Curriculum
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. […]
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 […]
On our trip to Flatford, we had a wonderful tour guide who spoke about John Constable and the history of Flatford. We created our own drawings, discussed the use of the river in the past and learnt about John Constable’s life. Here are some of the pictures from that day.
This week, in History, the Owls have been learning about the Spanish Armada. We had a go at re-enacting it!
Today the children took part in the RSPB Big Schools Birdwatch. The children became bird watchers and went into the Forest Schools area to see what birds they could see and to count how many. They completed an RSPB check sheet and spotted seagulls, sparrows, starlings and pigeons. When they got back to the classroom […]
This afternoon the children in Kingfishers Class took part in their sharing session with their adult/s. The children and adults were challenged to work together to create a dinosaur using recycled materials. The children and adults had lots of fun! The dinosaurs were fantastic. Well done everyone! A big ‘thank you’ to all the adults!
This term in Art we have been exploring the human body form! Across two lessons the children traced an image of a skull and photocopied it before creating their own day of the dead skulls! They are all so fabulous and now on display for all to see! Well done Woodpeckers!
In Science we are looking at Isambard Kingdom Brunel. He was an engineer who created tunnels, bridges, ships and docks. One of Brunel’s many creations was building the biggest ship of his time. We decided to plan and carry out an investigation into creating a tin foil boat that can hold as many pennies as […]
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 […]
In PSHE, Year 3 and 4 worked on being good listeners. We looked at how difficult it was to have a conversation when we could not see the person or use our hands. We learnt to ask open questions to encourage the person to talk more and practised showing good listening behaviour.
In DT, the Owls are designing and making pavilions. So far, we have built the frame structures. This week, our adults will come in to help us add the cladding.
In DT the children in Reception thought about the question – Can we practise and apply threading skills with specific materials e.g. hessian and wool? The children listened to Mrs Clark, Mrs Jones and Mrs Vogel as they explained what to do. The children followed the instructions and tried hard to thread the needle. The […]