Curriculum News
Making Gear Systems
Owls Class's DT topic this half term is Gears and Pulleys. In our first lesson, we made gears in different ways. We used corrugated card, playdough and paper clips and evaluated which ones worked better. The children showed really good practical skills to demonstrate...
Did Medieval Migrants become Integrated within their Suffolk Communities?
In History, we looked at the names, origins and professions of different Medieval migrants who came to Suffolk. We then used historical data to draw conclusions about whether they were welcomed and became fully integrated into our society.
Forest School
Every Friday for this half term, we have Forest Schools. Our curriculum link for these sessions is D&T, with a focus on cooking. Today we all had a turn at making salt dough; we measured the flour and salt, carefully poured in water then mixed it using our hand....
Owls Street Dance
For one of our weekly PE sessions this half term, we are being taught street dance by Sophie Dilworth from CDC Dance. Our first session concentrated on hip hop moves and all the children were brilliant!
Immersion Session – Toys
Kingfishers Class began exploring their new topics for this half term. The children received a parcel. Miss Jones opened it and read the letter. The children were asked to work together to complete a puzzle. The children worked as a team and completed the puzzle and...
Year 6 have been sewing Christmas tree decorations
We have been using our sewing skills to make a Christmas tree decoration - it's not as easy as you think but they have done a sterling job and it has been lovely to watch the children support each other with this challenging task! [gallery...
Dissecting an egg
As part of our topic on Living Things and Habitats, Owls class were looking at the life cycle of birds. We dissected an egg. We studied the outside of the egg with a magnifying glass. Then we carefully cracked open the egg to identify all the parts inside. We used...
Art – 3D Sculpture
Woodpeckers have been busy this term creating 3D sculptures; here are their final pieces!
PE – Gymnastics
Take a look at some of our fantastic balances!
Geography
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. [gallery...
Embedding the vocabulary of ‘migration’.
The Swans are coming to the end of their topic on migration. In order to embed the meaning of some of the terminology, we played 'Headbandz'! Headbandz'!
Christingles!
Thank you to all the family members who made it to our sharing session today. We made Christingle's because it linked nicely to our RE topic this half term; Christianity. The Christingle is used in churches as each element represents an idea symbolic to Christian...
Tasting Pomegranates in Year 6
In English we have been reading the novel: 'The Boy at the Back of the Class' which is about a Syrian refugee child who comes to the UK. One of his school mates, wants to try and make him feel at home so asks his mum if she can buy him a pomegranate as this fruit is...
Publishing
Over the last half term, Woodpeckers have been learning about rocks in science. We have looked at the three types of rocks; igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic. We found out how each rock is formed and looked at examples of each rock. In English, we have learnt about...
Remembrance Day art Year 6
We drew eyes and reflected our thanks to all the soldiers who fought in the war.
Dissecting Flowers
Today, in Science, the Owls learned about how flowering plants reproduce sexually. We dissected flowers and studied them under magnifying glasses to identify all the different parts.
Cave Art Hand-prints
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!
Fire Engines
The Reception children were given the challenge to create a fire engine using recycled materials. They discussed what features a fire engine has and then got busy selecting a box and covering it with red paper. The children added wheels, a light, a ladder, windows and...
Baking Bread
The children in Kingfishers Class worked together to make bread. The Year One children shared their instructions they had written for making bread with the Reception children. The children listened to the instructions and got busy making the bread. They thought about...
Swans trip to The Shed
The Swans had lunch at The Shed in Sproughton to celebrate the end of their WW2 topic. They enjoyed being quizzed by Berty about their topic and had an opportunity to sit inside an air raid shelter and look at the WW2 memorabilia. [gallery...
Science investigations Year 6
The Swans have been learning about refraction in their topic on 'light'. The learned that refraction is when light travels from one transparent medium (air) to another transparent medium (water) and that the speed the light travels at, slows down when it hits water...
Rugby Fun in Woodpeckers
Today in Woodpeckers, the children had a fantastic workshop with Hadleigh Rugby Club!
Owls Rugby Session
Today, two coaches from Hadleigh Rugby Club came to lead us in the first of three rugby sessions. The girls and boys were taught separately. They practised passing and tactics. They were all amazing! [gallery...
Paragraphs!
In English this week, we looked at headings, subheadings and paragraphs. We learnt that headings are like a title; they are usually in a bigger size or bolder font and underlined. The heading tells us about what the page/leaflet etc. is going to be about. Subheadings...