In Year 6, the children are studying ‘Evolution and Inheritance’ in their Science work. This week, they have looked at characteristics that can be inherited from a parent and they have started to consider adaptive traits, which enable living things to survive and flourish in their habitat. They have
This week, Year 6 have been doing a lot of number work. This has involved them using formal written methods and recapping how to use BODMAS to work out the order of calculations. On Friday, this was put to the test in a challenge with their partner, where they played mental maths ‘Four in a Row.’ Th
The children in Year 2 are currently reading The Snail and the Whale by Julia Donaldson as part of their literacy work. So this week in our Forest School the children were asked to create some nonsense poetry inspired by the book. They would then be asked to present their poems in a variety of ways.
This week in our Forest School the children were asked to create limericks or nonsense poetry about Owls, and then share them in a variety of ways. Before going outside, we read the Owl and the Pussycat and some of Edward Lear’s owl based limericks and discussed the humour often found in this type o
As part of Design and Technology, we have started to make our hand puppets this week and this involved first learning about some of the different types of stitches we can use. After the first challenge of threading the needle, we began with running stitch. We will be having a go at back stitch a
This week in our Forest School the children were asked to create some nonsense poetry inspired by wildlife. They would then be asked to present their poems in a variety of ways. Before going outside, we read some funny limericks and looked at where the rhyming words often sit in a verse. Using a poe
This week in our Forest School the children were asked to create nonsense poems and then share them in a variety of ways. Before going outside, we read some well known hedgehog poems and discussed the humour often found in this type of verse. We looked at where the rhyming words often sit in a verse
It has been great to have all of our children back in class over the last four weeks, and they have settled back into the school routine brilliantly! They are however, ready for a well-earned Easter holiday where they can now enjoy spending time with more of their family and friends. This week in sc
The children in Year 1 have been learning about how we celebrate Easter. First we watched the story of Easter and how Jesus died on the cross. Then we discussed how Easter is celebrated at home. We came up with many different ideas including having a family meal on Easter Sunday, eating hot cross
As part of our learning about Easter, Year 5 have studied the Rosary. They learned about the different parts of the prayer, and how the different elements relate to different people in the life and learning of Jesus, as well as how Christians sometimes use the beads to help them keep count of how ma
