Today in year 4, the children have loved investigating how switches in an electrical circuit work. They then worked in groups to create their very own switch for their circuit using everyday objects such as paper clips, split pins and tinfoil!
Over the last couple of weeks, Year 5 have been designing and building bridges to fit a specific brief. We improved our designs over a lesson or two until we were happy with a final design. Building the bridges was fun but challenging, as the joins were quite tricky. Eventually they were tested with
After reading ‘The Little Red Hen’, the Nursery children have been making their own bread rolls. They used their fingers to kneed and stretch the dough before leaving it to rise. The children were very excited to taste their bread when it was baked.
Last month we launched a recycling campaign in school linked to national recycling week (week beginning Monday 24th September). We had two ‘Waste Awareness’ assemblies where the children learnt about the benefits of using rechargeable batteries, how to recycle batteries responsibly as well as th
The Reception children enjoy following their own ideas and interests both indoors and outdoors. They have been making play dough owls, lego spaceships, paper rockets, cameras, houses and mud pies!
In Reception, we have been writing our numbers and counting natural objects. The boys and girls counted pom poms onto the numicon. They are getting very good with their counting skills.
This week in Year 5, we have designed, adapted and created bridges. We carefully followed the brief to make sure our bridges were suitable, strong and stable – we didn’t want any collapses! The children have had lots of fun and we can’t wait to test them (when they’re dry!).
In RE this week, year 4 have been learning about why many Christians go on pilgrimages and why these places are so special to them. They researched the history of Lourdes in France, including the amazing story of St. Bernadette and her incorruptible body. They presented the information as leaflets f
In Year 3 the boys and girls have been learning about the language of dance. The girls and boys explored travelling in different ways and created a sequence of moves to use in their choreography. The theme of our dance was ‘Walk like an Egyptian!’
In Year 3 the boys and girls have been learning how to create monoprints. Over the last week the boys and girls have developed different skills including using a roller, inking up a slab and printing over different textures and surfaces. They designed a symbol that represented an Egyptian God and pr
