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Digging back in time...
Class 4 have left the year 2021 behind (wouldn't that be great!?) and transported themselves back to the AD 987.
Using the outdoor classroom, they began to do an archaeological dig to find artefacts from the Viking era. Once found, they were able to explore their uses and discuss who might…
Posted by Beth Ings on 16 July 2021
Category: Class of 2016
Making pots with playdough!
Class Two have used their knowledge of 'The Lady with the Lamp' (Florence Nightingale) to inspire their art work this half term. This week, we used playdough to practise different techniques that we will use with clay. We practised making coil and thumb pots with our playdough and they looked…
Category: Class of 2018
Feeding the 5000
Class Two have been learning about Jesus in their R.E. lessons this half term. This week, they used role play to retell the story of Feeding the 5000.
Category: Class of 2018
Risky business in Class 4
As part of our PSHE learning, we have been exploring risk and how best to manage them.
We discussed different scenarios and what a risk is... something that could cause harm or danger. The children had really good points talking about first time dangers and everything being a risk and it is…
Posted by Beth Ings on 7 July 2021
Category: Class of 2016
999, what's your emergency?
Class 4 have had a busy morning becoming medical professionals!
A specialist trainer came in and discussed with the children the correct people to call and basic first aid. We watched a video and then talked through different scenarios. After this, the class had a go at practising the recovery…
Posted by Beth Ings on 6 July 2021
Category: Class of 2016
Butterfly, fly away!
Class Two have thoroughly enjoyed learning about life cycles over the last few weeks. We were lucky enough to have caterpillars in the classroom and have carefully observed the changes taking place in the life cycle from caterpillar to pupa in its chrysalis to an adult butterfly. Today, we…
Category: Class of 2018
Class Two's Art Day!
Class Two had a fantastic Art Day yesterday! We looked at the work of three artists; Andy Warhol, Henry Matisse and Paul Klee. We focused on their landscape pieces and discussed what we liked and disliked about different styles. Throughout the day we used mixed media to build up the skills needed…
Category: Class of 2018
"You're looking at the next best artist"
What a day!
Class 4 have been working really hard all day exploring all things art related.
First off, we explored basic skills using pencils; stippling, hatching, cross-hatching and circulism. The children figured that the less pressure they applied the lighter their pencil went. This was…
Posted by Beth Ings on 23 June 2021
Category: Class of 2016
All about Worms!
The children have been learning all about worms. They have enjoyed spending time in our outdoor classroom learning facts about worms, going on a worm hunt and learning a rhyme all about a worm at the bottom of the garden. Great outdoor learning Class R.
Posted by Liz Veverka on 21 June 2021
Category: Class of 2020
Tags: Reception
Minibeasts microhabitats
After hearing that Class 6's survey revealed that not many minibeasts were found in our bug hotel in the outdoor classroom, we decided to conduct our own survey as to which microhabitats we found them in! Every child created their own tally chart for locations they would search in and recorded the…
Category: Class of 2018
RSE Meeting Video
Category: Class of 2014
Tags: Class 6
Explanation Texts
In English this week, Year 2 started their new unit on Explanation Texts. We have looked at a variety of texts and identified their features. We have looked at sequencing explanation texts using time conjunctions and sub-headings as well as spotting similarities and differences in the ways the…
Category: Class of 2018