Curriculum News
Year 5 English Lesson
The irony of today's English Lesson was palpable: in temperatures of around 30 degrees, the children wrote a description about the arctic wilderness! In order to help them 'feel' the landscape - they worked with their feet in water and ice! [gallery...
Owls Pendulums
In Science, the Owls looked at Galileo's work on pendulums. They had to make their own pendulums and calibrate them so that each swing was exactly one second. They had to see if they could use their pendulums to time one minute accurately. [gallery...
Little City
Little City came to visit Kingfishers Class, it was a fantastic experience for the children. They took part in role‑play activities including supermarkets, cafés, and emergency services. The children had a wonderful session and really enjoyed exploring the different...
Wool Wrapping
The children became ‘artists’ and continued with the unit of work - Craft and Design: Woven Wonders. The children thought about the question - Can we choose, measure, arrange and fix materials? The children started by recapping over the difference between art and...
Swans Taskmaster Maths Challenge
Today, the Swans completed the Taskmaster challenge in Maths. They had to work as a team to build the tallest free standing tower using just A4 paper and tape. They had to explore how different shapes and their characteristics (triangles, cylinders, wide bases) affect...
Immersion Session London
The children in Kingfishers Class began exploring their new topic for this half term. The children were told they were going on a sightseeing tour of London. The children got their tickets and clipboard and boarded the bus. The children enjoyed their visit around...
Design & Technology – Pneumatics
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,...
RSE Hand Washing
In RSE the children in Year One have been thinking about the question - Can we understand the importance of basic hygiene practices, e.g. washing hands, using a tissue, and how these prevent the spread of disease? Miss Jones asked the children when is it important to...
Swans narrative writing
We have been writing stories linked to the book 'The Explorer' by Katherine Rundell. The children have enjoyed illustrating their work.
Swans Narrative writing
... The Swans have just published their narrative writing linked to The Explorer by Katherine Rundell. Here are some examples
The Swans Still Life in Oil Pastels
The children have produced some fabulous still life art over the past few weeks - here are their compositions using oil pastels.
Owls’ visit to the church
On Thursday 14th May, as part of our local history topic, the Owls class visited Stratford St Mary Church. We had been learning about John Constable and exploring what the village would have been like in his time. While we were in the church, we looked for clues to...
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...