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History Detectives
This week Year 2 had an exciting delivery from the history museum. We had a selection of dinosaur models and fossils delivered to school for us to look at closely. We spent a lot of time thinking about what each item might be and predicting how old it was. The children were keen to touch the items…
Category: Class of 2016
Tags: Class 2
Music
Class 5 have been working in groups to create their own compositions using percussion instruments and parts of their bodies. It was great to see their creative side come out by working as a group to create music.
Tags: Class 5
Harlow Carr Trip
To continue with our topic of Life Cycles in Science, Class 5 went on a trip to Harlow Carr. We completed the workshop on Seed Dispersal. The children thoroughly enjoyed looking at the different seeds and how they dispersed. None of us could believe how big some of the seeds actually were…
Tags: Class 5
The Digestive System
Class 4 have been learning about how we digest our food and how the nutrients are taken from it and are transported around our body. We used a tube of tomato puree to demonstrate how the oesophagus squeezes food down to our stomachs (freezer bag) after our teeth have broken it down and we have…
Category: Class of 2014
Halloween
This week the children enjoyed reading 'Room on the broom' by Julia Donaldson. They were inspired to make a potion area. 'Abracadabra turn me into a..."
The children made some amazing potions using spiders, eyeballs, bats and witch fingers.
The children also had a go at writing what…
Category: Class of 2018
Music Lessons
Class 6 start their music lessons on a high note!
We have been learning to play the recorder, and now we are starting to practice our selected song 'Run Rabbit Run'. For our performance, we have divided into two teams - one team performing the melody and other the harmony.
Our choice of…
Posted by Miss Prankard on 26 October 2017
Tags: Class 6
Active Maths - Roman Numerals
Class VI have been learning their Roman Numerals in a very active way! We have been making numbers using our bodies to create the Roman Numeral shapes! A brilliant lesson that was a lot of fun, can you guess some of the numbers in the photos?
If you need a hint and would like to…
Posted by Miss Prankard on 26 October 2017
Tags: Class 6
Great Green and Super Silver
Great Green and Super Silver
Children in Year Three helped to decide on our class reward system which resulted in the creation you can see in the photograph.
All children begin the day on our green dragon. Children can then be awarded silver for demonstrating high standards of behaviour,…
Category: Class of 2015
Tags: Year 3
Wild About Reading!
Wild About Reading
We want all of our children to develop a passion for reading - whether it be non-fiction or fiction! Reading is not only an important skill for life, but a brilliant way of relaxing. Our cosy reading corner aims to encourage children to take a moment from our busy school day…
Category: Class of 2015
Tags: Year 3
Year Three English
Developing Story Skills
In English we have been reading stories with woodland settings. The stories which have inspired our work are The Lost Happy Endings by Carol Ann Duffy and The Tin Forest by Helen Ward. Both books use rich, detailed illustrations and precise vocabulary to hook the…
Category: Class of 2015
Where do I fit in the world?
Where do I fit in the world?
This half term the focus of our learning has centred on developing knowledge about the geography of the United Kingdom. We have improved our skills in retrieving information from an atlas, to check the location of the towns and cities that we already know about. …
Category: Class of 2015
Tags: Year 3
Welcome to Year Three
Welcome to Year Three!
Hello and welcome to our class page. Year Three is taught by Mrs Howard and on a Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, Mrs Feasey works in our class to support individuals and groups of children to ensure that everyone makes brilliant progress.
In year three children work…
Category: Class of 2015
Tags: Class 3