Year 6 have been exploring Cubist and Realist art work over this half term and have studied the work of Pablo Picasso. They have thought about how out of proportion and distorted features are used in Cubist portraits and how this contrasts to the life-like features that are carefully created in a re
This half term, the boys and girls in Year 3 have been developing their basketball skills and learning about what makes a great basketball player. They have played a range of games allowing them to progress from learning how to control the ball to passing and dribbling with accuracy. To finish, Year
This half term in Music, the Year 5 children have been focusing on drumming. The topic was inspired by the Rio Carnival so the children have been learning all about Brazilian culture. They played the surdo drums, keeping a steady pulse, whilst playing a rhythm on the agogo. The tamborim and ganza we
In DT, the year 5 children have been learning about what is meant by ethically sourcing food. After this, they researched foods that were grown in South America. An Argentinian recipe for Alfajores biscuits was then adapted to include an ingredient that could have been grown in South America. A popu
Year 6 have been learning about the different metric units of measure and how to read the intervals on a range of different scales. During this lesson, they had to use their knowledge of mass, capacity and length to make predictions and then check using appropriate measuring equipment. Article 28 –
This half term, Year 6 have been learning the skills of hockey and using them in small-sided games. They have mastered how to hit, stop and dribble the ball – although there have been lots of bruised shins along the way! It has been pleasing to see them creating their own drill to practise the skill
On Safer Internet Day, Nursery children have been talking about the internet and their experiences of using it on a variety of devices such as phones, tablets, game consoles and PCs. We talked about some of the web sites that they might visit which incluided sites like Cbeebies and Youtube. Nurs
In Science this afternoon, the year 5 children made alien soup. This was a mixture of pebbles, sand, salt, water and paperclips. They learnt about different ways of separating materials, before suggesting how the mixture could be separated. Most children understood that you could use a magnet, sie
This week in Maths, we have been learning about measuring. We have been measuring lots of items in different ways. The children had great fun measuring themselves with long strips of paper. We enjoyed investigating to find out who was the tallest and who was the shortest. We then ordered the diff
For the last two weeks, Year 5 children have enjoyed having a basketball coach from Newcastle Eagles for their PE lessons. A range of skills were practised and developed including, dribbling, defending and shooting. The children also took part in small-sided games where they showed good sportsmanshi
