This week Year One had their very first computing lesson. They were so excited to use the iPads independently. Firstly, they learnt about different tools such as the paintbrush and how they could use a thick or a thin brush. Also, the pupils had ago at changing the colour of the paint and were
In Maths at the start of the year we always revisit place value, looking at what each digit within a number is worth. In Year 3, we progress onto numbers up to 1,000 so this week we’ve reviewed hundreds, tens and ones and next week we will introduce the thousand. Today we’ve been using place value c
In maths, Year Six have been working on a unit of work based on place value. During the unit of work, the children have developed a clear understanding of what each digit in a number represents within ones, tens hundreds, thousands up to ten million. They are also able to read and write numbers up t
This term, in English, Year Two are studying the book One Day on Our Blue Planet in the Ocean. To help them get to know the text, the boys and girls have created some beautiful art work. First, the children looked at some images from their new text. They carefully sketched the creatures before colou
This week, the Year 6 children had a shock start to their time when an air-raid siren sounded and they evacuated the building! As part of the ‘Peacekeeprs’ topic that Year 6 study in the Autumn Term, children read the text ‘Friend or Foe’ by Michael Morpurgo. To launch the book, the children are all
This week, the children in Year 5 were introduced to their new English class read, ‘Beowulf’. During our book launch, the children went outside to investigate clues that had been left around to try and work out what our new book could be. The children found some old Anglo-Saxon letters, a warrio
This week, Year 4 were introduced to their new English text ‘How To Train Your Dragon’. Before the big reveal, they enjoyed a hunt around the school field to find some unusual objects that had been left by some mysterious visitors. Using the clues from the objects and an image from the front cover,
In Maths, Year Two have started to learn all about Place Value – the value a digit holds in a number. The boys and girls began their lesson counting in tens. They marched, hopped and jumped while reading the multiples aloud. During the lesson, the children were shown a set of objects and were asked
Our Forest School has been busy this week, collaboration will be an over-arching theme this term and the children really embraced the concept. Some of our classes become mixed as they move through school, it is therefore important that the children are given time to build and rekindle relationships
This week in English, we launched our new text – Prince Cinders! We are reading a number of variations to the traditional Cinderella over the term, and the first one is all about a Prince who must get to the ball. The children got a number of clues to the story including some cleaning equipment, a f
