Curriculum News
Science Club: Bridge Challenge
Last week, in Science Club, we did a bridge building challenge. The children had to work in groups to make a paper bridge that would support as much weight as possible. The winners were the Year 3 team, who made a bridge that held almost 4kg! [gallery...
HTML
This week, in Computing, Owls class are learning about HTML. Today, we learnt how to inspect the HTML on a website. We noted down the different HTML tags we spotted.
Batik prints
For our Art last half term, Owls made batik prints using colours and patterns inspired by the ancient Maya.
Computing
The children in Reception 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...
Rainbow Salad
The Reception children were asked if they knew the differences between fruits and vegetables and why it is important to eat fruits and vegetables? Mrs Clark talked about what it means to have a balanced diet and the importance of healthy eating (so that we are able to...
The Swans have been learning about blood!
The children in Year 6 have been learning about the function of blood and it's composition. They made models to represent the different components.
Year 5 Trip to Kinetic Adventure
On Thursday 8th May, the Year 5s visited Kinetic Adventure. The day began with a workshop about the solar system where we used playdough to represent the relative sizes of the planets. Later in the day, we had a fascinating talk about life on the International Space...
Heart Dissection Year 6
The Swans have been learning about the function of the heart. They were extremely lucky to receive a dissection lesson from Mrs Harvey who is a trained high school Science teacher. Every single child took part and this really helped embed their learning about the...
Kinetic Adventure
On Monday we went to Kinetic Adventure in Claydon (near Ipswich). We learnt all about the sizes of planets, the International Space Station and even had a go at a few science experiments. We had a lovely day and would recommend everyone to look out for the offers they...
History – Why did people travel to the seaside years ago?
This half term in History the Year One children are focusing on the question - Why did people travel to the seaside years ago? The children became historians and thought about the enquiry question - Can we use photographs to find clues as to what seaside holidays were...
Astronaut Bags!
In a recent Woodpeckers computing lesson, we looked at Sketchpad on the Chromebooks. This is a free website that allows you to draw, write and colour. We thought about what astronauts might take onto the International Space Station and then drew our pictures of items...
Owls Forest School Week 1
On Monday 28th April, Owls had their first session of Forest School for this term. They had access to a range of activities including making clay rabbits (and other creatures), an alphabet scavenger hunt, the mud kitchen and using pooters to collect and examine...
Benin (Year 6)
Year 6 have been looking at images of Benin to deduce why Benin might be a significant society, worthy of study. They learnt that: This was a civilization of cities and towns, powerful kings and a large empire which traded over long distances. Craftsmen were skilful...
Forest Fun
This week in the forest, we were very busy planting sunflower seeds, recapping our clay skills from Autumn term, building ships and checking the progress of the frogspawn!
Easter Wishes
Miss Jones made an Easter display for the residents at BlackBrook Residential Home with the Easter Eggs the children had coloured. Mrs Cousins will deliver the Easter cards the children have made to the older residents in the village. Well done Kingfishers. [gallery...
Hockey Fun
On Friday 28th March, several children from the Owls and Woodpeckers classes took part in a hockey skills session. The children spent some time at various stations learning some skills useful for playing hockey. Thank you to the adults for taking them and all who came...
Icebergs in Watercolour
In Year 6, we have been learning different watercolour techniques. We then tried to use some of the techniques in our iceberg paintings.
Gymnastics Fun
On Wednesday 26th March, several children from across the school took part in a gymnastics competition at Hadleigh Stars. We are delighted to announce that our Under 7s team came first; our Under 9s came first and our U11s teams came second and third. Well done to...
Explanation Writing
This week in English, the Year One children have been focusing on explanations. The children were asked to write an explanation on how Jack got rich based on the story of Jack and the Beanstalk. They wrote cause and effect sentences using 'because' and 'so' to explain...
Textiles – Forest Fun
This term in Design and Technology we have been working with textiles and creating our own pouches, we finished these last week and thought it would be fun to explore a variety of textiles further in the forest area. The children enjoyed weaving fabric on the large...
Year 4 Fractions
Today we used Mrs Harvey's lemon drizzle cake to help the Year 4s understand equivalent fractions!
Using shade to create a sense of form
In Year 6, the children have been looking at the artists Aurelie Bouquet and David McEown and their paintings of icebergs. They used shading techniques to try and give a sense of form to their work.
Cloud Forest Terrarium
The Year One children became Geographers. The children continued focusing on the question - What is life like in the Jungle? The children thought about the enquiry question - Can we identify the locations and features of cloud forests? The children found out all about...
Exploring Light
In Science, the children in Year 6 have been learning that light travels in straight lines. They had to draw scientific diagrams to show their understanding of this and had great fun using the torches to aid their understanding.