We are lucky to have such an amazing PE teacher at St John & St James. Every week we have lessons to help us strengthen our gross motor skills. This week we were developing our ability to move in different ways with obstacle courses and...
In maths this week we have been exploring what is different and what is the same about collections, linked to colour and pattern. At the beginning of the week, we sorted pairs of socks, thinking about colours and patterns. At the end of the week...
A massive well done to our four school tag rugby teams for their recent victories in competing against Morningside Primary School. All children were a credit to the school, they demonstrated sportsmanship, teamwork and a great competitive spirit. Year 3/4 girls team: Beatrice (Captain), Amayah (Vice...
Key words/phrases for this half term are: Week 2 - Bienvenidos. Welcome Week 3 - Buenas días. Good morning. Week 4 - Buenas tardes. Good afternoon. Week 5 - Buenos noches. Goodnight. Week 6 - Adiós. Goodbye. Week 7 - Hasta mañana. See you tomorrow. SJSJ is excited to announce our new Spanish Ambassadors across Key Stage 2. Throughout the academic year the children...
This week in history, the children in Year 6 used secondary sources of information to find about how life changed for different social groups living in Germany at the time of Adolf Hitler's rise to power. In pairs, the children filtered through the information, picking...
This week Year 5 have been building further on their scientific understanding of life cycles. We used secondary sources to research and compare the life cycle of different mammals, including dogs, humans and kangaroos. We then used a Venn diagram to sort the similarities and...
In RE this week, we worked in groups to analyse a Bible story. We looked at the story of Abraham from different perspectives and reflected on what the story teaches us about having faith in God. Have a look at what we found: [gallery ids="14823,14824,14825,14826,14827,14828,14829,14830"]...
Year 3 had a fantastic science lesson, creating their very own mound fossils! After learning the process of fossilisation, we used clay, biscuits, water and tissue to create fossils. [gallery ids="14839,14840,14841,14842"]...
During our Science lesson the children looked at different types of weather and discussed the different types of weather across country. We used visuals to show what we'd learnt and used our best weather person voices to tell our partners! We loved this activity! [gallery ids="14807,14808,14809"] ...
This week in Nursery, we created self portraits inspired by British artist 'Gary Hume'. We used mirrors to identify our facial features and our knowledge of shapes to paint them. [gallery ids="14835,14836"]...