In music this term, the children have been making music using percussion instruments. The focus was to play a glockenspiel accurately and with confidence. The children began by getting to know the glockenspiel and learned to play simple rhythms using one note. They were quick to progress to playing
This week, Reception have been busy making a special film of our Nativity play, ‘A Wriggly Nativity’. Despite the short amount of time we have had to put it together, the children have done a marvellous job learning the songs and learning their lines for the production. This year, as we were una
This week, Year 3 have been looking forward to Christmas. Monday began with a bang – their Christmas party! The boys and girls had loads of fun playing games and showing off their dance moves. They also enjoyed watching the Northern Stage’s first ever virtual Christmas show, ‘The Emperor’s New Cloth
Over the last week, Year 6 have been doing some D.T work. They had to design and make a working Morse Code transmitter. The children could all instantly remember how to create a circuit using their knowledge from Science. However, when it came to design, we all learnt a few valuable lessons: think a
Never one to miss out on this lesson, back from isolation, Year 4A jumped straight into the challenge of creating an electrical circuit using a cell, bulb and wires. They were even given the buzzers to try too. Not only that – the children were so good we also added a switch and created buzzing,
In Science this term, year 4 have been learning all about electricity. The children explained that electricity is a type of energy that makes things work: making a light bulb light up, a kettle heat water, a fan spin and a radio play music. They identified the different devices that run on mains or
In Year 3, the children have been learning about rocks and fossils. They carried out their own investigation into igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks and discussed the properties of each type of rock. They then moved on to learn about how fossils are formed and had a go at creating their own.
This half term in RE, Year 5 have been studying Christianity. We began by focussing on the Ten Commandments; we discussed what each commandment meant, and although we understand they’re all equally as important overall, we decided which we thought was the most important to us as individuals, and why
This half term in PE, Mrs Jennings’s class have been working hard on Netball, while Miss Alexander’s class have been getting handy with their hockey sticks! Although some of the lessons were rained off, all of the children have worked extremely well, and have shown excellent sportsmanship as well as
The children in Year 6 have reached the end of their P.E. units (lacrosse for 6B and tag rugby for 6A). After weeks of learning skills, the children were finally put into teams an able to play in competitions. there was certainly some intense rivalry, but it was also nice to see the fair-play and le
