This week, Year 1 went on a trip to the Hackney school of food. We learnt all about where our produce comes from and even had a go at picking some vegetables and herbs from the garden to use in our cooking. We then made our...
This week in Reception we have begun our new core test 'The Bog Baby'. This book starts with the main characters making some dangerous decisions. We wrote notes to the characters to help them make better choices next time. We also listened to the descriptive language...
It's Science Week! We have been learning about all things science this week in nursery and have been doing some fun experiments! In our 'Pepper Germs Experiment,' we learned the importance of handwashing and made predictions of what we thought might happen to the 'pepper germs' when...
Recently, Miss Bienias and Miss Lawrence chatted about all things Espanol! Miss Bienias explained how lovely it was to see how the pupils' Spanish progresses throughout the school, thanks to Miss Lawrence's carefully planned lessons, engaging activities and beautifully-presented floor-books. The floor-books showcase the passion of...
Continuing our love of books from World Book Day, we had "Matilda" workshops based around Roald Dahl's exciting text. Have a look at the photos below from our day [gallery ids="8029,8030,8031"] ...
In their Spanish lessons, the children at St John St James learn how to express their ideas and thoughts in Spanish, whilst learning about and fostering their curiosity of Spanish-speaking countries around the world. Miss Lawrence leads Spanish, through motivating and exciting lessons, which focus...
As with all apps, check their suitability for your child before they use it. Think about if it is appropriately aged for your child, how does the app use your data and does it have any communication channels within it for example? ...
Year 6 this week have been history detectives, trying to ascertain who Robert Peel was, as part of their history topic - "Crime and Punishment." Miss Bienias provided the class with no information about who Robert Peel was; they had to use sources of evidence to...
Year 5 loved investigating materials using electrical conductors or insulators. We made a simple electrical circuit and input different materials into it. As scientists, we sought patterns and found that most electrical conductors were made from metals. We used our working scientifically skills of making observations...
Year 4 have had a busy week, filled with all things music! On Monday, the children were lucky enough to take part in a Conductive Music workshop, where they learnt about how to combine aspects of science, engineering and technology to create some wonderful music masterpieces!...