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...
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...
To consolidate our learning in literacy, Nursery created a story map for our core text 'So Much' by sequencing what happens during the story. We used key words such as 'first, next and then' to sequence the events in the book and labelled our work...
Year 6 have started their new unit of Art this week. We are looking at Yinka Shonibare, a prominent artist whose work encapsulates being a 'citizen of the world'. He creates a range of paintings, and photographs, but we are looking particularly at his textile...
As part of our Humanities topic on the Roman era, Year 5 took a trip to London Mithraeum to explore and learn about the Roman civilisation and the expansion of their Empire across Britain. We were lucky enough to hear an expert historian tell us all...
This week in Year 4, we have been acting out that it was like to be a Victorian child living in a workhouse. At the beginning of the History lesson, we found out, when a father in the working class lost his job, his whole...
In Year 3 this week, we received some amazing homework based on our History unit about the Stone Age. We also read about Mary Anning, who was a female paleontologist and some children even created their own fossils. [gallery ids="19282,19283"]...