Happy New Year to all! It’s great to see all children back in class after the holidays. This afternoon, children are using Purple Mash’s Spreadsheet programme to create a spreadsheet which will calculate how many weeks they’ll have to save up in order to eventually afford some of their most desired items.
We’ve had a super science afternoon learning about different mechanisms including levers, pulleys and gears. We saw first hand how they make it possible to move heavy objects using less force. Also, we thought about when they may have been implemented historically to support the construction great structures made throughout history.
Year Two have been learning about money this week in maths. They first reminded themselves about what coins exist and their value. They then started to count coins and combine them to make amounts. The children have held the coins and used them help with their counting. Super work!
Reception have had a fantastic first week back at school after the holidays. They were so excited to see their friends and share the news about what they had been up to and what lovely gifts they had received from Santa.
Year Four have had a fantastic first week back and have enjoyed completing their DT project, when making their Roman bread. The used their skills to cut, grate and peel their ingredients before creating their masterpieces and evaluating the effectiveness of their finished product.
This week in maths we’ve been learning about 2D and 3D shapes and today we’ve worked hard on creating patterns! Why not go on a shape hunt tonight and see what you can find at home that are 2D (triangles, rectangles, circles or squares) or 3D (cubes, cuboids, pyramids, spheres or cylinders) or if you […]
This week we have been learning about the New Year Celebrations. We have talked about what we did with our families for New Year and found out about some of the celebrations that happen around the world. We watched London’s celebrations, counting down with Big Ben and enjoying the fantastic firework display. We then all […]
We have had a busy week in Nursery, enjoying lots of Christmas festivities. We had a special visit from Santa and he even brought 2 of his reindeer that we learned some facts about! We have enjoyed a Christmas disco, making reindeer dust, making Christmas wrapping paper and cards! It’s been a busy, but very […]
The children in Reception have been using their design skills this week to design their own Christmas hats. They had to select the buttons on the sides of the crown to complete the design before decorating with colours and patterns of their choice.
Year two were tasked with designing, making and evaluating a vegetable pizza for their parents to help keep them healthy over Christmas. The children first thought about their favourite pizzas. They then tried a range of toppings and learnt how to safely cut and grate. They designed their pizzas before putting them together at our […]