Today, the boys and girls in Year Two transformed into rock stars to launch a new Maths app – Times Tables Rock Stars (TTRS). The children looked fantastic with coloured hair, bandanas and even tattoos. The children listened to a short assembly all about TTRS and couldn’t wait to get started. When t
Over several weeks, the children have learned and continue to develop their understanding all about decimals – and a key element of this is with money. Applying decimals to money is a very effective and powerful way to help children remember about the key elements within decimals and the parts of on
This week in Reception, we have been immersed in the enchanting story of Jack and the Beanstalk. The children have enjoyed collaborating to create a vibrant class story map, outlining the key events and characters of the tale. Our role play area has been transformed into a magical castle, where the
The children in Year 1 have enjoyed building their knowledge of different aspects of measurement. They began by thinking about tallest and shortest. They enjoyed placing themselves in order of their height. One pupil was chosen to draw around and their height was measured using objects found
This term in Computing, Year Two have been learning how to represent data using pictograms. First, the boys and girls learnt how to create a tally. They found out that a tally chart was a useful way to collect data quickly and accurately. After that, the children tried making pictograms to represent
This week the children in Year 6 completed some maths work related to volume. To begin with, the children generated and learnt a definition for volume, ‘The amount of space a 3D shape takes up’. For the first lesson, the children enjoyed making 3D shapes with multilink and then finding their vol
In Reception class, we embark on an exciting journey of exploration through our ‘Plan, Do, Review’ process. During our sessions, we express our preferences by writing down where we would like to play. This method allows our teachers to support us in following our interests, extending our learning an
This week, in maths the boys and girls have started a new unit focusing on mass and capacity. To start, they had the chance to hold and compare a range of weights so they could get a feel for difference between grams and kilograms. The children then worked together in pairs to explore the mass of cl
Visualising shape is a challenging area of maths – sometimes children (and adults including Mrs Jennings) find it hard to see how a net will be folded! Today, the children were given parts of nets which they had to pair together to make a complete net. They had to work out which pairs fit together
This week, we learnt about the Chinese Lunar New Year festival, a vibrant celebration filled with rich traditions and fun activities. Our journey began with exploring authentic Chinese cuisine; we had the delightful experience of eating noodles, spring rolls, prawn crackers, and fortune cookies usin
