Megan Hyde

Design & Technology – Pneumatics

by | 6 Jun 2026 | Design Technology, Woodpeckers

Today we learnt about the world of pneumatics! We explored how the pressure of air can create movement and even experimented this ourselves! We will be designing our own pneumatic device, however first we needed to learn the types of diagrams needed to design these, the children showed excellent skill using four different diagrams!

Woodpeckers Art – Imagination

by | 5 May 2026 | Art & Design, Environment, Woodpeckers

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’!

Roman Invasion

by | 4 Apr 2026 | History, Woodpeckers

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 children had a fantastic time!

Drawing

by | 4 Apr 2026 | Art & Design, Environment, Woodpeckers

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.  

Year 3 Maths

by | 3 Mar 2026 | Maths, Woodpeckers

Year 3 have had a great time exploring and comparing mass, looking at the equivalent of kilograms and grams!

Geography – Mud Mountains

by | 3 Mar 2026 | Environment, Geography, Woodpeckers

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 interesting and creative we built our own mountain ranges in […]

Music – Chinese New Year

by | 1 Jan 2026 | Music, Woodpeckers

Today we practiced Pentatonic Scales! We have been exploring the musical sounds of Chinese New Year, here are some of our own.        

Art – 3D Sculpture

by | 12 Dec 2025 | Art & Design, Woodpeckers

Woodpeckers have been busy this term creating 3D sculptures; here are their final pieces!  

PE – Gymnastics

by | 12 Dec 2025 | PE, Woodpeckers

Take a look at some of our fantastic balances!    

Geography

by | 12 Dec 2025 | Environment, Geography, Visitors, Woodpeckers

We had a wonderful workshop delivered by Harper’s mum this week; linking in with our geography topic. Does the River always meet the Sea? We learnt lots about the causes of flooding and the dangers flooding can pose.

Cave Art Hand-prints

by | 10 Oct 2025 | Art & Design, Forest Schools, Woodpeckers

We completed our final Prehistoric art lesson on the term today in forest school; the children created their own cave art hand-prints using both positive and negative art. Well done Woodpeckers!    

Rugby Fun in Woodpeckers

by | 10 Oct 2025 | PE, Visitors, Woodpeckers

Today in Woodpeckers, the children had a fantastic workshop with Hadleigh Rugby Club!