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
In RE this term, year 4 have been learning about places in the world that are of special importance to Christians. The children were able to share their own special places and explain why they are important to them. They then found out about why different places around the world are so important to
The children were so excited this week, to assemble their pop-up Santa in Design and Technology. Firstly, everyone looked at their designs from last week and decided if they could improve them in any way. Next the boys and girls carefully coloured in a chimney and Santa template. They were
This week, the children have started to learn about Judaism and some of the fundamental beliefs and festivals. they have looked at why the Jewish New Year is celebrated in September and what this festival involves. After watching a video and making some inferences from photos, the children created a
This week Year One have been introduced to a new subject – design and technology. First we investigated how toys could move . We discovered that some toys need to be wound up – like our toy caterpillars. The children also learnt that some toys with wheels needed to be pulled backwards first to
Over the last couple of weeks in RE, Year 3 have been learning about baptism. They began by learning about John the Baptist, what he did and why this is still considered important and significant to Christians today. They were really good at ordering and retelling the main events. The children then
In Design and Technology, Year Two have started to make a fire engine. First, the children looked at lots of different fire engines from the past to the present day. We discussed what fire engines need in order to work effectively (E.g. a ladder, a hose and sirens). They then designed their fire eng
Taking our love of adjectives out into the woodland made for an exciting afternoon. Working in pairs, the children were given a collecting bag, a pencil and a sheet of adjectives. Their challenge match the descriptive words to plants or objects. If they found any additional objects that they could d
Year 5 were given a piece of descriptive writing that was based on an Indian folk tale, however, Miss Rowe converted the story to reflect our North-Eastern weather. The original tale inspired the Chipko Movement, whose members embrace trees to prevent the destruction of forests. The word Chipko mean
