Image of Year 5 DT  - Baking Tudor Cheese Pies!
12 Feb

Year 5 DT - Baking Tudor Cheese Pies!

In DT we have been learning food technology. We planned and designed our cheese pies and then had great fun making and baking them! We also enjoyed eating the pies, they were very delicious.

Image of Nursery - Geography - Who's House Is This?
11 Feb

Nursery - Geography - Who's House Is This?

Linking with our story, the three little pigs, Nursery class have been investigating different houses. We used google maps to find the childrens houses and see if they recognised who's house it was. As a class we discussed if our houses were made out of straw, sticks or bricks and looked at the number of windows and other features of the houses we saw. The children were able to quickly identify their own houses and they proudly showed them off to the their friends, telling each other who lived with them at home.

Image of Year 3 Science - Comparing the Drainage Rates of Different Soils.
11 Feb

Year 3 Science - Comparing the Drainage Rates of Different Soils.

In Science Year 3 have been comparing different soils and how well they drain. They used clay, sand, peat and chalk soils. They placed some of each soil on piece of filter paper in a sieve then poured 100ml of water through it. They learnt that sandy soil drained the best.

Image of Reception - Maths - Exploring Height
11 Feb

Reception - Maths - Exploring Height

Today in reception we have been looking at height. The children have learned new vocabulary such as tall and tallest, short and shortest. We read the story, Titch and had a go at ordering objects by size. Then we measured each other on our height chart, recording the results.

Image of Reception - Maths - Length
10 Feb

Reception - Maths - Length

Today the children have been exploring length. We read the story Super worm and then using play dough we made our own Super-worms! The children had to place them in the correct order from longest to shortest. We then talked about how we could measure them, we selected some cubes from the maths shelf to work out how many cubes long they would be, with the children estimating first.

Image of Nursery - P.E - Three Little Pigs Yoga
7 Feb

Nursery - P.E - Three Little Pigs Yoga

During P.E this week, Nursery class have taken part in some yoga! The children moved their bodies in different ways to represent significant events in our story, The three little pigs. The children followed the instructions well and really enjoyed using their gross motor skills, pretending to be the little pigs and the big bad wolf!

Image of Year 3 Maths Measuring In Centimetres And Millimetres
7 Feb

Year 3 Maths Measuring In Centimetres And Millimetres

In maths, Year 3 has been learning about measuring . Using a ruler they measured different lines and picture lengths and wrote their answers using both centimetres and millimetres.

Image of Year 6: Science - Classifying Plants
6 Feb

Year 6: Science - Classifying Plants

This week in Science, Year 6 have worked collaboratively to research the different branches of the plant kingdom, before creating their own classification keys. L.O: To classify plants.

Image of Year 6: PSHE - Maintaining Good Mental Health
6 Feb

Year 6: PSHE - Maintaining Good Mental Health

This week Year 6 attended a webinar for children's mental health week. They learnt about knowing yourself, self esteem and how to maintain good mental health.

Image of Year 5 P.E. Hockey Skills: Push Passing Practice
6 Feb

Year 5 P.E. Hockey Skills: Push Passing Practice

In P.E. Year 5 have been learning Hockey skills. This week we practised the newly learnt skill of push passing, and enjoyed passing and receiving the ball.

Image of Year 5 Science - Investigating Friction
6 Feb

Year 5 Science - Investigating Friction

In Science, Year 5 are looking at different forces each week. This week we have investigated friction, and whether weight affects the amount of friction. We used the slippy hall floor to slide trays - increasing the amount of weight each time and then measuring how far the tray slid. We discovered that weight does affect friction, as the heavier trays did not slide as far.

Image of Pre-School- PSHE- The Colour Monster
6 Feb

Pre-School- PSHE- The Colour Monster

The children have been developing their understanding of their emotions this week to support Children's Mental Health Week. We listened to The Colour Monster story and worked through all the different feelings and why we might feel this way. The children created their own monster of how they were feeling and added them to a jar.