Month: February 2020
Year 3
Year 3 have been getting creative in maths using iPads to identify the 3 different types of angles. They have found right angles, acute angles and obtuse angles in the Year 3 classrooms. They were doing some good deeds and having great fun litter picking in Forest School this week. This has linked in well…
Year 2
We have begun our plans for writing diaries as our 1915s Shackleton crew. Lots of fun was had discovering the role we were assigned on board the Endurance from Shackleton himself! After working on constructing our own shelters, we understood just what a challenge Ernest Shackleton had in making sure everyone worked as a team!…
Year 1
Chinese New Year starts this weekend, so we read a story which told us about the Chinese calendar and now know that it is the Year of the Rat. We had a look at our dates of birth and found out that most of us were born in the year of the snake or the…
Reception
This week we have enjoyed learning about transport by rail: our favourite activity was using Duplo to make our own train paintings. We were all given a picture of a form of transport which we had to label and then write a sentence about. Some of us had cars, others had bicycles and the rest…
Nursery
Pippins & Acorns Pippins & Acorns We have been learning all about penguins this week which helpfully ties in with penguin awareness day on Monday! We used potatoes, cotton wool and tissue to make penguins; learnt that penguins don’t fly but are excellent swimmers and we also learnt about freezing water into ice! We also…
Year 7 Science
Year 7 have been investigating Hooke’s law in science, involving very tricky experiments with balancing, measurements, and maths.
Year 4 Science
This half term in Science Year 4 are studying the three states of matter. They were all excited to be able to wear the safety glasses and lab coats like ‘real scientists!’ One of their investigations has been into reversible and irreversible changes.
Year 5 Science
Year 5 have designed their own experiment in order to get pure salt from rock salt. They ordered their equipment and are now in the process of seeing if their plan works!
Talk about Islam
Mr Ahmad (Moiz’s dad) recently visited Year 4 to talk about Islam. The children learnt about the 5 pillarsbelief, prayer, charity, fasting and pilgrimage. They were able to try on the hats Muslims sometimes wear when praying in the Mosque, see a prayer mat and the holy book – the Qur’an. A huge thank you…
Roman Day
Last week all the Year 4 pupils travelled back into the ‘Roman times’! Throughout the day the pupils made mosaics, Roman bread and attended various workshops. Great fun was had by all and the day ended with a Roman banquet complete with stuffed dormice (chocolate mice) which went down well!