This week sees the restart of visits to Angel Court. We are so lucky to have printmaker Hannah back to work with the residents and children. Linking to nature, and our fantastic community garden, the starting point was to look at the book The Secret Garden for some inspiration. The children began by
This week, Reception have been continuing their topic on ‘Explorers Outdoors’. The children began by reading ‘Camille and the Sunflowers’ before having a go at drawing their own sunflower artwork using oil pastels. The children have also been busy in the nursery garden planting potatoes and onions i
This term in computing, Year Two have been learning about how computers and robots work. The boys and girls started by identifying that computers and robots cannot think for themselves, they can only follow instructions. Then the children had a go at following instructions themselves. Working in pai
This term our topic in Year One is “We’re all going on a summer holiday.” The children have enjoyed talking about their trips to the seaside and how they like building sandcastles on the beach and eating fish and chips. The pupils have also had the opportunity to learn about seaside holida
This week, children in Year 5 have completed their ICT topic on videos. Last half term, the children investigated different camera techniques and positions. Then, at the end of half term, the children work in partners to create their own videos, putting these techniques into action. Today, the child
This week, the children in Year 6 have been working on co-ordinates and translating shapes on grids. They have worked in the four quadrants and have considered when the co-ordinate needs to be positive or negative and have used the age-old memory aide “along the corridor and up/down the stairs.” Onc
This week in Nursery the children have focused on planting. They started this week by discussing whether or not they have ever grown a plant before and if so, what they did to look after the plant. The children then decorated a yoghurt pot to place their cotton wool and cress seeds inside and learne
The children have finished their measurement unit: Mass and Capacity. Since returning to school after the Easter break, the children have focused on volume and capacity. They have worked extremely hard to understand the meaning of capacity: the amount a container can hold and volume: the amount of l
The topic in Year 4 this term is ‘Olympians!’ The children spent all of Thursday with some visitors from Durham University learning all about the Ancient Greeks. First, the children learnt about where the Ancient Greeks lived and where all the different Greek city-states were. They learnt about the
Nursery had a very busy morning, in class we looked at plants that may be a bit “risky”. Thistles, nettles, brambles etc. Miss Rowe showed the children which insects only live on these plants and why it’s so important we allow areas for these habitats to thrive. We watched a short film about all the
