Martin from Newcastle synagogue came to talk to the children about Judaism. He brought along lots of interesting artefacts, such as a menorah, tallit shawl and lots of mezuzahs. He also described what each of them was used for. The children were fascinated and asked lots of pertinent questions.
This week the whole school took part in an RE afternoon where the 4 main religions in our curriculum were studied. The children were most excited to learn that they were swapping classes to learn about The 5 Pillars of Islam, the Hindu festival of Holi, Easter and the Jewish festival of Passover.
Year Three learnt a lot about Hinduism and Islam! They visited Year 6 and Year 4 classrooms and impressed the class teachers with their learning attitude. Well done!
This week we having been reading the story of the Little Red Hen and talking about the animals on the farm. On PurpleMash, we have been pairing up the baby and adult animals and completing jigsaws based on images from the farm. We talked about the features of the farm and how it looked really […]
This week in our science learning, we finished our learning on Earth and Space by investigating how night and day occur at different times in different places on the Earth. We aimed to use key vocabulary such as axis and orbit within our explanations. We linked this closely to our geography learning where we have […]
Year Three were living and non-living things and they looked at how all were connected within our ecosystem. They were birds, insects, plants as well as water and soil. After reflection, they also realised that the connections can get unstable if one element disappears.
Year One have been practising their Easter songs 🐣 this week in preparation for the church service next week! They’ll be learning about the Easter story (as well as singing about chocolate!) and have practised their musical tune, pace, singing in chorus and actions! 🎵
This week Reception have been reading the story of Handa’s Surprise, a lovely story about a little girl who lives in Kenya, Africa. We learned a song about the story called 7 Juicy Fruits and accompanied it with these African drums which are called Djembes. The children were amazing and loved learning about African cultures […]
Year Four were asking some excellent questions to our visitors during careers afternoon. They were asking how they had got their job, any challenges they had faced over time and how the work they did made a difference for others, to name but a few. It also gave the children the opportunity to broaden their […]
As part of National Careers Week we held a careers fair, this was a huge success with lots of careers talk taking place throughout the school. In the hall the children had the opportunity to talk to workers from Catch22, the NHS, Stoke on Trent City Council, Keele University, Bet365, Staffordshire Police and Asda. They thought […]