We have been learning about Africa and the different countries which make up the continent. We have designed and made some traditional neckpieces inspired by Ghana, using the 'Collage' technique. After exploring shapes, patterns and colours we decorated a paper plate using oil pastel for...
Spanish Day at SJSJ Across the school today, the children took part in a variety of activities to celebrate Spanish Day! Our Spanish Ambassadors, with the help of a few others, held a storytime session to start the day. The children in Nursery and Reception listened to...
Year 5 have been writing -ing and -ed clauses at the beginning of their sentences using 'Rainbow Grammar'. We wrote the -ing or -ed clause on a yellow post-it note and the main clause on a green post-it note. We used the pink post-it notes...
Earlier today, Year 4 took part in a sound workshop, where they combined their scientific understanding of the sense of hearing, with some of their artistic skills to create beautiful pieces of art. The session started with the children thinking about the everyday sounds that...
Our topic in Values is Changing me. The children have been looking at life cycles. This week they have been looking at the Life Cycle of a Butterfly and have had the opportunity to see the transitioning stage of this cycle. This is where a...
In Reception this week we have been amazed by the changes that our caterpillars have undergone. In just 8 days they went from being only 1 cm long to almost 5 cm and on Monday they transformed again into their chrysalides. We can't wait to...
For Literacy this week in Nursery, we have been creating our own ‘Story Map’ of our focus text ‘Anna Hibiscus Song’ by Atinuke & Lauren Tobia. We are using our mark making skills to write and draw what happens ‘First’, ‘Next’ and ‘Then’ in the...
This week, Year 6 absolutely loved their workshop on black, British art. They learnt about some of the beautiful creations by Lubaina Himid, Soniya Boyce and Yinka Shonibare. They analysed some of the messages that were being conveyed by these arts through their work and...
Year 5 have been learning all about coordinates in maths. We have been plotting and writing the coordinates for different letters from the alphabet on a grid. Year five have understood coordinates really well and some of their work is on our maths display. [gallery ids="9160,9161,9162,9163,9164"] ...
This week the children took part in an online coding workshop, led by Barclays. A group of coding experts came together to deliver a session for the children, which allowed them to build on and apply their previous coding skills. The children enjoyed working with...