What a fantastic first week Reception have had. We have been so busy making new friends, exploring our classroom and outside area, enjoying new activities, investigating, building, drawing, making, dancing, meditating and so much more. We can’t wait to see what next week has in store. 😀
As part of our learning in Design and Technology, we have been creating a salad for a herbivore from Peak Wildlife Park! We received a letter asking for our help so have considered how and where fruit and vegetables grow (over or under the ground), have taste tested and then designed our own salad that […]
Year two have been very creative over the last few weeks. In art, we have been learning about William Turner and completed observational drawing of boats. In DT, we have designed, made and evaluated Moon Buggys, to further our learning of Neil Armstrong in history.
This week Reception have designed minibeast hotels for their minibeast friends. We considered the range of materials available and then the children selected what they would like to use. They recorded the designs onto a minibeast hotel. The children brought in recyclable boxes which they then filled with their selected materials. Next week we’ll see […]
This week, Reception have been getting creative with some caterpillar and butterfly artwork. We have been experimenting with a range of techniques including fixing different materials together for collage and painting, then folding paper to make beautiful symmetrical butterflies.
On Monday, Year Three travelled back in time and visited the Stone Age. We had an amazing day learning all about Stone Age artefacts and different ways of life. We created our own spear heads from slate and crafted clay fat lamps just like the Stone Age people would have used for light. We were […]
Year Three have been planning to create a healthy snack to commemorate the Queen’s Platinum jubilee. They have decided to create fruit skewers and have explored existing designs, considering what they’d like their snacks to look like. Next week we will be taste testing and developing our preparation and cutting skills to create our own […]
This week, Year Five have begun their DT project on mechanical systems. Their stimulus is to focus on fun fair rides and how they have changed between the past and present. Currently, the children have investigated with mechanisms to see how to speed up their ride and ensure it travels in the right direction.
This week, Reception read a story called ‘A walk in Paris’. There were so many wonderful features that we learned about including the Eiffel Tower. The children found France on our world map, created their own Eiffel Tower masterpieces, painted French flags, sang Frere Jacques and wrote an information leaflet detailing important facts about France. […]
PYear One have been working on their design and technology skills this week, creating a house from 1666 and using a lever to set the house on fire! 🔥 They have investigated books with moving parts then tested three different levers (one that went up and down, one left to right and one that use […]