Nature is the theme for this year’s Mental Health Awareness week. Being in nature and interacting with nature can reduce anxiety and make us feel more positive. Year One have been learning about wild flowers in our Science lessons and exploring nature in our art lessons. We sketched wild flowers and used natural objects to … Read more
This term, the children in Year 4 have been studying Electricity in Science. We have been discussing where electricity comes from and looking at the different ways that it can be generated. We have looked at both renewable and non-renewable sources and what is best for the environment. In our Science lessons, we have also … Read more
Oak and Ash have been very energetic this week. They have had time on space hoppers, trikes, and stilts and PE has been indoor athletics. To finish the week they all took part in a sponsered skip by completing a circuit of skipping based activities.
In Geography, Year One have been looking at the local area and how we can make it a safer place to live. As part of this topic, all of the children walked to Wymondley Road to take a traffic survey. We were really impressed with the behaviour of all the children. They listened to instructions … Read more
Year 3 have been learning about light as part of Science this term. They began by working in teams to sort objects which are sources of light from those which are not. They discussed that darkness is the absence of light. Then they used their sense of touch to identify the items in the feely … Read more
The children have been enjoying Spring time and starting to learn about minibeasts. They have learnt all about butterflies and snails so far! They have been busy making and creating.
In Year 5 and 6 recently, the children have been learning all about forces. Our topic has centred around the idea of a theme park called ‘Forceland’. The children thought carefully about the forces in action on a ‘Bungee Jump’ and ‘Rolling car ride’. We carried out a number of investigations to find the best … Read more
The 5/6 classes enjoyed celebrating British Science Week. The theme was innovating for the future and they focused on homes of the future. They watched some clips from Back to the Future II and Tomorrow’s World from 1989 where future inventions were predicted. Some came true, like video telephone calls, key-less entry, automatic light sensors … Read more
A HUGE well done to all the children in Oak and Ash class. The children have settled back into school really well and should feel very proud of themselves. Thank you to all the parents for preparing them for the return to school and for all the home learning. This week they have been working … Read more
This week is British Science week and we have celebrated in Year One by having a full day of science! The theme is Innovating For The Future and our focus has been on homes. The children were introduced to ideas about what our homes might look like in the future, how they might be powered … Read more
