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Date: 1st Jul 2022 @ 5:14pm
This half-term, year 4 are exploring 'Sound' in their science lessons.
Today, we completed an experiment to help us explore how distance affects sound. We played music from speakers on the playground, before measuring how far we could walk (in metres) before the noise stopped.
Our ears were much stronger than Miss Brookes'!
Looking at the structure of our sentences
Date: 30th Jun 2022 @ 1:19pm
This week, we have been looking at how we can structure our sentences so they make sense.
KS1 have been using colour coded sentences to help us put prepositions in the right place in our sentences, and KS2 have been using different past tenses in a sentence to order events.
Date: 27th Jun 2022 @ 4:57pm
In art this week, we have been focusing on the artist Noel Badges Pugh. We took inspiration from his drawings of seashells to create our own. We used continuous line drawing to create the outline and then used a range of mark making techniques such as contoured lines, dashes, curves, hatching and cross-hatching to make the shells more 3 dimensional. We even thought about shadows and created these again using mark making techniques.
Date: 26th Jun 2022 @ 5:10pm
This week we finished the Masai shields with Mrs McAffer. We filled the shield with patterns using oil pastels and then used our sewing skills to sew some stitches around the edge of the shield. Later on in the week we used the shields to finish off our front covers for our connected curriculum books. We used green screen technology to create some photos as if we were a Masai tribesperson in Kenya. It looked very real!!!
Date: 22nd Jun 2022 @ 2:53pm
This week Reception has had a visit from Captain Patch. He left us some pirate things to use and a letter asking us to do some challenges! We loved being a pirate and did a great job of helping him. We needed to find the treasure by doing lots of weighing and measuring in the classroom and outside and did a brilliant job!
Using tenses to order events in the past
Date: 20th Jun 2022 @ 10:56am
Our KS2 group is looking at using different tenses at the moment. This week, we are using tenses to order two events in the past.
Tenses can be tricky, so we are playing lots of games to help us remember how each one is formed.
Date: 19th Jun 2022 @ 5:24pm
This week in our maths lessons we have been learning about arrays and how they can help us with multiplication. An array is a set of objects or pictures that are arranged into rows and columns. We made arrays using counters and then had a go at drawing arrays.
At the end of the week children requested the station carousel of activities so we consolidated our learning doing just that! Station 1 activity was read the statement and make the array and station 2 activity was read the statement and draw the arrays. Finally station 3 activity children had to read the problems and decide if they were going to draw or make the arrays.
By the end of the week, children were becoming much more confident at understanding and using arrays. They will continue to use these when they get into Year 2!
Masai Shields with Mrs McAffer
Date: 19th Jun 2022 @ 5:18pm
Last week we started our next art project with Mrs McAffer. We looked at the Masai Tribe from Kenya, with a particular focus on their shields. We discussed the colours and patterns on the shields. Mrs McAffer showed us the technique of rubbings using different patterns and oil pastels. We created some of these rubbings and then cut the piece of paper into different shapes to glue on to the shield template.
Next we are going to fill the rest of the shield using oil pastels and use our sewing skills to sew a border stitch all around the edge of the shield. Check back next week for the finished Masai shields!
Date: 15th Jun 2022 @ 10:05am
In maths, we have been learning all about scales and reading different intervals. Today we estimated the mass of different objects in the classroom before weighing each object. We used our knowledge of reading scales to help us.
Date: 14th Jun 2022 @ 12:50pm
In Nursery this week we are reading the story 'The Flying Bath' by Julia Donaldson. In the story, three superheroes (Frog, Duck and Turtle) help to save the other animals using their bath water!
We have been working hard to make our own puppets of the characters from the story. We have been thinking carefully about which colours to use and how we can add extra detail to our drawings.
Date: 12th Jun 2022 @ 11:47am
Welcome Back to the last term of Year 1!
What a start to the half term it has been this week! On Friday we launched our final topic called 'How do we get to the Masai Mara?' This topic is all about the vibrant continent of Africa with a particular focus on the country of Kenya. The focus of this topic will be geography and science objectives from the curriculum.
However, we started the topic with fabulous day of learning where we completed a variety of activities which began our journey into this great topic. We did a carousel of activities that included making a Kenyan flag, designing some African prints using patterns and different colours and finally creating a Masai tribe necklace.
We also had a visit from Mrs Ganner who came to teach us how to play a simple beat on a traditional African drum called a Djembe. We also joined Miss Higgin's class in the afternoon in the hall to learn a simple African dance! It was lots of fun and a good start to our final topic in Year 1!
Date: 10th Jun 2022 @ 5:20pm
What a busy week it's been and we still have another 6 and a half to go!
