As part of our DT learning on culture and seasonality, this week we have made and evaluated our own winter vegetable soups. We carefully practised different forms of peeling and cutting safely to prepare our soup. Also, we tasted and evaluated our creations.
Year One have continued their artwork linked to the fire of London this week. They used poster paint to add houses then used their collage skills to add flames! They will share their work in a gallery, commenting on what they like, how they could improve their painting and considering if their houses are truly […]
Due to heavy snow fall overnight, the condition of Field Avenue and surrounding roads, the continuing snowfall forecast for the morning, we have taken the decision, for health and safety reasons to close Hillside today. The decision has been made for the safety of parents, our children and staff.
Year Three have been busy understanding perimeters by using concrete and pictorial resources. They even measured their own tables.
We have read ‘Where the wild things are’ this week and were very excited about Max‘s going on an adventure on a boat. Nursery were set a challenge to build a boat to take them on an adventure, they could use paper, kitchen foil or Lego to build their boat and had to think carefully […]
We have once again immersed the children in a week of exciting book themed activities to promote a love of reading. The children began the week with a Booknic. The children brought in blankets and cushions and enjoyed sharing and recommending books with their peers as they tucked into their picnic lunch. It was a […]
With World Book Week, we discovered The Hobbit from J.R.R Tolkien and inferred with how a Hobbit could live in the outdoors and what he would do in the Shire. This has helped us with our non-chronological report. We also completed our Woodland hunt finding clues along the Green trail. We were really busy Hobbits.
Year Four have shown themselves as super authors this week, when writing their adventure stories for our Book Week writing competition. They have been focussing on using ambitious adjectives for description, a range of fronted adverbials to give variety to their sentences and using a wider range of punctuation accurately.
This week in Year Five we have been continuing to learn about the Anglo-Saxons. Our focus during the lesson was to consider how Pagan beliefs were overcome with a wave of Christianity in Anglo-Saxon society. We noted key changes on a timeline where we closely considered how changes in time were represented.
Year Two have continued their learning about pottery and Clarice Cliff by experimenting with clay. Later in the week, they will use the skills they have learnt to make their own pot.