This week's pattern of the week in nursery is zig-zags. The children identified that the zig-zag pattern is made up of straight lines that are tilted (diagonal). The diagonal line is then formed in an up and down action across the paper. The children had...
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. In Year 6 this half term, the children have been using their geographical skills to make comparisons between England and...
On Tuesday afternoon, Year 6 visited St Luke's for a very exciting workshop with the London Symphony Orchestra. The children had the opportunity to listen to a variety of musical instruments and discuss the role that each one plays in an orchestra. They were then able...
This week, The London Mithraeum put on an Ancient Romans workshop for Year 5. We handled a variety of replica artefacts, then tried to deduce what their use was and who may have owned them. We were most unsure what the gold forked object would...
In music today, children were learning to compose and create their own rhythm grid. They were learning to understand how many notes can go into a bar working with their partner, they then clapped out what they composed. [gallery ids="15185,15186,15187,15188,15189,15190,15191"]...
To celebrate Black History Month, Year 3 explored Africa and why The Portuguese were interested in the West African Kingdoms. The children began their learning by researching African countries: finding the national flag, languages spoken, capital cities and many more interesting facts. [gallery ids="15160,15162,15163"]...
Year 2 used their number bonds to ten knowledge to add across 10. They partitioned the ones to add to the nearest 10 first then they added the amount they had left. They discussed the links they found and showed the different maths sentences. [gallery ids="15194,15195,15196"]...
This week in Nursery, we created an art piece inspired by Alma Thomas for Black History Month. The children used lemons as a stamp to create a print on a specialist canvas. The lemons were cut in half to expose the wonderful patterns inside. The...
In humanities this week, Year 6 looked at some key events that led to the end of World War II. They sorted and chronologically placed events on a timeline and then discussed the significance of them. In small groups, the children then conducted independent research...
In history this half-term, Year 5 have been analysing a range of visual and written sources to research the Ancient Romans. We have developed a variety of skills, such as differentiating between primary and secondary sources, determining reliability and comparing past and present. We wanted...