Classes
This term in Design and Technology we have been working with textiles and creating our own pouches, we finished these last week and thought it would be fun to explore a variety of textiles further in the forest area. The children enjoyed weaving fabric on the large grid and wrapping wool/string around logs, sticks and […]
Today we used Mrs Harvey’s lemon drizzle cake to help the Year 4s understand equivalent fractions!
In Year 6, the children have been looking at the artists Aurelie Bouquet and David McEown and their paintings of icebergs. They used shading techniques to try and give a sense of form to their work.
The Year One children became Geographers. The children continued focusing on the question – What is life like in the Jungle? The children thought about the enquiry question – Can we identify the locations and features of cloud forests? The children found out all about a cloud forest in Costa Rica. The children were able […]
In Science, the children in Year 6 have been learning that light travels in straight lines. They had to draw scientific diagrams to show their understanding of this and had great fun using the torches to aid their understanding.
The children had their ‘Forest Fun’ session with Mrs Clark, Debs and Miss Jones. The children sat in the wooden stump circle and Miss Jones explained to the children the colour matching game. They where asked to search for items and match the same colours as their colour card. The children returned to the log […]
In Science, the Owls have been learning how to use classification keys to identify living things. This week, the children had to design their own classification keys that would work to identify invertebrates around the school grounds. We went outside and used pooters to catch specimens and used our classification keys to see if they […]
The children in Year One are learning about Digital Imagery in Computing this half time. Miss Jones introduced the children to the idea of telling a story without words. Miss Jones and the children read the story ‘Flotsam’ together. They discussed why it is important that pictures are in the correct order. The children were […]
The children had their ‘Forest Fun’ session with Mrs Clark, Debs and Miss Jones. The children sat in the wooden stump circle and Miss Jones explained to the children the bird and worm game. The children were encouraged to either be a hungry baby bird by the nest, or a mother bird searching for ‘worms’ […]
The children in Kingfishers Class were introduced to their new topic – Let’s go in the jungle. The children received a letter from Cheeky Chimpanzee who was playing hide and seek with some of his other animal friends! The children became animal explorers and all joined in and found Cheeky Chimpanzee and all his friends. […]
The children in Kingfishers Class celebrate 100 Days of School. To celebrate our 100 days of school, we had a piece of cake and wore lovely 100 Days of school T-shirts and outfits! The children made a crown and took part in lots of challenges to complete in 100 seconds – writing their name, pegs […]
In RE, the Owls have been learning about Hinduism. On Wednesday, we looked at the bhakti yoga pathway to moksha and how Hindus follow this by showing love and devotion to Krishna, the Hindu god of love and devotion. We looked at the story of Krishna’s birth and also Janmashtami, the Hindu festival celebrating Krishna’s […]