Dear Year 6, Where do we begin? This week you have shown the utmost resilience and should be incredibly proud of yourselves. Each and every one of you came into school calm, settled and ready to showcase all of your wonderful knowledge. You are a credit to...
This week we have been researching 'The Big Five', which are considered the most popular safari animals. We used the computer suite to gather facts about lions, buffalo, rhinos, leopards and elephants. We used this information to create a brochure and decorated them with drawings;...
The science topic for Year 4 is sound and their big question is why do different musical instruments make different sounds? Today, year 4 investigated how they could soundproof the classroom by finding efficient sound insulators. This was done by using string telephones, as they experimented...
Year 3 had a wonderful trip to Woodberry Wetlands this week. We explored the grounds around the wetlands and observed the wildlife it is home to. We found many insects on our nature walk, including worms and over 250 slugs. We also saw baby chicks...
In Year 2, we have been looking at time this week in our maths lessons. The children started by looking at o'clock, then moved onto half-past and quarter past. They have been learning about the difference between the minute hand and the hour hand. Next...
This week in Writing, Year 1 have been introduced to persuasive writing. We understand what writing to persuade means and have worked hard to spot features of persuasive texts. We even created a class checklist together and remembered lots of the features! We have also looked at...
This week in Reception our highlight was definitely visiting Woodberry Wetlands! We had beautiful weather to walk around this nature reserve. We saw many different kinds of birds and minibeasts. We even saw a swan on its nest with newly hatched signets. We also saw a...
This week, Nursery conducted an observational drawing of sunflowers inspired by artist ‘Van Gogh’. First, they drew their sunflowers using a black sharpie pen then painted their work whilst looking at the shape and colour of the individual parts. The children were also encouraged to...