Curriculum

Samba

by | 6 Jun 2025 | Music, Owls

This week, the Owls are learning about samba music. Today they got the chance to experiment with some samba-style instruments. Later in the week, we hope to perform a samba batucada as a group.

Computing Beebots

by | 6 Jun 2025 | Computing, Kingfishers

The children have been exploring the unit Programming Beebot in Computing. The children thought about the enquiry question – Can we explore a new device? Mrs Clark showed the children a Beebot and explained to them that Beebots follow instructions but that she was not going to tell them how. The children listened to Mrs […]

Science Club: Bridge Challenge

by | 6 Jun 2025 | Extracurricular, Science

Last week, in Science Club, we did a bridge building challenge. The children had to work in groups to make a paper bridge that would support as much weight as possible. The winners were the Year 3 team, who made a bridge that held almost 4kg!  

HTML

by | 6 Jun 2025 | Computing, Owls, PE

This week, in Computing, Owls class are learning about HTML. Today, we learnt how to inspect the HTML on a website. We noted down the different HTML tags we spotted.

Batik prints

by | 6 Jun 2025 | Art & Design, History, Owls, PE

For our Art last half term, Owls made batik prints using colours and patterns inspired by the ancient Maya.

Computing

by | 6 Jun 2025 | Computing, Kingfishers

The children in Reception have been exploring hardware in Computing. The children thought about the enquiry question – Can we explore and tinker with hardware to develop familiarity? The children explored the tinker tray of objects. The children were asked to match the everyday technology images to the objects. The children were encouraged to name […]

Rainbow Salad

by | 6 Jun 2025 | Design Technology, Kingfishers

The Reception children were asked if they knew the differences between fruits and vegetables and why it is important to eat fruits and vegetables? Mrs Clark talked about what it means to have a balanced diet and the importance of healthy eating (so that we are able to keep our bodies working and our minds […]

The Swans have been learning about blood!

by | 5 May 2025 | News, Science, Swans

The children in Year 6 have been learning about the function of blood and it’s composition. They made models to represent the different components.

Year 5 Trip to Kinetic Adventure

by | 5 May 2025 | Owls, PE, Science, Trips

On Thursday 8th May, the Year 5s visited Kinetic Adventure. The day began with a workshop about the solar system where we used playdough to represent the relative sizes of the planets. Later in the day, we had a fascinating talk about life on the International Space Session. In between, we got to spend time […]

Heart Dissection Year 6

by | 5 May 2025 | Curriculum, News, Science, Swans

The Swans have been learning about the function of the heart. They were extremely lucky to receive a dissection lesson from Mrs Harvey who is a trained high school Science teacher. Every single child took part and this really helped embed their learning about  the different parts of this vital organ!  

Kinetic Adventure

by | 5 May 2025 | News, Science, Woodpeckers

On Monday we went to Kinetic Adventure in Claydon (near Ipswich). We learnt all about the sizes of planets, the International Space Station and even had a go at a few science experiments. We had a lovely day and would recommend everyone to look out for the offers they have over half terms and on […]

History – Why did people travel to the seaside years ago?

by | 5 May 2025 | History, Kingfishers

This half term in History the Year One children are focusing on the question – Why did people travel to the seaside years ago? The children became historians and thought about the enquiry question – Can we use photographs to find clues as to what seaside holidays were like in the past? The children were […]