Classes

Henry Moore study – Year 6

by | 9 Sep 2025 | Art & Design, Swans

The children have been learning about the artist Henry Moore. We are focusing our art work this term on his WW2 Shelter Drawings. This week, the children practised some of the techniques he used in preparation for their final piece.

Ballads

by | 9 Sep 2025 | Music, Woodpeckers

So far this half term, in Woodpeckers class, we have looked at ballads in music. We know that ballads are songs that tell a story and that they have lyrics, a chorus and an instrumental part. So far, our favourite song is Christina Perri’s A Thousand Years!

Rocks!

by | 9 Sep 2025 | Science, Woodpeckers

In Science, we are looking at the three different types of rocks and how they are formed. We learnt that igneous rocks are formed when magma cools into rock. Sedimentary rocks are formed under water and under lots of pressure. Metamorphic rocks are rocks that were once igneous or sedimentary rocks come under intense heat […]

Published writing – The Swans

by | 9 Sep 2025 | Swans

The Swans have worked hard to write, edit and publish their story chapter about WW2. They enjoyed adding the illustrations and ‘creative bits’ to their work!

Colour Mixing Detectives

by | 9 Sep 2025 | Art & Design, Kingfishers

The Year One children became ‘artists’ and started a new unit of work – Painting and Mixed Media. The children thought about the question – Can we investigate how to mix secondary colours. The children listened to the Sesame Street Lego Three Primary Colours. Miss Jones asked the children some questions- What are the primary […]

Science: Separating mixtures

by | 9 Sep 2025 | Owls, Science

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!

Forest Fun – Hammers

by | 9 Sep 2025 | Forest Schools, Kingfishers

In forest fun this week the children had the opportunity to do den building, potion making, colouring, mud kitchen and gardening. The children also learned how to use a hammer correctly to hammer a nail in a piece of wood. Well done Kingfishers.

History (Swans)- Learning about Evacuation in WW2

by | 9 Sep 2025 | History, News, Swans

The Swans have been learning about life as an evacuee. They went into role as a child who had been evacuated from the city to the countryside and shared their experience in an interview. We found out that not all evacuees had a good time!    

Make the Classroom Disappear – The Great fire of London

by | 9 Sep 2025 | Kingfishers, Visitors

The children in Kingfishers Class took part in ‘The Great Fire of London’ workshop. The children met Christopher and and listened to the story of ‘The Great Fire of London’. They helped to retell the story by putting out the scenery and being different characters. The children took it in turns to explore and play […]

People Who Help Us – Police Visit

by | 9 Sep 2025 | Kingfishers, Visitors

The children in Kingfishers class had a visit from PC Johnson (CPT officer). He came to talk to them about being a police officer. He told the children all about his uniform and the equipment he carries. He spoke to the children about what the police does and how they travel about. He also told […]

Immersion Afternoon – The Great Fire of London

by | 9 Sep 2025 | History, Kingfishers

The Year One children found out about their new topic – The Great Fire of London. The children looked at pictures and used their senses to describe what they could see in the pictures. The children saw – a big fire, cloud of smoke, path, lots of smoke, thin doorways, big explosion, shop, fire over […]

Make The Classroom Disappear – Ancient Egypt

by | 9 Sep 2025 | History, Owls, Visitors

On Wednesday 10th September, the Owls took part in a workshop on Ancient Egypt, run by Make The Classroom Disappear. They experienced writing the Egyptian number system on wax tablets and making mud bricks. We learnt about the layout of an Ancient Egyptian house too. The highlight for most of us was learning about the […]