learning about mummification. We tried making some of our classmates into mummies!
Henry Moore inspired Art Year 6
The Swans have been experimenting with adding contour lines to their work to create a sense of form , focusing on how they can create a sense of weightiness and gravity. They used a potato to draw contour lines on, placed it on a piece of white paper, observed the...
People Who Help Us – Dentist
The reception children have been finding out about dentists and how they help us look after our teeth. They found out how important it is to clean their teeth regularly for two minutes each time. They found out what food they should eat to keep their teeth healthy....
Henry Moore study – Year 6
The children have been learning about the artist Henry Moore. We are focusing our art work this term on his WW2 Shelter Drawings. This week, the children practised some of the techniques he used in preparation for their final piece. [gallery...
Ballads
So far this half term, in Woodpeckers class, we have looked at ballads in music. We know that ballads are songs that tell a story and that they have lyrics, a chorus and an instrumental part. So far, our favourite song is Christina Perri's A Thousand Years! [gallery...
Rocks!
In Science, we are looking at the three different types of rocks and how they are formed. We learnt that igneous rocks are formed when magma cools into rock. Sedimentary rocks are formed under water and under lots of pressure. Metamorphic rocks are rocks that were...
Published writing – The Swans
The Swans have worked hard to write, edit and publish their story chapter about WW2. They enjoyed adding the illustrations and 'creative bits' to their work!
Colour Mixing Detectives
The Year One children became ‘artists’ and started a new unit of work - Painting and Mixed Media. The children thought about the question - Can we investigate how to mix secondary colours. The children listened to the Sesame Street Lego Three Primary Colours. Miss...
Science: Separating mixtures
In Science, the Owls were learning about mixtures and how to separate them. Each group was given a bowl of different substances mixed together and had to race to separate them all out using sieving, filtering, evaporating and magnets. There was lots of great...
Forest Fun – Hammers
In forest fun this week the children had the opportunity to do den building, potion making, colouring, mud kitchen and gardening. The children also learned how to use a hammer correctly to hammer a nail in a piece of wood. Well done Kingfishers. [gallery...
History (Swans)- Learning about Evacuation in WW2
The Swans have been learning about life as an evacuee. They went into role as a child who had been evacuated from the city to the countryside and shared their experience in an interview. We found out that not all evacuees had a good time! [gallery...
Make the Classroom Disappear – The Great fire of London
The children in Kingfishers Class took part in ‘The Great Fire of London’ workshop. The children met Christopher and and listened to the story of ‘The Great Fire of London’. They helped to retell the story by putting out the scenery and being different characters. The...
People Who Help Us – Police Visit
The children in Kingfishers class had a visit from PC Johnson (CPT officer). He came to talk to them about being a police officer. He told the children all about his uniform and the equipment he carries. He spoke to the children about what the police does and how they...
Immersion Afternoon – The Great Fire of London
The Year One children found out about their new topic - The Great Fire of London. The children looked at pictures and used their senses to describe what they could see in the pictures. The children saw - a big fire, cloud of smoke, path, lots of smoke, thin doorways,...
Make The Classroom Disappear – Ancient Egypt
On Wednesday 10th September, the Owls took part in a workshop on Ancient Egypt, run by Make The Classroom Disappear. They experienced writing the Egyptian number system on wax tablets and making mud bricks. We learnt about the layout of an Ancient Egyptian house too....
Stone Age Art
This term in art we are looking at Prehistoric Art, focusing on the Stone Age! We are linking this in through forest school where we will eventually be creating our own cave art paintings using natural resources from the forest area! [gallery...
The Swans Get Ready for their new WW2 Topic!
As part of our Immersion Day, we made WW2 airplanes - German and British. The children worked really hard to create these from a plastic bottle and modroc - it wasn't as easy as it may look!
Ancient Egypt Immersion Day
The Owls started the new school year with a whole day of activities about Ancient Egypt, which is our first History topic. The children took part in an archaeological dig and made pyramids out of spaghetti and marshmallows. We also took part in an online drawing...
Kingfishers Class Assembly
The Kingfishers performed their end of year class assembly. The children were confident to stand up and perform to the audience. The children told the audience about seasides in the past, acted out the story ‘The Train Ride’ and sang songs. A great assembly...
PE – Tennis
In PE last half term, the children in Kingfishers Class have been learning the skills to play tennis. The children have learned how to hold the racket correctly, how to stand in the ready position and using their hand eye coordination when controlling the ball. The...
World Bee Day Forest Schools
The children had their ‘Forest Fun’ session.. The children sat in the wooden stump circle and Miss Jones explained to the children they were going to play the bee pollen game. The aim of the game was for each nest to collect as much pollen as possible before the...
Samba
This week, the Owls are learning about samba music. Today they got the chance to experiment with some samba-style instruments. Later in the week, we hope to perform a samba batucada as a group.
Immersion Afternoon – Water / Seas and Coasts
The children in Kingfishers Class were introduced to their new topic - Water / Seas and Coasts. The children received a letter from Dillon - A deep sea diver and a bag of plastic bottles. Miss Jones read the letter to the class. Dillon asked the children if they could...
Forest Fun Bees
The children had their ‘Forest Fun’ session and sat in the wooden stump circle and Miss Jones explained to the children they were going to play the butterfly game. The aim of the game was to find the over half of their butterfly. Miss Jones told the children they...