Reception have been learning about two celebrations this week; birthdays and the Jewish festival of Hanukkah. In these photos, the children are baking cakes, hunting for objects in the jelly, playing the dreidel game, counting Hanukkah objects and making a Star of David, the Jewish symbol. The children have learned lots of new, exciting facts […]
This week Year Three have been investigating how water is transported in plants. We left white flowers in water, added some food colouring and observed what happened next. Take a look at our colourful flowers now!
Reception have been investigating what happens at Autumn time. They have explored a range of activities including a treasure hunt, leaf man collages after the story ‘Leafman’ and developed their fine motor skills through hole punching leaves.
Reception have been learning about the Hindu festival of Diwali this week. They have participated in lots of exciting activities that have helped them to remember what happens at Diwali time. They loved acting out the story of Rama and Sita in the woods. Ask them to tell you all about it. They have also […]
Year Two have worked hard this week in a number of subjects. At the start of the week, they combined their PSHE learning with their computing learning as they discussed the emotions involved with staying safe online. Later in the week, they thought about British habitats in science and grouped animals accordingly.
This week in Science, Year Three have been learning about the parts and functions of flowering plants. The children have been very creative and have made their own models to show all of the flower’s parts.
Our judging panel for the Royal Society Book Prize have been busy reviewing books during this this week’s club. They are doing an excellent job so far, in discussing the shortlisted science books and evaluating the different features of them. We look forward to finding out which will be their nominated winner!
Reception have had a lovely time this week learning all about Guy Fawkes and the origin of Bonfire Night. Here the children are reenacting the story of The Gunpowder Plot in the woods, which they loved and found fascinating. As part of this topic, we also discussed the differences between life then and now and […]
Year One have become poets today, learning and reciting a seasonal poem by Frances Alexander! They worked in teams to spot the rhyme, learn the words and even add actions to the poem, considering how seasons change and what clothing they would need. Great dramatic poetry reading – we can’t wait to hear your own […]
Year Six are following up their science lesson that they did in the woods before half-term. Last lesson, they were tasked with photographing as many different species of animal as they could find in the woods. Today, we are classifying these pictures based in their characteristics underneath the headings of insect, arachnid, annelid or mollusc. […]