Image of Year 5 Science - The Life Cycle of a Bird Roleplay
22 May

Year 5 Science - The Life Cycle of a Bird Roleplay

This week in Science, as part of our 'Living Things' topic, Year 5 embarked on an interactive journey through the life cycle of a bird. The classroom was transformed with various 'nests,' each representing a distinct stage of development. Children enthusiastically role-played each phase according to instructions, from carefully 'incubating' a tennis ball to taking tentative 'fledgling' journeys from their nests. This immersive and highly enjoyable activity significantly deepened their understanding and recall of each life cycle stage.

Image of Year 5 DT - Sharing our Pop Up books with Year 1
22 May

Year 5 DT - Sharing our Pop Up books with Year 1

In Design and Technology, Year 5 students have been busy creating captivating pop-up books specifically for our Year 1 children. Earlier this week, their hard work culminated in the completion of these books, which are ingeniously designed with various levers, mechanisms, and delightful moving parts. The highlight was undoubtedly sharing these creations with Year 1, who were thrilled to explore the interactive elements and enjoy having the stories read to them.

Image of Year 2 Computing - Presenting Ideas
22 May

Year 2 Computing - Presenting Ideas

In our Year 2 computing lesson, we learned valuable skills in digital literacy and creative expression. We utilised laptops to develop and present our ideas, focusing on the process of creating a story.

Image of Year 2 - School Shop
22 May

Year 2 - School Shop

Year 2 visit the school shop weekly. This activity provides a fantastic hands-on learning experience, teaching them practical life skills such as managing resources, making choices within a set budget (represented by the tokens), and understanding the concept of exchange. It also fosters decision-making abilities as they select items they desire, and potentially even promotes social interaction as they engage with peers and supervising adults during their "shopping" experience.

Image of Year 4 English - Writing A Newspaper Report
22 May

Year 4 English - Writing A Newspaper Report

In English Year 4 have been writing newspaper reports.

Image of Year 3 Science Show
22 May

Year 3 Science Show

Today, a science show visited us, and Year 3 had a fantastic time diving into the world of materials! They actively participated in exciting experiments, including melting plastic to observe its transformations, creating bubbles, exploring the properties of waterproof materials, and investigating which surfaces made a ball bounce the highest.

Image of Reception - RE - Visit To The Church
22 May

Reception - RE - Visit To The Church

As part of our unit on Special Places, Reception Class visited our local church. They took time to notice all the special parts in the church such as the cross and coloured windows. We then discussed how people worship God and we had our own worship time using the instruments.

Image of Nursery - Listening And Attention - What Is My Animal?
21 May

Nursery - Listening And Attention - What Is My Animal?

During our listening and attention activity the children showed great curiosity towards our mystery animal in the box.The children were given 3 possible animals and were tasked with listening to clues relating to the mystery animal to find the correct match. Each child listened very carefully to to various clues such as ‘my animal can fly’ or ‘my animal likes to jump’, and used those clues to match the characteristics to a specific animal, either by pointing, reaching, or vocalizing the animal's name or sound. While individual children showed varying speeds of processing, the group as a whole successfully narrowed down the choices, often arriving at the correct animal after one or two clues. This activity effectively engaged the group in a shared listening experience, prompting active participation in a problem-solving task.

Image of Pre-School-Understanding The World-Bug Explorers
21 May

Pre-School-Understanding The World-Bug Explorers

This week in Understanding of the world the children have been bug explorers. The children used a range of equipment like magnifying glasses and bug catchers to explore our outdoor area to see what creepy crawlies they could find. The children loved to explore with the different equipment and also enjoyed looking at all the bugs we found such as worms, woodlouse, beetles, flies, spiders, slugs and snails. Bug exploring in EYFS is a fantastic way to engage young children with the natural world and supports a wide range of developmental areas. It fosters curiosity, observation skills, language development, physical skills, and an understanding of living things and their habitats.

Image of Year 3 Art - Creating A sculpture Of The BFG
21 May

Year 3 Art - Creating A sculpture Of The BFG

In Art, Year 3 students have been designing and creating sculptures of the BFG using Modroc. They first shaped the head and shoulders with newspaper, then secured it with masking tape before applying the Modroc.

Image of Year 3 English - Writing An Explanation Text
21 May

Year 3 English - Writing An Explanation Text

Year 3 have been continuing their work on explanation texts in English, focusing specifically on seed dispersal. They've successfully incorporated paragraphs and conjunctions into their writing.