In Year 2 we have been looking at comparing numbers and ordering numbers. The children used the signs to show which number was the greatest. The crocodile always likes to eat the greater number. Take a look...
This week in Year 1 our highlight has been discovering the ending of our core text 'Between Tick and Tock' by Ashling Lindsay. As we have worked through this text we have been trying to decide what we believe about the motivations of the main...
This week in PE, the children were focusing on developing their balancing skills. Balancing is a key aspect in supporting children’s physical development and is really supportive of their coordination as they grow. The children used a range of resources, like beanbags, cones and rubber hoops,...
Linked to this week's literacy core text ‘Lulu Gets A Cat’, we have created a class book based on our favourite pets. The children labelled their work by identifying different features of their favourite pet and discussed how we can care for them. [gallery ids="19451,19452"]...
In Year 6 this week, we have been working hard in writing to create dramatic setting descriptions, describing the fictional camp of Zakyna from our story 'The Silver Sword' by Ian Serralier. The descriptions we created focused on using expanded noun phrases with prepositions to...
In Year 5, as part of our science learning, we have been studying animals and their habitats, including sexual and asexual reproduction in plants. We have previously looked at pollination and how important bees are in this process. This week we went to Hackney School...
This week in Year 4, we have been conducting an investigation to see how egg shells react to different liquids after being left in the liquids over a period of time. This relates to our science topic, where we are looking at our teeth and how...
In science this week, we were looking at fossils and how they are formed. We learnt that fossils are the preserved remains of plants and animals whose bodies were buried in sediments, such as sand and mud, under ancient seas, lakes and rivers. We really enjoyed...
In Year 2, the children have been looking at adjectives to describe nouns. The right adjective can create such a clear image in your mind and can engage the reader. The children have written character descriptions about the different characters in the The Great Fire...
This week, Year 1's highlight was visiting Hackney Museum. For many of us, it was the first time we had ever been to this special museum. We connected our learning from History about our local history and our part as people in Hackney. We enjoyed...