Yesterday, 5CR took part in the launch of their connected curriculum topic for this half term - Spain! We will be learning a bit about the geography of Spain and their customs. We will also be writing a balanced argument about bullfighting.
To start it all off, we learned some flamenco moves and made fans to use during a dance. Everyone threw themselves into it and had a great time!
Date: 8th Jun 2022 @ 4:46pm
Were the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings successful invaders?
Year 4 arrived to school today dressed in their amazing viking gear. We completed many outdoor activities, such as invasion and team games. We then went inside, where we raided an Anglo-Saxon village (year 5 classrooms) to find hidden artefacts.
When we returned to class, we used icing and marshallows to create a replica of Thor's hammer, before exploring how Vikings travel and why they invaded.
It was an exciting day, that all children and staff enjoyed! Children behaved really well, and enthusiastically tried each activity.
Miss Brookes & Miss Kenwell
Date: 8th Jun 2022 @ 10:06am
This week, we have been looking at how we can write events in order. We have read a book which showed us what we need to do to plant a sunflower seed and help it grow into a sunflower. So, we had a go ourselves and now we are going to write our own book using the same language structures!
Date: 30th May 2022 @ 2:35pm
We have used recycable materials to create bug hotels for the minibeasts living in the local microhabitats. We have filled a plastic bottle with outdoor materials such as twigs, moss, fir cones and dried leaves to create the perfect microhabitats.
Date: 30th May 2022 @ 2:21pm
As part or our recycling topic, 2HR have been collecting everyday materials to recycle and reuse to make their own Rubbish Monsters! They designed, built and evaluated them and they look fantastic!
Date: 26th May 2022 @ 4:10pm
We had such a fantastic day on Wednesday celebrating the Queen's platinum jubilee! The rain may have prevented us from holding our arranged picnic and show on the playground but we still had a great showcase in the hall. The children all had selfies with the queen, we planted a tree to remember the day and we really enjoyed our picnic lunches and performances.
Date: 26th May 2022 @ 2:31pm
This week we had a very special day on Wednesday to celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee. This means that the Queen has been the Queen of England for 70 years! We came to school dressed in our special party clothes and had a fun filled day of activities, singing, dancing and eating a special Jubilee Tea Party lunch.
We learnt facts about the Queen and saw some of the Queen's Coronation where she became the Queen. We also listening to the story 'The Queen's Hat' and designed our own hats for the Queen. We made union jack flags and watched the Jubilee cartoon that is based around the story 'The Queen's Hat.' The children really enjoyed it and if you would like to watch it again click this link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLDvLtLqQfA
Date: 26th May 2022 @ 1:45pm
This week the children have been preparing for the Queen's Platium Jubilee. We have sang and danced our way through the week and loved every second! The children did a fantastic performance of Dancing Queen and got a huge applause from the Year 2 and 3 audience. They asked lots of great questions about the Queen and we looked together for answers and discussed what we found. Everyone was particularly interested in the Queen's friend on the back of money. We discovered Sir Winston Churchill, Jane Austen, JMW Turner and Alan Turing!
Date: 25th May 2022 @ 5:23pm
In geography, we have been learning all about mountains. So far we have looked at the tallest mountain, what the climate is like at the summit and the different features. On Monday we used atlases to identify where different mountains and hills were in the UK.
Date: 25th May 2022 @ 3:19pm
In our KS2 group ,we have been finding out the meaning of contractions such as I'm , doesn't and don't. We played a game to help us, and we found out that two words have been shortened and made into one word. We have found that many of our reading books use contractions too.
Date: 24th May 2022 @ 4:21pm
We designed and made a space burrito which would be perfect as part of a balanced diet for an astronaut to eat in space on the International Space Station.
Date: 22nd May 2022 @ 7:21am
This week we innovated the story 'Oliver's Vegetables' and imagined that grandpa grew fruit in his garden instead of vegetables. We thought of adjectives to describe these fruits and tasted some to support our descriptions. We then wrote a diary entry imagining we were Oliver trying a fruit and used some of the adjectives that we generated. In our Connected Curriculum work we continued with this innovation and did some design and technology. We designed, made and evaluated some fruit kebabs. They were delicious!
Date: 20th May 2022 @ 4:13pm
Today reception finally went on our trip to blue planet aquarium. We had such a great time seeing all of the different fish. We especially enjoyed watching the sting rays at feeding time and seeing all of the cheeky sharks trying to steal their food.
Reception were so well behaved all day and made us very very proud!
Date: 20th May 2022 @ 2:09pm
Today reception finally went on our trip to blue planet aquarium. We had such a great time seeing all of the different fish. We especially enjoyed watching the sting rays at feeding time and seeing all of the cheeky sharks trying to steal their food.
Reception were so well behaved all day and made us very very proud!
