Swans
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.
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.
In Swans, we have been looking at writing relative clauses (using relative pronouns), prepositional phrases and expanded noun phrases using the picture book ‘The Arrival’. We then edited our work, improving word choices and checking for spelling or punctuation errors in order to publish our final paragraphs this week. These are some of the finished […]
On Friday 24th January, we took 21 children from Years 4, 5 & 6 to the O2 in London to perform in the Young Voices Choir of 2025. They performed many songs from a variety of genres of music alongside approx. 8000 other young people, to a packed audience. Thanks to everyone who was involved […]
On Wednesday 22nd January, the Swans class visited Colchester Zoo. As well as having plenty of opportunities to look at all the different animals, the children took part in a workshop about Charles Darwin. They learnt about the life and work of Darwin. They were given field journals and had to identify bugs and their […]
The Swans enjoyed their Recycling Workshop where they learnt about the different materials that can be recycled and what happens to waste when it leaves our house.
On Wednesday 4th December, children from the Owls and Swans class travelled to London. The first stop was the National Gallery and then to the Lyceum Theatre to watch The Lion King Musical. Thank you to all the adults who accompanied us on the trip. A great day was had by all.
Thank you for your generosity towards this year’s poppy appeal – £214.12 was raised by the school.
In RE, as part of our Hinduism unit of work, we have been acting out the story of The Blind Man and The Elephant to help us understand that there are many ideas about God and they are not all the same. It depends who you ask and what aspect of the religion you look […]
On Friday 18th October, we held our Harvest Assembly in the school hall. The children sang songs and read some beautiful poems. We also collected some non-perishable goods which will donated to the Colchester Food Bank. Thank you for your generosity.
The children welcomed Sam from the Waste Department at Babergh District Council into their school. In assembly Sam spoke to the children about Halloween and about pumpkins. The children were told 16 million pumpkins will go to waste this year. The children were told how they can use the whole pumpkin to eat – skin, […]
In History, the Swans have been writing biographies about the different passengers on board the Titanic. They loved the creative slant to this task!