Over the past couple of weeks we have been learning about different countries and adding information to our world map. We discovered that Handa from the story Handa’s Surprise lives in Kenya in Africa and one of the children in our class has relatives in Thailand. Following on from our walk this morning, we also […]
This week, Year Five combined their maths and geography knowledge together to investigate the differences in biomes around the world. The children used line graphs to focus on temperature and how this was different from biome to biome. This children carefully considered geological reasons behind this.
This week we have been learning all about the traditions of the Chinese New Year. We found out where China was in the world and looked at the size of the country compared to ours – it looks huge! We have loved listening to, ordering and acting out the story of the Chinese Race ,tasting […]
Year Two have recently learnt about Africa. They explored parts of Africa that are rich and parts that are poor with a focus on Zambia. They then discussed poverty. They role played what it would be like to travel to the river to get water for their family and they also made posters, just like […]
The children enjoyed a fantastic trip to Chester Zoo. We learned about animals, their habitats, which continents they can be found and their risk of becoming endangered due to deforestation and other risks. A lot of the animals we managed to see lived in South East Asia where there are rainforests and it is also […]
Year Six have started their new French topic, Notre Mondè. They have used atlases to identify the locations of some countries and put them under the appropriate continent on a table. However, there was one twist: the countries and the continents were all in French. The children did extremely well!
This week we have started reading our new class text ‘Running Wild’ written by Michael Morpurgo which links to our Rainforest topic. It is a very chunky book but the children listened really carefully to the first chapter and could recall all of the main parts. The story is set in Indonesia so we have […]
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 […]
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!
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, […]