A group of Year 4 and year 5 students have been taking part in a project run by Earthwatch education. They have been learning all about STEM jobs and what skills are needed to be developed to get into these industries. They heard from a...
This week, Year 3 have been learning about light in their science topic. They took part in a carousel of activities to activate their prior learning of this topic. These activities involved defining key terms, identifying light sources and drawing items that are needed to protect...
This week in maths, we have been looking at data. We collected information first using a tally chart and then transferred the information to a block graph. This shows the different ways in which children travel to school. We then used this to question the...
This week in Science, the children were introduced to their new topic- plants! We used the scientific skill of observation to carefully look at a variety of flowers and see if we can spot their features: flower, petals, stem, leaves and bud. We then carefully...
In literacy this week, we have been reading the story ‘Anna Hibiscus Song’. When Anna’s grandfather is happy, he opens his hands wide and counts the reasons on his fingers. Linked to the story, we created ‘Happy Hands’. First, we drew around our hands then...
Key words/phrases for this half term are: Week 1 - Vacaciones escolares. School holiday. Week 2 - Hace Sol. It is sunny. Week 3 - Hace calor. It is hot. Week 4 - Hace calor y hay niebla. It is hot and cloudy. Week 5 - Felicitaciones. Congratulations. Week 6 - Mucho gusto. Nice to meet you. Week 7 - Cuidate. Take care. Week 8 - ¡Buena suerte! Good...
In our most recent writing cycle, Year 6 planned and wrote contrasting setting descriptions to depict the summer and winter months in the Arctic region. The children used their immersion lesson to take inspiration from our key text: Sky Song by Abi Elphinstone. During the planning...
This week, Year 5 had the opportunity to visit St Augustine's Tower, which is Hackney's oldest building! We started our experience at Hackney Museum, where we learnt about the lives of Hackney residents through history, by investigating artefacts in the 'suitcase stories' activity. We then...
In computing this week, Year 4 have been looking at edited images. We discussed what the purpose for editing images was and why individuals and companies would want to edit a photograph. We also looked at a range of different images to work out what...
This week, Year 3 have been doing lots of research! In writing, they have been gathering a range of facts about rainforests, The Amazon Rainforest and The Amazon River. They used iPads to find key information and noted down facts they thought were important, as...