In further celebration of Black History Month, Year 5 visited Hackney Museum's "Our Words: Stories from African Communities in Hackney" exhibition. We discovered items such as traditional dress from across Africa and learnt some key words in Swahili and Lingala. We then wrote poems and...
Year 4 visited the Hackney Museum this week for a workshop all about Black History in the borough. We learnt about different people coming from different countries in Africa to different parts of Hackney and how this impacted them. We thought about the blend of cultures...
This week, we have been punctuating direct speech to write our book reviews. We collated opinions of what we thought of the ending of Stone Age Boy and used colours to represent the different components we need to include when using direct speech in our...
Year 2 have been weaving for their Black History Month art topic this term. They were inspired by the Kente clothes from Ghana. They discussed the colours, shapes, patterns and weaving techniques used to create these traditional clothes. They all used colours they thought represented...
During our RE lesson the children discussed why it important to help and show kindness to other people. We used our helping hands to write down different ways in which we could do this and every day we took time to reflect on how we...
This week in Reception for Black History Month we have been learning about the art of weaving. Inspired by the beautiful Kente clothe of Ghana we made individual repeating pattern strips and wove them together to create a stunning whole class piece. Come and see it on display...
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...