This week in Nursery the children have focused on Summer. The children have discovered that Summer officially starts on Wednesday 21st June and that in the Summer the weather is usually warmer and sunnier and lots of people go on holidays, which is something we will focus on within the next few week
On Monday, Reception went on their first school trip to Hall Hill Farm. They had a full day packed with lots of exciting activities. First, we held chicks, guinea pigs and bunnies followed by looking a the pigs and piglets in their pen. We met and fed lots of animals on the farm including goats, she
This week, Year 5 have been learning about solvents (liquids), solutes (solids) and solutions (mixture of liquid and solid). At the start of the week, we looked at the properties of different materials and groups different materials based on their shared properties. We linked this back to our know
In Science, Year Two have been learning all about materials. To begin, the children named different materials and identified that a material is what something is made from. Next, the children discussed why certain materials are used for different things. They found out that a material has properties
This week we started looking at shapes and patterns and the symmetry within them. Of course at some point – the mirrors had to come out and these alone can provide a lot of entertainment! After exploring symmetry in ourselves, objects around us and in the class, we moved on to shapes and pattern
Linked to our topic “We’re all going on a summer holiday”, Year One have been reading a poem about the seaside. They discovered that each line focuses on a different sense – touch, smell, sight, taste and hearing. Everyone enjoyed firstly performing the poem together with actions and then we concent
In History this term, the children have been learning about castles. They have identified the features of a castle and identified how castles have changed over time. They have also used the map skills they developed in our geography lessons, to locate castles around the UK. As part of our learning,
This week in Design Technology, the children in Year Six have been designing and making their own Roman chariots. The brief was to construct a Roman chariot that could hold 10 multi-link cubes and race along a track. First, the children researched chariots and learned that the Romans used them for w
In this weeks Forest School session the children took the photos. Learning how to identify trees can be a tricky matter, this activity helps children to really look at leaf shapes whilst linking to our pshe scheme looking at family. In class we discussed what family means to us, everybody’s interpre
This week in Nursery the children have focused on pirates. They started this week by entering the classroom with a pirate hat, eye patch and treasure map left on the floor and a missing treasure chest. This led to lots of lovely discussions about who may have been in our classroom and why they think
