Our week without Year Sixes This blog is about our week without Year Sixes. We have done multiple things this week including; Sports Leaders and a project on ‘les pays francophones’. On Monday and Tuesday we learned about Sports Leaders with Mrs Burr. First of all we talked about what a Sports Leader is and … Read more
Having learnt all about what makes a bug an insect, the children had a great fun finding and identifying plastic bugs on Monday afternoon. What excitement on Tuesday, a real ‘bug hunt’. With it being a cool day the bugs were well hidden but we had some great finds. The reception garden was even more … Read more
In D&T we have been making our own coats for our teddy bears. We have developed our designs over a number of lessons until we were happy with them. We practised using a paper template before starting to use our fabric, just in case we made any mistakes. We still have a bit of work … Read more
After tests in Maths, English and Science, we decided to have some fun with French phonics. The children created calligrams in French. Some children chose to create new species by putting two animals together – eg chien + ecureuil = chreuil; some children described how the colour of an animal made them think of something else … Read more
After tests in Maths, English and Science, we decided to have some fun with French phonics. The children created calligrams in French. Some children chose to create new species by putting two animals together – eg chien + ecureuil = chreuil; some children described how the colour of an animal made them think of something else … 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
In science Class 3 have been learning about rocks and soil. We began by asking the question 'What is under our feet?' After lots of discussion, and some very interesting theories, Class 3 drew some fantastic diagrams to illustrate the internal structure of the Earth from the topsoil all the way to the inner core. … Read more
Another week packed with activity and learning. Monday started with a quick chat with ‘talking partners’ and we soon discovered that between us we knew quite a lot about snails. A non-fiction Usborne text entitled ‘Snails’ added to the children’s knowledge and they all wrote some interesting facts for their writing in class. Story recall … Read more
Today the mobile classroom was turned into a Diwan Hall in a Gurdwara with a raised platform (Tahkt) and canopy (Chanani) for the Sikh's special book. Firstly, the children had to cover their heads, take off their shoes and socks and wash their hands so they were prepared to enter the hall. Next they walked … Read more
