This week, year 4 launched their new reading text in dramatic style! The children will be studying Greek myths, which links to their History topic about Ancient Greece. They watched an animation of the story of Perseus and Medusa, and discussed the common features of myths, such as their heroes, vil
We’ve had some wild weather this week so took advantage of our Forest School being near warm classrooms to enjoy making placement art with natural materials. The learning focus over the last few weeks has been to recognise the difference between things of abundance and those that are more fleeting.
This week Nursery have been learning the importance of recycling to save our sea animals. We have been looking at a mini topic of the seaside and talked about how much rubbish we sea at the beach when visiting. We read a story called ‘The Messy Magpie’ which shows us how all the rubbish we leave in
In Computing, Year Two have been learning about how computers work. They programmed robots, which have a computer inside of them, to follow a set of instructions. To begin, the children practised following a set of instructions. They quickly realised that if the instructions weren’t specific, it w
In PE this half term, the children having been enjoying their first chance to play tag rugby. We have been building up skills, from how to hold, throw and catch the ball, to passing backwards and being able to run with the ball. This week we introduced tags and played some games of giant ‘table ru
This week, the children in Year 5 have completed their second Reading Week of Oranges in No Man’s Land. Today, the children read Chapters 14 and 15, where Ayesha is taken back across No Man’s Land in a UN ambulance after bravely retrieving Granny’s medicine. The children were given quotes from the c
In Reception this week, we enjoyed reading the story ‘Somebody Swallowed Stanley’. This is about a sea creature who swallowed a plastic bag. We talked about ways we can help protect the sea and the environment by reducing, reusing, and recycling. The children explored different materials and pra
Nursery have been on an adventure across the seven seas and became PIRATES! This week we have been learning about pirates. We learnt that they travel across the sea on boats to find hidden treasure on islands. We used our scissor skills to cut out our own flags for our sandcastles in the sand area
In Science, we have been learning about the features and properties of plants. From the roots, stems, leaves and flowers, each part plays a key role in helping the plant survive and produce more plants. This week we started an experiment looking at the key elements plants need to survive, includin
Amongst the preparation for SATs this week, Year 6 enjoyed a science lesson classifying animals in Science. Over the last couple of weeks, the children have been learning about the classification of living things. Initially, they thought about the seven characteristics of living things – using the m
