Gale force winds, unseasonably low June (ha ha) temperatures and horizontal driving rain did not stop Beech class having a great and educational day at Affinity Water in Bushey. Before we set out in the elements to pond dip and hunt for mini-beasts, we learned about how much water we use in the UK. We … Read more
To finish off our topic on minibeasts, Reception visited Shepreth to find some (not so mini) minibeasts! We also enjoyed seeing lots of other animals but the bats and the tiger seemed a firm favourite!
On Tuesday, Maple class completed their sponsored silence in aid of Compassion UK. The whole class (teachers included) had to communicate using only whiteboards or hand gestures for 30 minutes. It was really quite a challenge but everyone enjoyed it and some even wanted to carry on when the countdown clock got to zero! We … Read more
Beech Class ran 500m for Compassion this week. In order to raise some money to help Samali and Joel, the two children the school sponsors through Compassion UK, Beech class did a sponsored run on the field. Five lengths of the track didn't seem such a tall order when we talked about it in class, … Read more
Beech Class wanted to see how a solid reacts to temperature in science this week, so we melted chocolate! The experiment aimed to find out what temperature melted chocolate the fastest. No surprises that floating tins with pieces of chocolate on icy water yielded no change! The chocolate had not reached its melting point. However, in … Read more
What could possibly go wrong? 26 children, 18 bottles of fizzy drink and the aim of the science experiment to shake out the bubbles! Well actually – nothing! Beech class was investigating which are the fizziest drinks by seeing if carbon dioxide weighs anything. The results were really surprising as gas does indeed have mass! The … Read more
As part of our History unit of work on the Romans, Beech Class went to Verulamium Museum in St Albans. First we looked around the museum finding out lots of information about how the Romans lived. Then we had a workshop where we were able to handle different Roman artefacts. We had to try to … Read more
This week, we decided to do some singing and dancing after our PE lesson was cut short due to the rain. Chestnut Class learnt the song and dance so quickly and impressed Mrs Hall so much that we decided to film it in the next French lesson. Enjoy the video.
Willow Class learnt a poem all about seasons in French. They then used dictionaries to adapt the poem by using different animals and locations for each verse of their poem. Each pair then learnt to recite their poem. Here is one version with the rest of the class joining in with some actions.
After a few lessons learning how to order food in cafes and restaurants in France and a lesson learning the different flavours of ice cream available, the children in Cherry Class were given 5 minutes without any help, to make up a conversation ordering ice creams. Enjoy one of the short clips.
