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
Miss Eldridge set up an Easter egg hunt as part of our egg-citing writing day and let the children keep the Kinder Eggs they found. It was all part of an Easter project to decorate the eggs whilst raising some money for Compassion, the charity through which the school supports two children in Africa. The … Read more
On Friday, World Earth Day, Class 4/5 took a trip to the Waterbeach Waste and Recycling Centre in Cambridgeshire. They spent the day learning about the importance of recycling and saw first hand what happens when people don't do enough of it, or don't do it properly. They started the day with a sorting activity … Read more
On the first day back after the Easter holidays, Class 4/5 spent the day making outfits from household rubbish as part of their DT work, as well as being linked to their Geography project on Waste and Recycling. Weeks before, they were asked to think about what sort of outfit they would like to design and … Read more
This term Class 4/5 have been making bread in their DT lessons. The unit began with the all-important tasting session and each week they’ve taken in turns to make their own loaves. When they weren’t making bread they were taking part in activities about bread. The first whole class activity was a test to see … Read more
Class 4/5 took inspiration from Classic Literature for their dance classes this term and produced a group dance to The Bare Necessities. They started with a whole class stroll incorporating seven different jazz moves and then took some of these moves to form their own sequences in smaller groups. Next they had to teach their … Read more
Last week, we travelled around the world in just one day. We visited Mexico, Germany, France,China, India, Cyprus, Russia, Denmark and Italy. Have a look at our photos to see what we experienced. It was a fantastic day for everybody involved.
Last week Class 4/5 took part in a singing workshop at Princess Helena College under the direction of their Head of Music, Rufus Frowde. They spent the morning learning six different songs and then performed them in the afternoon for their parents. Full of enthusiasm, we were the first school to arrive and so managed … Read more
Today Class 4/5 made a start on their first DT project of the year, musical instruments! Like all good designers they assessed and evaluated what was already on the market. They were presented with a varied collection of instruments to look at and had to make a notes about what materials they were made from, … Read more
