The new Year One have had a brilliant week settling in to their new surroundings! They’ve shown their super writing and maths skills when learning, impressed us with their teamwork and have already started to grow in independence! Well done everyone – we can’t wait for September! ⭐️
This week Year Three have had a go at mono printing using their designs which were inspired by Stone Age cave paintings and traced over them. The children were very careful not to get themselves or their artwork very messy! They were thrilled with the results and will be using this technique to create their…
Year One visited Peak Wildlife Park this week to find out more about animals! They talked about how to classify animals (and found lots of mammals and birds!) and also considered different animal’s diets and whether this made them herbivores, carnivores or omnivores. We also studied the Humboldt penguin closely and learned that it came…
Year Five have enjoyed a reading café this week where they have investigated an unseen book. They carefully read the first page and considered the genre and if it was a book they would usually enjoy. Once they did this they unwrapped the book further to find more details.
During history, the children explored Mayan artefacts and tried to help them understand the Mayan culture. We learnt that they were one of the first civilisations to create chocolate.
The children had a fantastic time on Wednesday, competing in their first sports day. They all did amazingly well and completed a sprint, an obstacle course, the bean bag race and the teddy on the tray race. Well done Nursery, you superstars!
The children have been learning about the hot and cold places in the world. They then presented Hillside Weather and spoke about the weather locally, using lots of great vocabulary. Then, they explored climate change and made pieces of art outside with an SOS for the world.
What a fantastic day the Reception children had on Sports Day. We were very lucky with the weather and managed to complete all of our races before the heavens opened. The children had a growth mindset and approached all of the races with enthusiasm. They developed a range of skills which included throwing, jumping, running…
Year Six have been practising using spreadsheets this week. They have had to input formula so that their spreadsheet automatically: calculates the probability of rolling different numbers on dice; works out how many weeks of pocket money it would take them to save up for some of their most-wanted items; and finds the best website…
This week, we have been reflecting on our year in Year Two. We worked in our Kagan groups to think of as many exciting things that happened this year as possible. We then came up with a ‘fancy pants’ list of all the things we have learnt how to do, such as commas in a…