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Investigating upthrust
Year 5 have loved their first day back in school. We learnt about upthrust in SITE: the difference surface area can have, and if weight changes in water. Year 5, what was the result of our experiment, and why?
Posted by Miss Alexandra on 30 November 2020
Category: Class of 2015
Tags: Science
No Pens Day!
Class Two had a great day for No Pens Day this week. In the morning, we used dominoes to find the double and half of different one-digit numbers. We enjoyed playing some games such as Kaboom which used our knowledge of our times tables and common exception words. On the iPads, we worked on…
Category: Class of 2018
Tags: Class 2 English Maths Computing S&L
What a catch!
Class Two have been working hard in their PE lessons on their throwing and catching techniques. This week we worked on our overarm and underarm throwing techniques. We talked about our positioning of our bodies and when to release the ball. We also thought about the importance of each type of…
Category: Class of 2018
Class 4 become Archaeologists!
As part of No Pens Day, Class 4 decided to become Archaeologists! We twinned this with our outdoor learning day and got muddy digging for Roman artefacts! Once the children had found what they were looking for, they then entered a historical enquiry by investigating that artefact's use and who may…
Posted by Beth Ings on 25 November 2020
Category: Class of 2016
No Pens Day? No Problem!
Class 4 have been really looking forward to 'No Pens Day'...they secretly thought they were off timetable however, Miss Ings had other ideas!
We did our maths lesson via a treasure hunt in the classroom - these incorporated all the skills we have learnt so far; place value, rounding, adding,…
Posted by Beth Ings on 25 November 2020
Category: Class of 2016
Music via the web!
Class 4 had a great afternoon with Miss Crowley doing their music lesson virtually!
They worked really hard to create sounds using what was around them (including body percussions!). They then had a go in pairs at creating their own rhythm and beats!
Posted by Beth Ings on 23 November 2020
Category: Class of 2016
Our Gunpowder Plot play
Class 2 have been working hard on our history unit where we have been learning all about Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot. This week we learnt about the order of events in the Gunpowder Plot by reading a play, split into six acts. We worked in small groups to write a short script and rehearse one…
Category: Class of 2018
WW2 Morning: Learning about rationing!
Class Six had a very exciting morning. We had a special history lesson learning all about rationing in the Second World War. We did this lesson in two parts; one part consisted of the children participating in a cooking lesson baking carrot cookies using a rationed recipe (we used carrots from our…
Posted by Miss Prankard on 18 November 2020
Category: Class of 2014
Tags: Class 6 Design Technology History
Class 4's Mathematician!
Miss Ings and Mrs Turner are super impressed with the work he is producing! He is loving our maths topic of multiplication and division...so much so he even did EXTRA work at home.
In class, we hear so much about his fish; so he paired his love for his fish with his maths learning and created…
Posted by Beth Ings on 18 November 2020
Category: Class of 2016
Woolly Mammoth Making
Class 3 have been looking at instructions in their English lessons. Today, they used their reading skills to make their own woolly mammoth's by following a set of instructions they were given. The class had great fun making their own mammoths and ensuring that they were following the instructions…
Category: Class of 2017
Class 4 against Bullying!
*Drum roll please*
Here is the much anticipated acrostic poem, created by every member of Class 4!
They have really enjoyed discussing what makes them unique and how people should be treated. As a class, we talked a lot about empathy and resilience too...this was also a great time to…
Posted by Beth Ings on 17 November 2020
Category: Class of 2016
What Happened in Class One?!
We've been writing poems about Space the last few weeks to help what we thought was a lost alien. However this mornings shenanigans told us a different story! When we walked into the classroom all the chairs and tables were covered in shiny silver material. Our books were all wrapped up and so was…
Posted by Mrs Eggleston on 17 November 2020
Category: Class of 2019