Image of Year 6 History - Vikings
31 Oct

Year 6 History - Vikings

In History this week year 6 have started looking at the topic on the Vikings, started by working together to create a scaled timeline.

Image of Year 6  English - Classic Texts
31 Oct

Year 6 English - Classic Texts

In English we have been looking at examples of classic texts, and thinking about what makes a book a classic. We also discussed which of our favourite books may become a classic in the future.

Image of Year 2 - Art - Creating Visual Lists Of Our Outdoor Environment
31 Oct

Year 2 - Art - Creating Visual Lists Of Our Outdoor Environment

Year 2 learnt about how artists are explorers and collectors. We sketched visual lists of our environment to see where we could explore for our art inspiration.

Image of Pre-School-Maths-Joining In With Repeats
31 Oct

Pre-School-Maths-Joining In With Repeats

In Maths this week the children have been joining in with an arrangement of repeats such as singing nursery rhymes, If you're happy and you know it and five cheeky monkeys. The children also joined in with repeats of body percussion clap, jumps and a body movement of the children's choice.

Image of Reception - Science - Exploring Autumn
31 Oct

Reception - Science - Exploring Autumn

This afternoon, Reception Class went on an adventure around the school grounds to observe signs of Autumn. Before we set off we discussed the kind of things we expect to see in Autumn. The children said leaves, worms, spiders and webs. We found leaves, twigs, sticks, acorns and lots of other Autumnal objects. We also saw a digger carrying out some work and our gardener’s blowing the leaves. The children also said hello to their friends and family over at nursery, which was lovely. It was a fantastic afternoon in the fresh air and the children were able to talk about the things we had observed.

Image of Nursery - Literacy - Creating Marks And Following Patterns
30 Oct

Nursery - Literacy - Creating Marks And Following Patterns

Making links with Diwali celebrations, Nursery class have been making marks and following patterns in glitter. The children selected their mark making tools and used their fine motor skills to draw in the glitter, noticing the black void that their movements had made. The children were encouraged to copy the shapes made by their teachers, mimicking small and big movements. Some children were also able to slowly trace the patterns drawn under the glitter to reveal the lines.

Image of Year 4 PE - Gymnastics
30 Oct

Year 4 PE - Gymnastics

This week we started our new PE unit - gymnastics! We had a great lesson learning all about partner balances and how to travel and change between different types of balance. We had to trust our partner to hold our weight, and worked well in pairs to make great progress in our balancing!

Image of Year 4 Holy Communion
30 Oct

Year 4 Holy Communion

On Tuesday this week, Year 4 joined Rev Kev and some of the local community in church for a communion service. We enjoyed singing the beautiful hymn chosen, and listened and thought reflectively about the words spoken in the service. We had written our own hymns and some of us read them out, while others read part of a Bible reading.

Image of Year 5 Maths: Square Numbers
30 Oct

Year 5 Maths: Square Numbers

In maths, Year 5 are learning about multiplication and division. We have learnt about multiples, factors and prime numbers, and have moved onto understanding square numbers. To help with our understanding, we created square arrays with counters. We discovered that 4 is a square number - because we could create a square shaped array with 4 counters. We also discovered that 6 is not a square number!

Image of Year 5 Design and Technology: Investigating Glove Designs!
30 Oct

Year 5 Design and Technology: Investigating Glove Designs!

Year 5 will be learning about sewing to create gloves in DT this term, and we began our topic with an investigation into glove designs. We looked at lots of different gloves for different criteria, including colour, fabric, stitching and decoration. We had a lot of fun!

Image of Year 5 Science: Sorting Materials into Hard or Soft
30 Oct

Year 5 Science: Sorting Materials into Hard or Soft

Year 5 were given a variety of objects made from different materials, and sorted them according to how hard or soft these objects were. They then tested their ideas using a nail to scratch the objects, and made a second judgement based on how easy it was to scratch the object. Lastly, we tested the trustworthiness of our investigation by comparing our results. We were surprised that our results were so different, and concluded that the method of observation was not as reliable as we had first thought!

Image of Pre-School-U.T.W-Exploring The Environment
30 Oct

Pre-School-U.T.W-Exploring The Environment

Today the children have enjoyed exploring our environment in Pre-School. The children have been developing their skills including gross and fine motor movements with our pumpkin picking. Using the tweezers to pull out the bugs and leaves in the water tray and creating bug houses in the Small World Area.