In Science, Year Two have been learning all about materials. To begin, the children named different materials and identified that a material is what something is made from. Next, the children discussed why certain materials are used for different things. They found out that a material has properties
In this weeks Forest School session the children took the photos. Learning how to identify trees can be a tricky matter, this activity helps children to really look at leaf shapes whilst linking to our pshe scheme looking at family. In class we discussed what family means to us, everybody’s interpre
Over the next few weeks, as well as continuing our creative project with printmaker Hannah, we will be helping with the big gardening jobs at Angel Court. They are lucky to have such a beautiful space but strength and energy is required to keep it maintained. Well that’s an easy fix when you have su
Today, Year Two visited the Centre for Life. They explored lots of zones and even watched a theatre show. In the Play Zone, the children had the opportunity to look at the giant globe in the entrance. Some of the children chose to draw pictures and add them to the picture gallery. They loved getting
In Science, the children in Year 6 have been learning about ‘Evolution and Inheritance’ in their Science work. To begin their learning, the children looked at characteristics that can be inherited from a parent and those that are acquired. There was lots of debate had about this! The children th
This week Year One have been plant investigators. We learnt that fruit grows from seeds. We dissected different kinds of fruit – peppers, tomatoes, apples, kiwis and pomegranates, and discovered that they contained seeds. The children used their excellent observational skills to firstly locate the s
In Science, Year Two have been learning all about plants. They started by identifying the main parts of flowering plants and trees and identifying what the different parts of a plant do. Did you know that plants make their own food in their leaves? Next the children set up an investigation to find o
This week in Reception, the children have enjoyed learning about the life cycle of a Frog. We started the week by reading ‘Growing Frogs’ by Vivian French and discussed how a frog changes in its different stages. The children have enjoyed reading facts about frogs and creating their own in the c
Miss Rowe brought two of our hens, Nora and Silkie, to visit the Toddler group on Friday. As you can see the children were bold and the hens enjoyed all the attention. They even got some treats too. The children were eager to touch the feathers and were surprised at how soft the hens are. We hope th
Our visits to Angel Court continue with printmaker Hannah. This week the residents and children scored nature inspired designs into polystyrene sheets to create print blocks. For inspiration the children picked flowers and blooms from the garden and looked at images of garden flowers and insects.
