This week, Year 1 have been looking at fractions in Maths. We have been exploring halves and quarters. We used practical resources to find a quarter of a quantity of objects and used this to write some sentences explaining what we had found. Take a look...
This week in Reception our highlight has been deepening our understanding of numbers to 10 by exploring what numbers can be shared fairly. We will build on this to understand odds and even numbers. Children had to prepare a picnic for our stuffed toys that...
This week Nursery have been exploring amazing Africa and the country Ghana. We compared the Ghanaian flag and the United Kingdom flag and discussed the differences in the flags. Using our shape knowledge, we drew a rectangle with a ruler then painted the flag red,...
It is Art Week! We have been creating contemporary sculptures, inspired by our focus artist Damien Hirst. Hirst is a British artist and one of the Young British Artists of the 1990s, well-known for his modern sculptures, and he is thought to be one of the...
This week, Year 4 had an exciting opportunity to visit Leaside Education Centre, where they took part in a workshop with the EcoActive trust. They took a closer look at plastics, what they were made of and what issues they cause. Additionally, the class went...
This week, Year 3 went to Miss Gedney's Supermarket! To help us understand giving change and working out how much change should be given, we worked with our partners and role-played a shop scenario. Partner A was the shopper and had £4 to spend, and...
During our Science lessons this week, the children have been looking at the different animal chains. They learnt about producers, consumers, predators and prey. They understood that a producer is the plant and a consumer would eat the plant. For example, a squirrel would eat...
This week, Year 1 have really been getting stuck into art week! We have been furthering our understanding of the discipline 'sculpture' and have been looking at a British Artist, Magdalene Odundo and her work. We have explored her pots and used adjectives to describe...
This week in Reception, our highlight was delving into Yinka Shonibare as an artist. He is a British Nigerian artist, who works with wax fabrics to make incredible costumes and statues. We were inspired by his work to make our own elaborate costumes. We carefully chose...