Owls
On Wednesday 25th February, the Year 5s took part in a Photo Day. They went outside to create their own natural images and photographed them with professional cameras. They then developed their own cyanotype prints. The children really enjoyed the day and spoke excitedly about their learning.
Year 5 and 6 had a wonderful afternoon listening to the life story of Derrick Thomas, a Windrush Elder. Not only did they learn about the Windrush Generation, they also learnt about the core values of resilience, self-belief and determination. The children had an opportunity to hold the Olympic torch and learnt about how he […]
The children enjoyed another book club session. They listened to the story called ‘Supertato’ and then created their own ‘Supertato’.
On Friday 23rd January, several of our children from Years 3-6 took part in the Young Voices choir concert at the O2 in London. Our children joined over 8500 other children to sing a range of songs to a packed audience. Thanks to Mrs Marshall for preparing the children so well for the concert and […]
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 their learning.
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!
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 cocktail sticks to separate the […]
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.
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!
On Friday 3rd October, we held our annual harvest assembly in the school. The children read prayers; retold a Greek Harvest story; explained to others about harvest around the world and sang songs. Thank you to all who joined us and for the generous food donations which will be sent to the Colchester Food Bank.
In our History topic on Ancient Egypt, Owls have been learning about mummification. We tried making some of our classmates into mummies!
In Science, the Owls were learning about mixtures and how to separate them. Each group was given a bowl of different substances mixed together and had to race to separate them all out using sieving, filtering, evaporating and magnets. There was lots of great scientific discussion and hands on learning, and plenty of healthy competition!