Length and Height in Year Two
Year Two have been learning about length and height in maths. This week, they went outside to measure each other and the lines on the playground. They measured in centimetres and metres using a metre stick.
St George’s Day celebrations in Nursery
This week the children have learnt about St George’s Day, the have listened to the story, looked at the flag of England and found out different ways people celebrate this day. The children have re-enacted the story using the castle and figures and created their own St George’s flag using different materials around the classroom…
We’re off to France in Reception
This week, Reception read a story called ‘A walk in Paris’. There were so many wonderful features that we learned about including the Eiffel Tower. The children found France on our world map, created their own Eiffel Tower masterpieces, painted French flags, sang Frere Jacques and wrote an information leaflet detailing important facts about France.…
Year One’s Tiger Who Came to Tea!
Year One have started the summer term fantastically! They’ve been introduced to their new text and acting out the story of the Tiger Who Came to Tea 🐅 They retold the story as a class, taking turns to pass it on! Then they worked out the different characters (who appears in the story) and the different…
Year One’s Teamwork!
Team work makes the dream work! We’ve been working together in phonics and reading, and when working on capacity and volume in maths. We know that in Year One we all have different skills and it was amazing to hear everyone working out alien and real words and working together to predict which jug held…
Making Mummies in Year Three
Year Three have been learning all about how bodies were mummified in ancient Egypt. They have even had a go themselves using tomatoes! They emptied the tomatoes ‘organs’, cleaned and dried the tomato and have packed it in ‘natron’ to preserve it. We are eager to see the effect this has upon our tomatoes and…
Nursery Easter Bunnies!
This week the children have showcased their fantastic singing skills when they performed their Easter Bunny song. They have been practising this with Mr Hall along with the lovely actions and did a brilliant job performing in front of the school as part of our Easter Service. Well done Nursery 😊
Super mathematicians in Reception
This week we have been consolidating our maths knowledge by finding different ways of making 10. We have thought very carefully about the number bonds of the number 10, as well as the composition of the number 10. We then recorded these facts by creating fantastic number sentences that include addition problems, subtraction problems and…
Clarice Cliff in Year Two
Year Two have been learning about the art of local artist, Clarice Cliff. They have recreated some of her most famous patterns and this week, they used clay to create their own piece of pottery (something they know all about after their super history learning!). They will soon paint it with a Clarice Cliff pattern.…
Working as historians in Year Five
This week, Year Five have been working as historians to challenge the idea that the Vikings were only set on causing devastation and destruction. They carefully analysed two primary sources from 825 AD looking closely at the vocabulary.