This week, the children in Year 3 had the opportunity to learn about the sport of boccia. Mr Davison, from Grace College, came into school to demonstrate the game and explain the rules. Once in their teams, the boys and girls were excited to play the game. During the session, the children developed
This term in Maths we introduce a lot of new concepts to the children, starting with more formal methods of short division, then developing their knowledge of fractions and starting decimals. This week we have been using the counters in lessons to look at division with remainders. Dividing 5 by
This term, some of the children in Year Two have been taking part in Lego Club. For the last two weeks, the children have been using Lego baseplates and bricks to create Lego mazes. First, the children were given one square baseplate and were asked to create a maze using the bricks provided. At firs
Still learning about birds in preparation for the RSPB Big School Birdwatch, Year 4 set off on a Woolly Worm Hunt. An activity designed to really make the children think about how birds feed and how difficult that can be, especially in winter. Children work with a partner. They first create a small
Year 6 learned about the Jewish festival of Sukkot in the Autumn Term. In Forest School, linking to this topic, they created sukkahs or succahs which is a temporary hut constructed for use during the week-long Jewish festival of Sukkot. Though the sukkah can take many forms, there are a few bas
For the past two weeks, Class 5A have been participating in some rather interesting PE lessons! After finding out that they would be taking part in fencing lessons, the children were very excited. Lesson 1 focused on the basics of fencing, including learning about the salute, the ‘on guard’ position
This week, we have been looking at maps and plans as part of our topic on Journeys. The children were excited to share pictures of their bedrooms that they had posted on Tapestry. After talking about our rooms, the children got busy having a go at drawing their own plans of their bedrooms or oth
This week the children have been learning about space, rockets, the role of an astronaut and some famous astronauts such as Neil Armstrong. The children have also talked about where they would like to go on adventure to, who they might meet in space, what they might need in space and what they would
This week saw a return to our Angel Court visits. Over the last few months we have mostly been outside working on their new garden, but whilst the weather is cold and Neil puts the last touches on the henhouse, we moved inside to the warm to enjoy some music. Tobias, a musician from Equal Arts, has
This week we have started our studies all about the Hindu faith. We looked at key symbols, beliefs and locations of the Hindu faith including its origin and the range of Gods and Goddesses. We looked more closely at some of the different forms, features and qualities that the Gods had and how and
