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PE – Tennis

PE – Tennis

In PE last half term, the children in Kingfishers Class have been learning the skills to play tennis. The children have learned how to hold the racket correctly, how to stand in the ready position and using their hand eye coordination when controlling the ball. The...

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World Bee Day Forest Schools

World Bee Day Forest Schools

The children had their ‘Forest Fun’ session.. The children sat in the wooden stump circle and Miss Jones explained to the children they were going to play the bee pollen game. The aim of the game was for each nest to collect as much pollen as possible before the...

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Samba

This week, the Owls are learning about samba music. Today they got the chance to experiment with some samba-style instruments. Later in the week, we hope to perform a samba batucada as a group.

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Immersion Afternoon – Water / Seas and Coasts

Immersion Afternoon – Water / Seas and Coasts

The children in Kingfishers Class were introduced to their new topic - Water / Seas and Coasts. The children received a letter from Dillon - A deep sea diver and a bag of plastic bottles. Miss Jones read the letter to the class. Dillon asked the children if they could...

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Forest Fun Bees

Forest Fun Bees

The children had their ‘Forest Fun’ session and sat in the wooden stump circle and Miss Jones explained to the children they were going to play the butterfly game. The aim of the game was to find the over half of their butterfly. Miss Jones told the children they...

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Computing Beebots

Computing Beebots

The children have been exploring the unit Programming Beebot in Computing. The children thought about the enquiry question - Can we explore a new device? Mrs Clark showed the children a Beebot and explained to them that Beebots follow instructions but that she was not...

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Science Club: Bridge Challenge

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...

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Walk To School Week

Walk To School Week

The JRSOs challenged the children, parents and staff were all asked to join in 'Walk to School Week' so we could have a car free zone in Strickmere. They were reminded of the benefits of walking to school: it keeps us healthy and it helps to protect the environment....

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HTML

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.

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Computing

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...

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Harvesting Potatoes

Harvesting Potatoes

The children in Reception were very excited about digging up the potatoes and seeing how many they got. The children dug through the soil with their hands collecting the potatoes. The children had to look carefully to make sure they hadn’t left any. They also weighed...

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