This week, the Year One children started their Design and Technology block, with a focus on weaving. Our project is to design, make and evaluate a table mat. The week started with conducting some research about table mats. The children were able to look at table mats and say what materials they thou
As part of our whole school STEM Week, Reception had a fantastic time taking part in exciting science activities. We were very lucky to be visited by Mrs Old, our Science Leader, who helped the children explore forces through fun, hands-on learning. The children investigated pushes and pulls using a
This week, our school has been buzzing with creativity, problem-solving and innovation as we celebrated STEM Week. Every year group took part in exciting hands-on activities designed to develop skills in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths, and it has been fantastic to see our pupils thinking
It has been STEM Week in school this week, and Year 5 have been busy taking part in a range of exciting and hands-on activities. On Tuesday, the children were introduced to their Flying Vehicle challenge. They were tasked with designing a futuristic plane that focused on being quieter and more envir
STEM week this week so we gave the children a Forest School style STEM activity. CHALLENGER BRIEF: Your team must design and build a product to move an egg from point A to point B without it breaking. Teams will be provided with a selection of scrap and resources to build their product. You have
As part of our All About the Birds topic, the children have been looking at the structures of different nests. They’ve watched videos of the nest building in action and looked at some real birds nests in class. They then took this information and applied it to their own nest building. Before the chi
This week in Reception, we have been learning all about our local area as part of our topic on Journeys. The children became keen observers as they carried out a traffic survey, watching the dual carriageway from the school fence and using tally charts to record the different types of transport they
This week Nursery started our new topic for the Spring term, Rhyme Time. We will be covering lots of mini topics which have a link to nursery rhymes. This week we learned all about birds and have started to take part in the RSPB Big Schools Birdwatch. We started the week talking about different bird
Over the last two weeks, in DT, the children in Year 6 have designed and made a working Morse Code transmitter. They began by learning about Morse Code and finding out what a Morse Code transmitter did. After this, they designed their product. The children used their science knowledge to create a ci
Year 3 have been busy getting festive with their Design and Technology project by making their own Christmas stockings! The children showed great perseverance as they learned how to use a running stitch to carefully join two pieces of felt together. It wasn’t always easy, but they kept trying and
