Year One have been using atlases, globes and maps today to locate where they live in the world 🌎 They’ve learned that we are part of Europe, as well as the United Kingdom, as well as England, as well as Stoke-On-Trent! 🏴 They used the atlas to zoom in further and find out the four…
This afternoon, Reception explored some zoom in, zoom out pictures on Explorify. The children had to guess what the object was and say why they thought it was that. We had guesses such as ‘ I think it’s grass because it’s green’, ‘ I think it’s a plant because it has orange flowers on it’…
Year One have been tasked with making a toy puppet for a friend as part of their DT learning. They had to test lots of different puppets and work out how they were constructed, test their own joining techniques, design and make a puppet, then evaluate it, working out what they liked and what they…
Reception had a fantastically creative time at their showcase on Friday. The singing was beautiful as were the various pieces of artwork that the children created. There was even a treasure hunt linked to one of our favourite stories.
Year Six have been designated the task of building Jim Jarvis, from our English test ‘Street Child’, a market stall to sell his shrimps. Children are testing out the stability and sturdiness of existing designs before planning their own design and experimenting with joints. We will be eventually making our own market stalls out of…
Year two have learned about the artist Martin Bulinya this term. They learnt many facts about his life, practised the skills and imitated a piece of his art before creating their own Martin Bulinya inspired art. They finished their unit by having a mini art gallery exhibit to showcase their wonderful work.
Year Three went on a trip to Rio de Janeiro this week. They met and handled lots of rainforest animals, learned some samba moves and tried Brazilian snacks. They all had a fantastic time and didn’t want to come home!
After learning lots of festive songs to sing, Year Five have created their own music to support them. It was fantastic listening to them performing on the acoustic guitars and percussion.
Last week the children had a very exciting trip to see Santa, we didn’t quite make it all the way to the North Pole but Santa very kindly met us at Amerton Farm. The children enjoyed a fun-filled day, having a ride on the coach, leaving school behind and heading on their first Hillside adventure,…
In Geography, the children have been enjoying learning about the different stage and features of rivers. They have also enjoyed reading about the journey of a river in shared reading.