Reception children are learning about the feeding habits of birds Forest School style. Off to the field to build a big nest together, working the grass and branches round and around to create the shape. Sticks were placed inside to represent the hungry chicks, then it was off into the woods to find
This week in Reception, we have been looking at different types of transport as part of our topic on Journeys. The children have discussed how they travel to school and what journey they take, sharing this on Tapestry as well as creating a pictogram of how we travel to school on Purple Mash. The chi
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
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
Across school at the end of term, all the children take part in a quiz using the app Mentimeter. This quizzes them on all things to do with foundation lessons such as History, Geography, Art, PE, Science and more….The classes ring out with cheers and drum rolls. The children are really used to t
In Year 3, we have been designing and creating Christmas decorations for our design and technology project. The children carefully designed their stockings and identified the materials they would need to complete their designs. To join the felt to create their stockings, the boys and girls have lear
Our Forest School wanted to honour Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth by taking part in the The Queen’s Green Canopy, this project is proud to be creating a living legacy with over a million trees planted in Her Majesty’s name across the nation during the first planting season, October 2021 to March 20
It has been a busy few weeks at Angel court, where the children, residents and artist, Neil Canavan, have been building the new henhouse. It takes pride of place in the Platinum Parterre sensory garden we’ve created to celebrate the Queens Jubilee. This community space encourages the residents to co
This week in Design Technology, Year Two have been designing and making their own toy fire engines. First, the children researched existing toy fire engines and thought about what they liked and disliked about some different designs. Then, they used this to help them to design their own toy fire eng
This week, the children in Reception have been taking part in National Nursery Rhyme Week. This year, the suggested rhymes were B-I-N-G-O, The Big Ship Sails on the Alley, Alley, o, Twinkle, Twinkle, 12345 Once I Caught a Fish Alive and 5 Little Speckled Frogs. The children enjoyed performing thes
