Curriculum
This half term i History the children in Kingfishers Class will be focusing on the question – How was Mary Anning’s trip to the beach the start of a ‘new beginning’? The children thought about the enquiry question – Why do we remember Mary Anning? The children were shown a picture of Mary Anning and […]
The children in Kingfishers Class were very surprised when they found the window open, some dinosaur footprints on the table and a nest full of eggs. The children became explorers and thought about the evidence they had found and came to the conclusion a dinosaur had been in the classroom. The children completed a prediction […]
The children began focusing on Cooking and Nutrition: Smoothies. The children thought about the question – Can we identify fruits? Miss Jones showed the children pictures of food and the children were asked to identify them. The children were invited to answer the question – What is food? Miss Jones told the children she was […]
This term in Science we explored plants and how they are similar to humans! The children worked extremely hard learning lots of new vocabulary and their meaning. We also conducted an experiment which the children observed over time; they placed carnations and lettuce into test tubes and beakers containing different food colouring and watched to […]
Earlier this term the children enjoyed their Art lessons within forest schools; they explored the ceramic artists Ranti Bam and Rachel Whiteread, and looked at their pieces of work and created their own using similar techniques. The children have had a fabulous time sculpturing bugs, pinch pots, patterned clay tiles and finally designed their very […]
The children in Year One became Geographers and focused on the question – How can we describe Stratford St Mary to a visitor? The children recapped over their walk around the village and thought about what they saw (human features). The children created a leaflet all about Stratford St Mary. Great work Kingfishers!
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.
In Art the children designed and made a mandala which can be used as a sun catcher. At break time they collected autumn leaves. They used the autumn leaves to create a circular pattern which they tried to make symmetrical. Amazing art work.
The children became ‘artists’ and began focusing on – Drawing. The children thought about the question – Can we explore line and mark making to draw water? The children recapped over last week’s lesson and identified the lines. The children were shown a range of the work of Zaria Forman. The children were asked to […]
In English, we are looking at the story of Cinderella. We have learnt skills such as using commas in lists, prepositional phrases and have tried to use adventurous vocabulary. Today we wrote our story opening and tried to include these skills. Here is some of our work so far:
The Owls had a great first day back on Tuesday. We had an immersion morning to launch our new topic on Crete. One of the activities was to make 3D maps of Crete using plasticine. In the afternoon, we did Forest School. The children had a great time feeding the birds, making s’mores and making […]
This week we have published our writing; a report about Sutton Hoo. We learnt the need for a heading and subheadings and presenting our information clearly. We found our information through watching short clips, reading books and investigating who may have been buried in the boat. Some of our published pieces are below.