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.
In Geography this week, the Year Three children have created rain gauges which they will use to collect and record the rainfall throughout the week. They will then compare their findings with the rainfall in Brazil. They used super teamwork to create their rain gauges and decide the best spot for rain catching.
This week Year Five haven been learning all about tectonic activity including earthquakes and volcanoes. Also, we have been recapping our knowledge of continents and countries around the world. The children have been using the globes to navigate their way around the world identifying the different continents and the counties within them.
Year Two had a lovely day yesterday at Peak Wildlife Park. We learned about habitats and how animals have adapted to the environment. We also looked at African animals and went into the African village to understand what life is like for people in Zambia.
Year Two have been learning about the continents. We have completed a number of tasks such as labelling on a map, playing games with the soft globe and creating our own balloon globes!
Reception have been working hard to create their own treasure maps to find the chest of gold on the desert island. They worked really hard describing all the features that we needed to have on there, such as the land, the sea, the trees and a pond. We think our maps look amazing and we’re…
Reception have immersed themselves in Dino world this week. They have had a fantastic time investigating and measuring dinosaur bones, creating dinosaur artwork, rescuing baby dinosaurs from frozen eggs and learning all about where the dinosaurs used to live, the history of the dinosaurs and why they disappeared. The children were fascinated and enjoyed sorting…
Year One thoroughly enjoyed their local walk, heading in to Milton to investigate the area that they live in! We spotted different buildings, different types of houses, different types of transport and we thought about the many different human and physical features that we saw. We really enjoyed eating our lunch at the park and…
Reception have been busy learning all about their senses this week and how they help us to find out more about the world around us. We went on a senses walk around the school grounds to see what we could find. We found lots of things that we could see, hear, touch, taste and smell…