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Prehistoric Art
In Art we have been looking at Prehistoric cave drawings. For our final piece in this unit, we tried to keep the materials we used as natural as possible as we know that materials such as paint and colouring pencils were not available for Stone Age people! We...
Computing ‘Packets’
Did you know that every image you send, document you write or video you see has to be sent across to you in packets? We looked at packets in our recent Computing lesson and learnt that packets are when documents online are broken up into lots of pieces and sent across...
Fire and Bread
Mrs Martin told the children they were going to help make a fire. They discussed the fire triangle and how they need fuel, they needed to ignite the fire and they needed air. The children were asked to sort the sticks they had collected last week by the thickness of...
A Visit From the Vets
The children had a visit from Tim and Vicky from Penrose Vets. They told the children all about what they do and the animals they look after. Tim showed the children how he uses he is stethoscope to listen to the animal’s heart beat. The children had a go at listening...
Katie the Fire Fighter
The children had a visit from Katie the Fire Fighter. She told them all about her job. She told us fire fighters go to floods, traffic accidents, fires and animal rescues. She told us about her uniform and what fire fighters have to have to keep them safe. Katie...
Mechanisms – Fire Engines
This half term in Design and Technology the children have been focusing on Mechanisms - Making Fire Engines. The children investigated, designed, made and evaluated their Fire Engines. Great work Kingfishers. [gallery...
Food Bank Donation
On Thursday 5th October, we held a Harvest Assembly in the school. Families were incredibly generous and brought in some non-perishable items which were sent onto the Colchester Food Bank. Thank you all so much for the contributions. The Food Bank was incredibly...
Art – Pudding Lane
The children became ‘artists’ and thought about the question can we draw in the style of Kandinsky using different media to create a picture of Pudding Lane? The children learnt about the artist Kandinsky and used his artwork to inspire their work. The children...
Hot Colours
The children became ‘artists’ and thought about the question - Can we make a print of The Great fire of London using 2D shapes and ‘hot’ colours? Today the children created foam flames. They watched Miss Jones as she demonstrated how to do it. The children followed...
Henry Moore ‘Shelters’
The Swans have begun to use the art skills they have learnt in order to create their final pieces based on Henry Moore's Shelter Drawings.
Conker Caterpillars and More…Forest Fun
Mrs Martin talked with the children about the season and sent children on a leaf hunt around the area collecting different coloured leaves. The children worked together to sort the leaves by colour and size. The children were introduced to the activities - mud...
People Who Help Us – First Responder
On Tuesday 3rd October, the children had a visit from Peter a First Responder. He told the children about his role in the community. He told them he attends people who are ill before an ambulance does, as it sometimes takes a long while for an ambulance to arrive. He...
McMillan Cancer Support Coffee Morning
On Friday 29th September, the school hosted a coffee morning and after school cake sale in aid of McMillan Cancer Support. Thank you to the PTA who organised and ran this event; to those who supplied delicious cakes and those who came to the coffee morning and bought...
People Who Help Us Police Visit
The children had a visit from PC Kate. She told them all about her job. PC Kate showed the children her uniform and accessories and the children got to try them on. PC Kate and the children discussed how they can keep themselves safe. PC Kate told the children to...
The Great Fire of London Workshop
The children were very excited to take part in The Great Fire of London Workshop. They listened to instructions and followed them and they were very well behaved. The children constructed a model of London looking at the street names. They learned about the...
Henry Moore Shelters
The Swans have been practising creating contour lines in their art work in the style of Henry Moore. His Shelter drawings show people huddled together in the underground stations. The children got into groups of 3 and were photographed in a huddling position. They...
Ancient Egypt Workshop
On Monday 25th September, the Owls class were visited by an Ancient Egyptian scribe. The children got to take part in many activities such as writing Ancient Egyptian numbers on wax tablets, mummifying a body and building an Ancient Egyptian house. We learnt that they...
Visit to ‘The Shed’
The children had an amazing evacuee lunch at The Shed in Sproughton. Berty was impressed with all their knowledge about WW2 and they learnt a lot more from the artefacts which he shared - including the air raid siren! [gallery...
Mud Painting
The children became ‘artists’ and went on a walk to collect natural objects such as feathers, grass, flower buds or heads, leaves, twigs, pine cones. The children looked at the collection and discussed how they might use the objects to create paintbrushes. They also...
Fun in the Forest
The children enjoyed another ‘Forest Schools’ session with Mrs Martin and Miss Jones. The children got changed into their outside clothes and headed out to the Forest Fun area and sat on a log in the log circle. Mrs Martin welcomed the children into the Forest Area...
Stone Age Day at Stratford St Mary
On Wednesday 20th September 2023, a Stone Age man called Sealbit travelled through time to visit the children in Woodpeckers class! The children spent the day exploring The Stone Age through hands on, immersive experiences. The children learnt how man made fire, how...
Specular and Diffuse Reflection
In Science The Swans have been learning about specular and diffuse reflection. They were able to draw scientific diagrams to show how light is absorbed more by some materials than others. They then had some fun trying to reflect light beams to hit a target and using...
Forest Schools
The children enjoyed their ‘Forest Schools’ session with Mrs Martin and Miss Jones. The children got changed into their outside clothes and headed out to the Forest Fun area and sat on a log in the log circle. Mrs Martin welcomed the children into the Forest Area and...
Games Club
Children from Year One and Two joined Miss Jones for games club. The children played a variety games, following the rules and taking turns. Lots of fun!