In Nursery this week, in connection with our topic 'Autumn' we used natural materials such as conkers, leaves and pine cones to represent facial features when creating an image of a face. [gallery ids="15474,15475,15476"]...
The theme of this year's PA Art Exhibition was 'Identity'. Children were encouraged to think about what identity means and reflect this in a piece of Art, with many of the children sharing portraits of themselves. The art work produced was displayed in the Hackney Library and all...
Key words/phrases for this half term are: Week 1 - Hasta luego. See you soon. Week 2 - Gracias. Thank you. Week 3 - Por favor. Please. Week 4 - Abrid la puerta. Open the door. Week 5 - Cerrad la puerta. Close the door. Week 6 - Silencio, por favor. Silence, please. Week 7 - Feliz Navidad. Happy Christmas! In Spanish lessons, Year 4 have been learning how to describe...
This week Year 6 began to explore their new science unit: Light. They thought carefully about what prior knowledge they already had from their previous studies in Year 3. The children focused on defining what a 'light source' is and then used this to sort images of everyday objects....
This week Year 5 have been learning about fractions, specifically equivalent fractions. Today we learnt that to find an equivalent fraction, you must multiply or divide the numerator and denominator by the same number. It is important that you multiply and divide by the same...
In maths this week, year 4 have been learning about the relationship between repeated addition and multiplication. We have been using counters to represent our multiplication sentences in arrays and thinking about the links between multiplication and division. ...
To celebrate Black History Month, Year 3 had a very exciting trip to Hackney Museum, where they had the opportunity to learn about cultural traditions in different countries in Africa. The children learnt some new words in different languages, and participated in role play activities...
Year 2 have been using compass points and maps to locate Haiti and other countries in the world. They used their knowledge of North, South, East and West to locate Haiti in comparison to other countries. [gallery ids="15400,15401,15402,15403"]...
During our Writing immersion lesson the children used their senses to describe what they could see, taste and touch. They used some fabulous adjectives. Take a look...
In Nursery we have been developing our mark making skills by practicing different patterns each week. This week we focused on 'spirals'. The children had a try at forming a spiral pattern in a sand tray before mark making the pattern on paper using a...