Yesterday was a very exciting day in school! A parachute was found caught in a tree on our school field first thing in the morning. Mrs Driver decided we should abandon our regular lessons and use this interesting turn of events to inspire our writing. Class 1R went out to look at the parachute, the … Read more
Class 1R have been learning about mini beasts as part of their Science work. They went for a walk in the nature area to see what mini beasts they could find. They watched some videos about mini beasts beforehand so they knew all the best places to look! They took cameras with them so they … Read more
Class 1R have been writing about superheroes in Literacy this week. They began by looking at the superheroes we see in comics, cartoons and films and then they started to think about the superheroes they know in real life… Class 1R made a list of these superheroes. They came up with parents, teachers, firemen and … Read more
Class 1R were lucky enough to receive a tennis training session with Charlotte from Letchworth Tennis Club this week. They learned how to use a forehand and backhand stroke and how to volley the ball over the net. They played lots of games to practise these new skills. It was lots of fun!
All of the children were invited to come to school dressed as a book character for World Book Day and Class 1R looked wonderful in their costumes! They also took part in a puppet workshop where they learnt how to create different expressions by changing the features on a face. Finally, Class 4/5 read some … Read more
Watch Class 1/R's recent dinosaur assembly.
Class 1R visited Shuttleworth this week as part of their History work. They have been learning about the oldest aeroplanes and the first aeroplane flight in this country. So far, the children have learnt about Samuel Cody and his work on the early aeroplanes. They are about to study Amy Johnson and her solo flight … Read more
Key Stage One have spent the day learning about and being inspired by the artist Henri Rousseau! They attended an Assembly this morning about the life of Rousseau where they learnt some interesting facts about him as well as looking at some of his pieces of work. This was followed by a sketching workshop and … Read more
Class 1R have been learning about houses in their Geography lessons. Today they have learnt the names of different types of houses such as detached, bungalow and terraced. They went for a walk to see if they could identify these types of houses. Mrs Thorn kept a tally of what they saw and the children recorded this … Read more
Class 1R have been learning how to do observational drawings. Today they had a go at drawing shells. They were told to look closely at the size, shape, colour and texture of the shells. They then had to draw the shells just using a pencil. Some of the children had a go at shading as well … Read more
