Year 3 - PSHE - Sharing Our Opinions Respectfully
In Year 3, we're developing crucial communication and social skills through our PSHE lesson on sharing opinions respectfully. This session helped children understand that everyone has a right to their own viewpoint, and it's essential to express those views in a way that is kind, polite, and doesn't upset others.
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Year 1: PE - Jumping and Skipping Skills
Year 1 pupils were outside practicing how to skip and jump. They worked hard on their coordination and balance by learning to turn the rope, find the right rhythm, and jump smoothly. They are building great physical fitness and control!
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Year 5 PSHE - Role Playing Assertiveness
In PSHE this week, Year 5 mastered the skill of assertiveness. We brought the concept to life by role-playing a scenario where a boy assertively declined a friend's request to ride his brand new bicycle. This engaging exercise allowed the children to identify the key assertive strategies and effective body language used in the script. We then compiled a useful class list of these techniques, clearly distinguishing assertiveness from both aggression and passiveness.
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Year 1: Independent Challenges
Year 1 have been working extremely hard this week in independent challenges. We have been building Sukkahs using lego, practicing our number formation, writing silly sentences, working on greater than, less than and equal to and putting our phonics skills to the test in our phonics matching game!
Year 5 Maths - Multiplying and Dividing By 10, 100 and 1000
Year 5 made fantastic progress this week, mastering multiplication and division by 10, 100, and 1,000. To really grasp the concept, we created a human place value chart! Students actively moved across the chart with their digit boards, shifting one, two, or three places and correctly deciding how many zero placeholders were needed. This hands-on, kinaesthetic activity quickly built their confidence, enabling the class to work accurately and independently on all set problems afterward.
Year 5 Science - Materials: Find Someone Who
Year 5 started their Science this week by consolidating prior learning on the properties and changes of materials with a lively game of 'Find Someone Who'. This active revision, which included concepts from Year 3, generated a wealth of rich discussion and ensured strong information recall. Energized by this, we launched into our new topic: hardness. Students tested various materials, using a nail to scratch different objects and ranking them from hardest to softest. We then evaluated our investigation in terms of its reliability.
Nursery - Geography - Properties Of Natural Materials
Nursery class have been exploring the properties of foraged natural materials—pinecones and conkers. The activity began with practicing anticipation skills using a clear "Ready, Steady, Go!" cue to release the objects down the pipes. The children quickly discovered a key difference, the conkers rolled down the entire length of the pipe, but the pinecones stopped short and got 'stuck'. This led to a discussion about the physical characteristics of the materials. The children were prompted to feel each item, noting that the conker was smooth, while the pinecone was spikey, which stopped it from rolling. The experimentation then moved to exploring cause and effect by adjusting the slope of the drainpipes. The children used blocks to make the pipes higher or lower, observing how the incline affected the speed of the rolling objects. Then they raced the two materials, further working on their understanding of how a material's shape and texture influence its movement. This was a rich, hands-on lesson about the physical world around them.
Year 3 - R.E. - Called By God
Year 3 explored the powerful Bible story of Moses. We focused on the moment Moses was called by God at the Burning Bush and what God asked him to do. The children learned that God commanded Moses to return to Egypt and lead the Israelite slaves to freedom.
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Year 3 - History - Surviving In The Iron Age
Year 3 explored what it took to survive in Iron Age Britain! We began by examining the landscape and discussing how different tribes used natural resources to their advantage. The children discovered the importance of the hillfort and identified the defensive features that protected the people and their livestock. They also considered other daily essentials such as fire, iron, crops and tools.
Online Safety - Memes
They’re everywhere online, but do you really know what memes are saying? ???? This week’s #WakeUpWednesday guide explores the role of memes in youth culture - and why they’re not always as harmless as they seem. From hidden messages to misinformation, we break it down ???????? Plus, we share four simple ways parents and educators can guide young people to engage more safely with memes - encouraging empathy, critical thinking and healthier digital habits ????????
Year 4 Science - Presenting Data
In Science, Year 4 have been learning all about living things and their habitats. We have found out how our seasons affect living things and the habitats they live in and spent some time researching what happens to certain plants and creatures during the different times of the year. We worked in four different groups and each group presented to the class what they had found out about their season. We were surprised at what some creatures did and needed to do because of the changes in weather and their habitat. We really enjoyed using different resources to find out about these changes.
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Year 4 Geography - Gathering Data
In our Geography lessons, Year 4 have been learning all about the Amazon Rainforest and what it is used for. We have linked our forests and woodlands to be the closest match to the rainforest and have been collecting information in a variety of formats to find out what we use our forests and woodlands for. We will then compare this to the Amazon rainforest when we present our findings next lesson. We have made some interesting predictions and are looking forward to find out what our data will tell us!
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