Orienteering in Year Five

Within our recent P.E. lessons, we’ve been looking at orienteering. The children have been strategically navigating themselves around school and answering topical retrieval questions when there. It has been lovely to see lots of effective communication and teamwork!  

Science Day in Reception

This week we held a whole school science day. Reception’s focus was forces. They were investigating magnets, floating and sinking, rolling, spinning and floating. It was a fabulous day and the children came away with lots of new learning.

Freeze Frames in Year Five

We’ve been implementing our drama skills in our English lessons. We put ourselves in the shoes of Harry as he first entered Diagon Alley. We closely considered his emotions and began to reason why might feel this way.  

Art in Year One

This term we’ve been studying Henri Rousseau, a French artist and recreating his work using pencils. 🖼️ We found out facts, studied his work, recreated it using animals to help us sketch and found out about different pencils. We also layered our work and created our own Arctic and Antarctic animal pictures and then enjoyed […]

Coding experts in Year Five

We’ve had a super time in our recent computing lessons as we’ve got to grips with micro-controllers. The children have excelled with applying code to crumbles which led to sparkles and motors performing certain tasks. Those who have been most confident have also started to debug algorithms.      

Around the world with Reception

This week Reception have been reading the story of A Walk in Paris. We found where France was on the map, created our own French flags and completed a map of the world jigsaw.

Parachute games in Reception

This week we have been working together to play some exciting games using the parachute. We had to ensure that we were all following the instructions at the same time, so that the parachute moved in the way that we wanted it to.  

Symmetrical lines in Year Five

This week in our maths we’ve been investigating lines of symmetry. We developed a STEM sentence as a class and then applied this using mirrors to identify lines of symmetry. As the lesson progressed, children grew more confident at identifying lines of symmetry without relying on a mirror.  

Geography Comparisons in Year One

This week we’ve been finding out more about Antarctica and the Arctic and have been comparing them to where we live in the UK. 🌎 We’ve thought about climate, weather, how many people live there (population) and why. We’ve also talked about human and physical features and have started to find out about the animals. […]