Owls
The irony of today’s English Lesson was palpable: in temperatures of around 30 degrees, the children wrote a description about the arctic wilderness! In order to help them ‘feel’ the landscape – they worked with their feet in water and ice!
In Science, the Owls looked at Galileo’s work on pendulums. They had to make their own pendulums and calibrate them so that each swing was exactly one second. They had to see if they could use their pendulums to time one minute accurately.
On Thursday 14th May, as part of our local history topic, the Owls class visited Stratford St Mary Church. We had been learning about John Constable and exploring what the village would have been like in his time. While we were in the church, we looked for clues to find out which parts of the […]
I had the pleasure of teaching Year 5 today! We went outside and deadheaded the daffodils and used the stems to create different types of angles: acute, obtuse and right angles. It was so lovely being able to teach maths outside in the sunshine!
The Owls really enjoyed their Forest Fun session today. They “baked” with mud, made houses for rabbits and built some amazing dens!
KS2 had a lovely afternoon making Easter Bunnies – it’s amazing what you can do with a few egg boxes, old cereal packets and scrap pieces of card!
On Tuesday 17th March, the Owls class went to Mountfitchet Castle, which is a recreated Norman castle and village. The trip followed on from last half term’s History topic on the Norman Invasion. The children enjoyed looking inside all the different buildings and interacting with the artefacts there. They enjoyed trying to find or remember […]
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.