Year 1 have been loving their RE topic this half term- Judaism. We have been learning a lot about the Jewish Faith and making links between Judaism and Christianity. Year 1 loved our role play activity, where we looked at the traditions Jews practise during...
This week in Reception we have immersed ourselves in our new core text world of the Gruffalo. We played with forest creatures, noticed differences of the forest to the arctic (where our last book was based) and also developed our understanding of character voice (see the...
This week in Nursery children painted their own London red bus, inspired by the story 'Naughty Bus’ written by Jan and Jerry Oke. Firstly, children thought about the shape of the bus ‘rectangle’ and discussed the properties of a rectangle. Then children painted other features...
Key words/phrases for this half term are: Week 1 - De nada. You're welcome. Week 2 - ¿Cómo te llamas? What is your name? Week 3 - ¿Cuántos años tienes? How old are you? Week 4 - ¿Qué tal? How are you? Week 5 - Estoy feliz. I am happy. Over the last few Spanish lessons, the children in Year 4 have been exploring...
In their most recent writing cycle, Year 6 have been taking inspiration from the story of Macbeth by William Shakespeare. The children unpicked the language used in the text and thought carefully about how this impacted the reader. They then used the main ideas across...
Year 5 have had a very busy week! On Wednesday, we visited the Lea Valley Nature reserve to observe wildlife that inhabits a marsh environment and to do some birdwatching. We kept a tally of the number of each species we saw, including mallard ducks, cormorants,...
Year 3 had a fantastic trip to the Wallace Collection this week, where they took part in an art workshop. They explored the gallery, discussing different techniques artists use to create portraits and then had the opportunity to create their very own self portraits. They...
This week, year 4 were given an exciting opportunity to take part in a maths workshop at Cardinal Pole. They were given a problem to solve and worked very hard with their partners in trying to figure out if the debit cards were real or fake! They...
For lasts weeks homework the children did some research about Sibylla Merian, who was a Scientist who studied the natural world, in particular the life cycle of butterflies. Harrison, Ava-Leigh and David used recycled products from home to create these incredible butterflies. As you can...
In History, Year 1 have been learning all about The Industrial Revolution. We have been exploring what Industrialisation means, and we know it means the rise of machines and industry! We have explored various jobs of the time and how The Industrial Revolution changed these...