This week we have been reading the story of the Gingerbread Man. In the story, the Gingerbread Man was struggling to cross the river and was eventually eaten by the fox. The children have been challenged to build a bridge for the Gingerbread Man, to help him escape. They worked together using a variety of…
In PSHE, the children have been learning about how we learn. They could be visual, auditory or kinaesthetic learners. The children also had a go at planning their own short lesson and discussed the impact behaviour has on learning.
The children enjoyed watching the England World Cup game against Iran this week. They came in their England colours to support the national team. On Thursday, children watched Mr Mellor’s assembly all about the World Cup and the countries competing in it. They were intrigued to learn about many of the nations and particularly astonished…
The children have been talking to each other about the weather in French. They had to describe the weather from the weather map of France and their partner had to decide whether it was ‘Oui or Non’, depending if the description was true or false. We have some super French accents developing too! Tres bien!
This week, we began our new unit of learning in maths – Fractions. Crucially, we reminded ourselves of what a fraction was and the different ways they can be represented. Together, we defined a numerator and a denominator and began to explore equivalent fractions using the fraction tiles.
Year One have been practising their singing the last few weeks, working on tune, recognising musical songs and singing in harmony as a group 🎶 They have talked about what a chorus is during phonics (as they’ve learned that ch sometimes says c) and have now created their own class choir – they’re getting very…
In celebration of the World Cup, Reception have been finding out about several countries: Senegal, Ghana, France and Uruguay. We found these countries on the world map then discovered that the Eiffel Tower is in France, French is spoken in Senegal, cacao beans come form Ghana and Uruguay is in South America. We can’t wait…
Year Four had a fantastic day immersed in everything Roman. They created shields, played Roman numeral bingo, carried out some Roman food tasting and learned about formations. They all looked fantastic in their costumes!
Year two have been working hard in art. They have been learning about the artist Martin Bulinya. As part f their learning, they used their observational drawing skills to copy African patterns. They eventually produced brilliant final pieces and took part in an art exhibition where children commented on their pieces of art.
This week, Reception have had a fantastic time learning about the Hindu festival of Diwali. After reading the story of Rama and Sita, the children acted it out as well as making play dough diva lamps, Diwali cards and lots of rangoli patterns. We also did some Diwali yoga and Indian dancing before writing out…