This week, Year 4 have been exploring place value and using practical resources to help with their understanding. Today, we looked at 1, 10, 100 and 1000 less than and more than using counters and place value charts. The children have particularly loved partitioning 3 and 4-digit numbers using the w
This week in Nursery we have been learning all about the colours of the rainbows and how to colour mix. We were so excited to learn that we could make lots of different colours using only red, blue or yellow. We became colour magicians and mixed up colour spells in the painting area. We used these n
Working as a team so that you are successful can often be a challenge, lots of ideas and personalities to accommodate. Different learning and communication styles, it can be a real struggle and takes practice. A small team may be easier to manage but may lack variety of ideas, a large team can bring
In Computing, Year Two have been learning all about Information Technology – a computer or something that works with a computer. The boys and girls identified a range of examples of Information Technology including iPads, laptops and printers. To demonstrate their knowledge, the children drew an exa
We’ve been exploring digital devices this half term in Computing, looking at what they are, and whether they can help us. We are surrounding by digital equipment now, from appliances at home, to cars and computers. We have been learning about what makes a device digital – having an input, a proces
This week in science, year four have investigated how sounds are made. They explored using different instruments and everyday objects on their table. They identified the different actions that create sounds: hit, pluck, scrape, shake and blow. They then tried to describe the sound as being high pitc
Our first week back at Angel Court after a long break was a great success. The funding we have is from Sport England and their aim is to fund “projects and organisations, small and large, that help people get more people active. Every penny they spend ties into their vision that everyone in England
We continue to explore collaboration and teamwork in our Forest School sessions. This week the children thought about what friendship means to them. What do they look for in a friend and what do they give to their friends in return. Their challenge this week was to collaborate with their team to fi
This week was our first full week in Reception. We have had a great time meeting new friends and learning the rules and routines of the Reception classroom. We have enjoyed reading the story Rumpelstiltskin where the princess has to guess his name. We then played lots of games to learn our fri
The children have all had a fantastic start to Nursery this academic year and are settling well into our rules and routines. Over the last 2 weeks, the children have been working hard to understand the rules and routines we have in Nursery. We have talked about our three school rules – ready, resp
