To launch Year One’s new English book, “Stone Girl, Bone Girl”, this week we all pretended to be Mary Anning – the most famous British Paleontologist from Lyme Regis. First we discussed what tools and equipment a fossil finder would need. The children had so many wonderful suggestions including
In Science, Year Two have been learning about what animals need to survive – water, air, food and shelter. Sometimes, animals might not have everything they need, but there are things we can do to help. The children came up with lots of brilliant ideas including putting bird feeders and bird baths i
In topic this week. the children have learnt all about two festivals – Diwali and Bonfire Night! The children have enjoyed learning about two different festivals that have a similarity of light. Diwali Our first festival this week we celebrated on the 4th November which was Diwali. This is also know
This week, the boys and girls enjoyed launching our new English topic. This began with a challenge – to create a floating sail boat. The children were very creative and extremely keen to test their boats in water. The results proved rather successful as the photographs show. Since then the stimulus
Year 3 have been excited about their introduction to French and have quickly they have learnt new words. They particularly enjoyed learning names for colours, and how to ask their partner how they are feeling. Great work Year 3 Article 29 – We all have the right to develop our personalities, t
As the nights get darker and colder, it is often lovely to curl up and read a book. Throughout the day, we talk to the children regularly about the importance of reading for pleasure and how it can help to develop vocabulary and develop an understanding of the world around them. This week’s books ar
This week in Maths, Year Six started a new unit on Fractions. On Monday and Tuesday, the children realised that they needed to use their knowledge of multiples and factors in order to find equivalent fractions and simplify fractions. They enjoyed playing equivalent fraction Bingo and were very compe
This week, Year 6 children took part in a Tag Rugby festival at Winlaton Rugby Club. The children braved the cold weather to put in an excellent performance with both of the teams winning matches in their groups. For many, it was their first experience of rugby and their understanding improved as th
Now is the time of year that we need to prepare our Forest School for the seasons to come. Showing the children how we can make our site sustainable and realising their own environmental impact is an important aspect of our Forest School. We spent the afternoon collecting leaves for mulching, repair
In Science this week, we have been looking at electricity. We have learnt what electricity is and also looked at two different types of electricity; current and static. Over the next few weeks, we will also be looking at different ways to generate energy including renewables such as wind and solar.
