This week in Computing, Year 3 were faced with the question ‘Can a picture move?’ They were introduced to the term animation and enjoyed discussing animations they had watched. Afterwards, the boys and girls had great fun learning how to create their own flip book animations to make a stick man wave
The children have been so excited to start learning about our Forest School and certainly weren’t put off by the wet Autumn weather. Each week we will get to know the different areas around our site. This week, into the woodlands, with a detour for jumping in muddy puddles. Learning about how we man
In our PSE lesson, Year 2 have been talking about friendship, how we can communicate our openness to others, even if there is a language barrier. We began with a short film showing greetings used around the world. We discussed how the current situation with Covid 19 has changed how we interact wit
This week in Reception we have started coming to school for full days! We have now met everyone who will be in our year group and are all enjoying getting to know each other and making new friends. We have started learning our class routines, spent time in our outdoor area, explored the classrooms a
In Year 4, this week, the children have enjoyed some very challenging and exhausting fitness sessions during PE. As well as sports and games, every week we have a fitness element that combines cardio, endurance and strength. We have enjoyed some tabata (high intensity interval activity), circuits,
This week at Nursery we have been settling into our new classroom by playing and meeting with our new friends and teachers, playing lots of games and exploring our new toys in the different areas. We have been singing lots of Nursery rhymes, reading stories, dancing and learning our new daily routin
This week, we launched our English book ‘Beauty and the Beast’. This term, We will be looking at different versions of this traditional tale from around the world. To mark our book launch, we made a beast mask using collage. Activities around this story this week have led up to the children writing
“We’re going on a dinosaur hunt, we’re going to catch a big one. What a beautiful day, we’re not scared.” This week, to introduce Year One’s new English Reader, the children went on a dinosaur hunt
This week, Year 5 have been excited to start learning all about our English book for this half term: ‘Beowulf’ by Michael Morpurgo. The week started with a clue by clue reveal, giving several hints to the children as to what the book might be about. They had all sorts of ideas, from Viking invasions
This week, year 6 have started their Science unit on circuits and conductors. They have been thinking about the different circuit symbols that are used to represent the components when drawing a circuit diagram. In addition, they had to act as detectives and work out why circuit wouldn’t work and
