Today, the children put their creative skills to the test by creating unique designs inspired by Ancient Baghdad. Last half-term, the children enjoyed putting their talents to practice by designing and creating a tile inspired by Ancient Islam. To add to their existing knowledge, the children had a
In Science, Year 3 have been learning about magnets and their magnetic fields. The children handled different types of magnets and were quick to make predictions about which they thought would be the strongest and why. They then used the magnets to investigate whether their predictions were correct
At Angel Court we have been lucky enough to be working with The Equal Arts Council and Elizabeth Baker, a writer and story teller from the North East. This is linked to our community project Plot to Pot, inspired by the Community Garden we have developed with the residents. We began by learning abou
Year 2 and Year 5 documented their own Forest School sessions this week. This is just a snapshot of what they got up to. They made a boat from an upturned picnic table and sailed the world. They created with clay and natural materials. They hunted for bugs and amphibians. They climbed the trees and
The start of Day 2 was helped with a good breakfast (cereals, fruits and a full English!) which gave everyone the fuel for an action packed morning. There was another variety of activity on offer throughout with different groups tackling the roster of challenges which, as well as those from yesterda
This week Nursery have been looking at the topic of farms. We read the story ‘Farmyard Hullaballoo’ which talked us through lots of different farmyard animals. We then listened to a song about the jobs that farmers have to do every day – it looked very tiring! The children had time to explore a vari
After a positive bus journey crossing the border into Scotland, Year 6 arrived at the venue for their residential – Lockerbie Manor. A quick orientation helped everyone get their bearings which introduced the site that was going to be our home for the next three days. It was great to see the littl
Our family members, friends, members of the community, children and staff all enjoyed a fantastic afternoon on the school grounds at our school fair. Once again, the weather was hot and sunny and everyone enjoyed having a go at traditional games such as lucky dip, scoop a duck and the coconut shy.
In Computing, Year Two have been learning all about programming, using Scratch Junior. They have used coloured blocks to program a character (sprite) to move, change and speak. To begin, the children recapped their learning from Year One. Even though it has been a long time since they last used Scra
This week, the children in Year 5 thoroughly enjoyed their experience learning about space through a VR headset. Last term, the children in Year 5 loved their Earth and Space unit in Science. On Wednesday, the children were thrilled to find out that they had one more lesson to enjoy – this time wi
