This week in Year One, in our science lessons, we have been learning all about sea pollution and the growing global problem our marine life is faced with. The children have watched a number of different Espresso video clips which have explained how much rubbish is in the sea, the dangers it pose
During their Forest School sessions, Reception children have been learning about the plumage of different British birds and what details to look for so that they can be identified. Telling birds apart can be really challenging so it is important to use our observation skills and that takes practice.
Our creative sessions at Angel Court started again this week. Dom, our favourite horticulturalist, came to create some rustic bird feeders to help encourage more wild birds into the community garden. It was lovely to see the residents and children working together chattering away like a little flock
Year 4 have begun their new science topic about living things. They have learnt about the 7 life processes that are used to identify something as a living thing: movement, respiration, sensitivity, nutrition, excretion, reproduction and growth. Using their existing knowledge, and the visible charact
In science this term our focus is on materials. First of all, the pupils learnt the definition of a material – a material is what an object is made from. Next, we discussed different materials that we knew such as metal, glass, wood, plastic, paper and fabric. Everyone tried to find the different ma
Year 4 enjoyed cooking cinnamon dampers and s’mores on the
Reception boys and girls enjoyed a visit from our hens this morning. We are lucky enough to have a cockerel at the moment. Once he is a little older he will be rehomed, but in the meantime it is lovely for the children to see the difference between male and females of the Silkie breed. The biggest d
This term, Year Two have been learning all about food chains in Science. The children learned that a food chain shows what eats what in a habitat. Did you know, the arrows used in a food chain show the direction of energy or what is eaten by who? The boys and girls focused on three different habitat
