Image of Year 5 D.T. Food Technology - Cheese Tasting
16 Jan

Year 5 D.T. Food Technology - Cheese Tasting

Year 5 enjoyed tasting different cheeses in DT this week, to choose a good cheese to put in a pie! We rated the cheeses, and created bar charts on Purple Mash to show our results.

Image of Pre-School- PD-Fine and Gross Motor Skills
16 Jan

Pre-School- PD-Fine and Gross Motor Skills

The children take part in Write Dance to develop their fine and gross motor skills. Moving to music with the ribbons and making up and down movements building on muscle strength. The children move their body into position to hold their crayons to make the movements on to paper. Developing the skills they have just learnt through dancing.

Image of Pre-School-Maths-Take and Give 1,2,3
16 Jan

Pre-School-Maths-Take and Give 1,2,3

In maths this week we have been filling Grandma's basket for Little Red Riding Hood to take it to her. The children selected their own fruit and vegetables and then counted them with 1:1 correspondance. We then asked the children to take one item out of each basket and as they did this they needed to count each item and then stop. We then moved to two and three items counting and stopping as we went. Children also counted in number sequence in this activity.

Image of Year 3 English - Identifying Features of A Story
16 Jan

Year 3 English - Identifying Features of A Story

In English Year 3 are enjoying reading the book, The Stone Age Boy. Using chromebooks they read the story in groups and worked together to identify the different features.

Image of Year 4 - Maths - Multiplying 2 Digit Numbers
16 Jan

Year 4 - Maths - Multiplying 2 Digit Numbers

This week in Maths, Year 4 have been looking at informal methods to help us multiply two digit numbers. To help us, we have also been using base ten. 

Image of Year 6: Maths - Ratio and Scale Factors
16 Jan

Year 6: Maths - Ratio and Scale Factors

In maths this week, year 6 have been focusing on understanding ratio, and using scale factors to draw similar shapes.

Image of Year 6: English - Macbeth Character Descriptions
16 Jan

Year 6: English - Macbeth Character Descriptions

In English this week year 6 have been looking at the characters of Macbeth, and Lady Macbeth - then using what they have learnt to write effective character descriptions.

Image of Year 2 - Maths: Money and PE: Team Building
16 Jan

Year 2 - Maths: Money and PE: Team Building

We have been looking at using money in Maths, counting and calculating with pounds and pence. In PE, we have been focusing on team building and the skills we can use to create better communication in a team and a better understanding of instructions.

Image of Year 3 Epiphany - What Gift Would We Give Baby Jesus?
16 Jan

Year 3 Epiphany - What Gift Would We Give Baby Jesus?

Year 3 have been thinking about Epiphany and the gifts that were given to the Baby Jesus. They had to imagine that they were visiting the baby and think about what gift they would take and their reason for giving it.

Image of Reception - RE - Diwali
16 Jan

Reception - RE - Diwali

To finish our unit on Christmas, we learnt about another festival that celebrates light in our world, Diwali. The children learnt about different sources of light and talked about how light does overcome darkness. We then had fun with candles, glow sticks and torches and sang a simple Diwali song.

Image of Year 3 PSHE - Safe And Unsafe Scenarios
16 Jan

Year 3 PSHE - Safe And Unsafe Scenarios

During PSHE, Year 3 have been looking at safe and unsafe scenarios. A friend dares you to climb the tallest tree in the park. Is this safe or unsafe and why? In groups they talked about what they thought and held up a card saying safe or unsafe then explained to the rest of the class the reasons for their answer.