This week in Reception we have been exploring doubles and odds and evens. How can you recognise and even or an odd number? Ruben shows us here that an odd number can't be divided fairly and it always had an 'odd' one that isn't in...
This week, Year 6 began their writing for this half term by analysing persuasive devices used by authors. They are going to be writing letters to a member of paliament about The Mangrove 9, which they learnt about in their Diverse Britain lessons. Therefore, the...
Year 5 had a wonderful trip to Hackney Museum and St Augustine's clock tower. We learnt a lot about our local history in Hackney and had an exciting experience climbing up the clock tower! [gallery ids="9108,9109,9110,9111,9112,9113"]...
This half term, Year 3’s science topic is light. For our first lesson we explored inside and outside the classroom looking for sources of light. We also classified objects into those that were and were not sources of light. Some surprised us. For instance, we...
Year 2 have created some amazing posters in celebration of Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee! They are so creative. [gallery ids="9130,9131"]...
In Reception we are working on mastery of the number bonds 6, 7, 8, and 9. We use 'Number Talk' and a variety of mathematical images to support us with this. Over the last few weeks we have been using dot cards. We see the smaller groups...
For Literacy we are making ‘Happy Hands’. We are writing up to ‘5’ reasons we are happy - one for each finger! This is a link to our focus text ‘Anna Hibiscus Song’ by Atinuke & Lauren Tobia. 'When grandfather opens his hand wide and says'...
On Monday our Year 1 and Year 2 girls futsal teams took part in their first tournament. The tournament consistent of two SJSJ teams and two year 2 teams from the Olive school. The girls showed high levels of determination, skill and understanding of their roles. Well done...
In the Year 6 humanities lessons this week, we carried out research on Inuit culture, as part of our geography topic on The Arctic. We found out ways in which these communities survive the harsh conditions of the Arctic tundra. We then worked in groups of...
Year 5 have been learning all about shapes this week. We have been identifying different types of triangles, quadrilaterals, regular and irregular polygons. Year 5 really enjoyed their lesson on identifying different types of triangles and making posters about this with their partners, which identified...