Curriculum News
Egyptian Art Work
As part of the Owls topic based on the Ancient Egyptians, the children created some portraits. They also used modelling clay to make canopic jars! These were then displayed in our class museum. The children were really proud of their creations. [gallery...
Fabric Resist
The children continued being artists and working with textiles. Today the children used different tools and techniques to produce a fabric resist piece of work. The children used textured surfaces to produce effective rubbings. Great work Kingfishers. [gallery...
Stone Age Cave Art
This half term the children in Woodpecker class have been learning about The Stone Age. In Art, we have been looking at prehistoric cave art. Stone age cave art consisted mainly of hunter gatherers, bush men and animals. The children used tracing paper to help them...
Art Textiles
The children continued being artists and working with textiles. The children explored marks and patterns using oil pastels on white strips of fabric. The children applied Brusho over their marked strips. Great artwork Kingfishers. [gallery...
A Day Out in London!
On Wednesday 30th September, Owls and Swans took the coach to London to visit the Maritime Museum at Greenwich (the children were fascinated by Nelson's bloodstained uniform!) and then onto see the new Andrew Lloyd Webber - Cinderella. Everyone had a great time and...
A Sense of Mass in Art
The Swans have been learning how to use contour lines to create a sense of mass in art. They then applied different tea/coffee mixes over different media such as wax crayons and handwriting pens using a feather!
Wheels, Axles and Chassis
This week the children became designers again. The children were asked to explore wheels, axles and chassis. The children were able to explain what wheels, axles and chassis were. They also created their own prototypes to show different ways of attaching wheels, axles...
WW2 Blitz Art
The Swans have been learning about the artist Henry Moore. They experimented with different media trying to replicate his style. Media such as wax crayons, water soluble pencils, watercolour paint and Hb sketch pencils were used to create the sense of fear and...
Mind Mapping
As part of their writing, Swans children created mind maps to represent different parts of the story, this was to help them organise their work. They used watercolour paints to illustrate the different emotions Olive (the main character of the story) was feeling at...
Weaving Textiles
The children in Kingfishers Class became artists for the afternoon. The children thought about what art was and the children were asked to investigate weaving materials and processes. The children used red, orange and yellow material linking to the Great Fire of...
Lampshades in Science!
In science, the swans used varying transparencies to design a lampshade. They had to consider the materials they used and the effect they would have.
The Great Fire of London
The Year One children have been Historians this week and learned all about The Great Fire of London. The children have used different sources to help them answer questions and find out all about The Great Fire of London. The children also became designers and...
Sports Day – Woodpeckers and Kingfishers
Sports Day happened at Stratford St Mary on Monday 19th July - with Woodpeckers and Kingfishers events taking part in the morning. The children competed in their houses and took part in 5 events - standing long jump, chest throw, sprint, fun run and target game. ...
Sports Day – Owls and Swans
Sports Day happened at Stratford St Mary on Monday 19th July - with Owls and Swans events taking part in the afternoon. The children competed in their houses and took part in 5 events - standing long jump, chest throw, sprint, fun run and target and water race. ...
Pouring Punch
Year 3 have been learning to measure volume and capacity. The children followed Mrs Sadler's recipe to chop fruit and measure juices to create a delicious fruit punch. Yummy!
Kimmy’s Zoo
On Wednesday 7th July Kingfishers Class welcomed some visitors into school - Kimmy’s Zoo; they were very excited. The children were very well behaved and listened carefully to Kimmy. The children learned lots of facts about the different animals. They also got to hold...
Marshmallow Models
The Year 2s in Woodpeckers have been learning all about 3D shapes this week in Maths. We are able to describe the shapes using mathematical language such as faces, curved surfaces, vertices and edges. We built shapes using a variety of materials, including straws to...
Woodland Wands
Year 2 created our very own magic wands in our woodland area. We decorated a stick using something small, something magical, something given, something special, something pretty and something fragile - all collected from the nature area. It was a spellbinding...
A Railway Exhibition!
Our topic this term in Woodpeckers Class is 'Victorian Transport'. We had the chance to attend an art exhibition on the history of trains, which was set up in the quad. We were able to ask questions about, and give our opinions on famous artwork. We are using the...
BioBlitz
Across the school this week, our classes have been completing a BioBlitz. Children attempt to identify as many species of plants, trees, insects and animals around the school grounds as possible. Woodpeckers Class turned over logs, peered through magnifying glasses...
Zoo day!
Woodpeckers Class had a brilliant day out at Colchester Zoo. Despite the rain, we saw plenty of animals, including amur tigers (up close!), sealions, orangutans and anacondas! We also had an education session all about the rainforest, in which we shared our incredible...
Measuring Angles
This week the Swans have been using a protractor to measure angles. We decided to be a bit radical and use whiteboard pens to draw angles on the table and then measure them with a protractor - it was much more fun!
Father’s Day
This week we have been busy thinking about our ‘Dads’ and Father’s Day. The children have participated in a range of activities. We can’t tell you what we have been doing because it wouldn’t be a surprise! [gallery...
Swans Australian Immersion Day
The Swans have been busy preparing their class display ready for their new geography topic on Australia!