In Science this term, year 4 have been learning all about electricity. The children explained that electricity is a type of energy that makes things work: making a light bulb light up, a kettle heat water, a fan spin and a radio play music. They identified the different devices that run on mains or
In Year 3, the children have been learning about rocks and fossils. They carried out their own investigation into igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks and discussed the properties of each type of rock. They then moved on to learn about how fossils are formed and had a go at creating their own.
This half term in RE, Year 5 have been studying Christianity. We began by focussing on the Ten Commandments; we discussed what each commandment meant, and although we understand they’re all equally as important overall, we decided which we thought was the most important to us as individuals, and why
This half term in PE, Mrs Jennings’s class have been working hard on Netball, while Miss Alexander’s class have been getting handy with their hockey sticks! Although some of the lessons were rained off, all of the children have worked extremely well, and have shown excellent sportsmanship as well as
The children in Year 6 have reached the end of their P.E. units (lacrosse for 6B and tag rugby for 6A). After weeks of learning skills, the children were finally put into teams an able to play in competitions. there was certainly some intense rivalry, but it was also nice to see the fair-play and le
This week, the children in Year 6 have continued to look at some important festivals in the Jewish calendar. Hanukah started on Thursday 10th December and the children joined in the traditional dreidel game – although they may have been slightly disappointed they didn’t play with sweets or chocolate
Thank you to everyone who supported us with the Kindness at Christmas campaign – Let’s fight loneliness together. Yet again, we are blown away by your generosity. As a school, we have donated over 200 gifts which are sure to go a long way in making Christmas a little brighter for some of the eld
Hoorah! It’s nearly Christmas and this week Year One have had so much fun starting to celebrate this festivity. It all kicked off on Tuesday with our annual Christmas dinner. The children enjoyed pulling Christmas crackers and telling jokes whilst tucking into their roast turkey (with all the
During their PSHE sessions Year 3 have been learning about friendships and how the art of co-operation and negotiation can make communication more positive. Understanding compromise can be a tricky concept to grasp, so practical sessions that link to this kind of theme are really important so we can
In RE, we have been learning all about why Christians celebrate advent. We learnt that the word ‘advent’ means to count up or the arrival of something. In churches, they celebrate advent by using advent wreaths. These are wreaths that contain 5 candles. Each of the candles represent something differ
