Hazel class enjoyed travelling to different countries to learn new languages. We visited Sweden, Nigeria, Spain and France. For each country, we learned how to say hello and goodbye, coloured their flag and tried some of their food. We enjoyed trying some dancing too!
Half of Oak class and half of Ash class have been enjoying their first week of school this week. The other half will start on Monday. The reception teaching staff have been rather impressed at how well the children have settled into school life so far. Even though the children have only been attending in … Read more
As part of our unit of work on pizza packaging, Class 3/4 went to Pizza Express in Hitchin, to see how pizzas are made and to have a go at making a pizza ourselves. We were given a ball of dough, which we had to pull and stretch by hand so it would fit into … Read more
As we have been learning about Neil Armstrong and his trip to the moon, Class 1R decided to take a look at the rest of the solar system. We discussed the different planets, ordering them and trying to learn their names. The children then decided which planet (or star or satellite) they wanted to make. … Read more
This week, 1R visited Aldenham Country Park hoping to find Winnie the Pooh! Well, we certainly found Piglet. In fact, we found many piglets on the farm. Most of the animals seemed quite excited to see us as the children were given bags of food to feed them with. The children got to feed goats, pigs, … Read more
Class 3 have been learning about the sculptor Alberto Giacometti and discussing his work. They looked closely at his individual style and took inspiration from his famous sculptures to create their own long-limbed, big-footed sculpture.
As part of our History work, we have been learning all about Ancient Greece. Over half term for homework, the children created fantastic Ancient Greek shields. We put the shields to good use this week exploring Ancient Greek warfare. We studied film footage and pictures of the battle formation of a phalanx during the Batlle of … Read more
Here is our Assembly on Macbeth.
Today, Class 4/5 visited Shakespeare’s Globe in London as part of their work in Literacy. They have been looking at his plays, summarising them and started to act them out, so it was great to have the opportunity to see where they would have been performed all those years ago. It was a long journey … Read more
On Friday, Class 4/5 spent the afternoon at The Priory doing a pottery workshop. They were invited into the Art Department to create their own gargoyles using clay, which will be fired in the kiln over summer and returned to the children in September. They began the session by talking about what a gargoyle is … Read more
