Clearing out the Forest School area and getting ready for Spring is an important job. This week Years 3 and 5 have been clearing old den building materials to store and dry for use on the fire. This gives more room for fresh materials to be delivered. The leaf mulch that gathers underneath our den s
This week our new creative project began at Angel Court. Neil, the artist we are working with, had prepared wooden boxes, we then mixed sharp sand with pva glue to provide a simple cement. The children and residents then decided on patterns, using various materials such as stone, glass, slate and sh
This week in Year 5, we invited our parents and carers into school to learn about the different ways we practise our times tables! We played bingo and dominoes, we coloured in, and we competed against each other with Hit The Button! We had a fabulous time, and we loved showing off how good we are at
We’ve had an exciting (yet challenging) time making puppets in year 4. The children researched, designed and made their very own puppet! We practised own sewing technique to make our puppet pals!
In Year 3, the boys and girls have been learning how to divide with remainders. The children used lollipop sticks to group into threes and fours and look for any left over. They worked together to solve a range of divisions and recorded their calculations on whiteboards.
This week, the boys and girls have been looking very carefully for numbers when they have been out and about. They have been spotting numbers at home, in the outdoor area and around school. They have also been having a go at representing numbers by drawing pictures and tallies and trying to form
The boys and girls in Year 3 have been pretending to be the stone age boy. They each wore a blindfold and entered a dark cave full of mysterious noises. The children took it in turns to tell their partner how they felt in the cave and they recorded their ideas. The children will use this to inspire
The first session for the Year 6 tennis team practice took place today with the children excited and raring to go. During the hour, there was a quick warm up with some ‘boys v girls’ dodge ball (using the sponge tennis balls) before moving onto a variety of activities which supported forehand an
Fractions and decimals are hard enough, but throw a Tarsia puzzle into the mix and they become even more difficult. Year 6 have been working extremely hard on fractions, decimals and percentages and their equivalents. Here, they are trying to solve a puzzle by matching up the relevant pieces. It cer
Year 6 have started to play hockey during their P.E. lessons. They have been dribbling the ball, making sure that they used the correct side of the stick, and passing and stopping the ball. It is important to keep the ball under control, but when the relays started some of them forgot this and had t
