Year One’s Subtraction

Year One have been working hard this week, finding subtraction number bonds to 10 and 20 as well as using a number line to subtract. They love to start their work practically, working in pairs or teams to solve problems and are expert apparatus handlers! They’ve also been very posh, using ‘subtraction’ instead of ‘take…

Year Four Scientists

Year Four have been carrying out a comparative test to find out which liquids are the ‘best’ for our teeth. We used eggs to represent our teeth, as the egg shell is very similar to teeth, and we tested: water, flavoured water, Fanta, cordial, pure apple juice, pure orange juice, smoothie, milk, Pepsi max and…

Year Six Arrive at Stanley Head

Year Six have arrived at Stanley Head for their five day residential. The children spent the morning settling in and exploring the grounds. This afternoon, the children used their collaborative skills for team building tasks and then embarked on a a competitive shoot out at the rifle range!  They are excited for other activities this…

Water in Year One!

Year One have been working hard this week on their vocabulary. They’re re-writing the story of ‘Vlad and the Great Fire of London’ and have impressed us with their ability to use words they’ve learned from the story – like feasted and flickering! 🐀 In Maths they’ve been using words to describe capacity – sorting…

Investigating in Year Four

As part of our science topic on digestion and PSHE on growing and changing, Year Four counted their own adult teeth. However, we found that there was a wide range within the class, which led us to wonder why. So we began to think like scientists…one idea was that taller children might have more adult…

Cultural Diversity Day

Today we have been thinking about Cultural Diversity and how it influences our everyday life. Cultural Diversity can be seen in people’s writing, religion, music, clothes and cooking. Different countries have different cultures. World Day for Cultural Diversity is about gaining an understanding of each others cultures in order to promote peace, stability and development.…

Fire in Year One! 

Year One are continuing to be fire of London experts this week, not only writing their own versions of Samuel Pepys diary, but also putting their musical talents to the test, learning the song ‘London’s Burning!’ 🔥 They added instruments, sang as a whole class and then split to sing in rounds – very impressive!…