As we enjoy the change in the weather so the time has come to get busy in the garden. Whilst Reception children have been cooking up a storm in the mud kitchen, Year 2 and 3 have been getting some Jerusalem artichokes in the ground and setting up pots ready to plant seeds in the poly tunnel. Old dea
This week, the Year 6 children have made vegetable pasties in the air fryers which they all enjoyed! As part of the history work this term, Year 6 have been learning about coal mining. The children learnt that miners ate pasties because they were a durable, self-contained, and a portable meal that
In PE, Year Two have been learning a dance to Thriller, by Michael Jackson. Before learning the routine, the children learned that music is counted in beats of eight. They listened to the song and practised clapping eight beats at a time. Throughout the dance, the boys and girls perform as if they a
This term, Nursery are looking at the sport of gymnastics! We have started a new unit of work for PE, called Jumping Jacks. We will be looking at lots of different ways of travelling, moving and jumping to become fantastic gymnasts. This week we started by doing some mat work which focused on di
Our current focus in Maths is fractions – revisiting some elements from Year 2, and adding in some new challenges with unit and non-unit fractions and then comparing and ordering them. Today we used the red and yellow counters to look at how you can demonstrate and write unit fractions, and how they
This week in Reception we talked about Mothers’ Day and the important people who look after us. We read My Mum is Fantastic by Nick Butterworth and shared the things that make our mums or special people important to us. The children used watercolours to explore colour mixing and painted spring f
Over the past two weeks, the children in Year 6 have been doing work from the book ‘Varmints’ – although they have not actually seen the book yet and have done all of their work from the book trailer below. The first lesson involved thinking about what a varmint could be and making links between oth
This week in Nursery we have become artists and have produced our own Mother’s Day gallery. We have been thinking about special ladies in our lives as we approach Mothering Sunday. We thought about the reasons that we love our mammy’s, auntie’s, grandma’s and nana’s and shared these with out friends
As part of British Science Week, the children in Year 5 took part in an exciting online workshop led by two real-life engineers. The session gave the children a fantastic insight into the world of engineering and how engineers help to design and improve the transport we use every day. During the wor
This week in Year 4 we have been learning all about mountain regions as part of our geography learning! The children investigated how mountains are formed and discovered some of the highest points in the UK, including Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowdon. We also had some thoughtful discussions abo
