After the sad loss of The Queen, it was lovely for the children and residents to celebrate her life and love of the outdoors in The Platinum Parterre garden, we created together, to mark her Jubilee. The new greenhouse is going up and the planting has taken root, the foliage is flourishing and the p
In our Design and Technology work this term, the boys and girls in Year 3 have been designing and creating a medieval catapult. Our work began with research into attacks on castles and methods that would have been employed such as mining or undertaking a siege. As part of our research, the childre
After the break, caused by covid 19 restrictions, we have been delighted to return to visiting our friends at Angel Court. This is a long term community project which we run with the support and guidance of Equal Arts and Henpower. This alliance enables us to deliver high quality, creative sessions,
Today we finished off our Greek topic in Geography with a Greek salad in DT! We drew on our knowledge of food safety and hygiene, linked back to our Pizza Express visit, and we washed our hands, our work stations and rolled up our sleeves to make our salad. We revisited chopping methods discusse
This week at Angel Court the children took the photos. As you can see as the planting becomes more established, the garden is becoming a bright and beautiful place. Colour and texture all around. Todays session saw the children making some seed balls that will be sown both at Angel Court and at scho
We had a great trip to Pizza Express this morning, not just the excitement of the bus, and the shops in the Metro Centre, but also the chance to learn about pizza making, kneading the dough, adding the toppings and trying other toppings like olives, chilli and sun dried tomato…and the fact we got
On Tuesday, Class 4B travelled to the Metrocentre to take part in a school visit to Pizza Express. When we arrived, we met the head chef and we learnt why some chefs wear white hats or black hats. Then, the fun began! After washing our hands and pulling up our sleeves, the pizza making commenced! Th
During DT this summer, we start by looking at food miles; imports, exports and why we have to move food around the world. The children discussed where their food came from and why some foods only grow in some climates. We found that a lot of green food came from the UK and as you get into hotter
This week saw a change of pace at Angel Court. Hannah Shaw, a printmaker, came to run a creative session inspired by the wood carvings of Thomas Bewick. First the children looked at some of his books, using magnifiers to hone in on the details. They discussed how much texture and movement he managed
This week we have been studying design and technology. It all started by investigating which foods are healthy and which are unhealthy. The pupils all decided that fruit was a healthy option and we used this as a basis for our design for fruit kebabs. Everyone primarily designed their kebab us
