Reception are busy working hard on their Christmas hat designs for our Christmas dinner next week. They have to choose which shape they would like their hat to be, by dragging the points into position and then think about the colours and patterns that they would like. These are going to look amazing Reception. Well…
As part of their DT unit the children have had the chance to use a range of techniques to prepare different foods for tasting. They used the bridge hold and claw grip technique when using knives and learnt how to use both knives and graters safely.
Throughout the week, Year Five have completed their science enquiry which focused on the design of boats and what shape of boat helped to overcome water resistance most effectively. We designed a range of boats of different shapes and tested them all on our own waterway! Afterwards, we discussed our results and decided which shape…
As we are learning about the Maya civilisation in history, and the importance of the Gods within their culture, we decided to make the most of the dry weather and sit outside to create Maya Gods’ eyes. We used our creative talents to produce some beautiful patterns in our designs. What a lovely end to…
This week we celebrated Earth day in Year Five. We considered a range of different ways in which pollution is caused alongside some of the impacts. We also explored the range of possibilities regarding how we recycle and introduced the idea of up-cycling, where we innovatively use products which have already expired into something completely…
Reception have had a lovely first week back, learning about some very special days. On Thursday, we learned all about Earth day and what we could do to help to restore our planet. The children came up with some fantastic ideas such as picking up litter and recycling it. We also learned about what we…
A huge congratulations to our Easter competition winners. We were blown away with the effort that the children had put into their designs. After much deliberation, each class teacher made the difficult decision and chose two winners who received the prize of a large chocolate egg. A big well done to all who took part.…
This week in Year Five we have been busy with our food design and technology unit. We researched, designed, made and evaluated our fantastic products all in one week! We all really enjoyed the challenge and our final products were very tasty with an authentic Greek finish. Within our English, we have focused on our…
This week, Reception have been immersing themselves in the story of The Three Little Pigs. The children are loving our new story and one of their favourite activities has been exploring building using a variety of materials in the classroom and also in the woods. There have been many cross-curricular links in this story including…
Reception have really enjoyed their second week of the Gingerbread Man story. This week they have learned to retell the story themselves, written a version of the story, decorated their own gingerbread men and made gingerbread men bird feeders, which we then took up into the woods for the birds. The children are settling back…