This week in Year 4, we became internet explorers! Our mission was to discover the difference between a website and a webpage. We explored different websites and looked carefully at what we could find. The children spotted that webpages are often full of writing, facts and information to...
As part of their new Black History Month unit in Art, Year 3 have been learning all about the life and works of Esther Mahlangu. Esther is a South African artist, whose work is best known for her bold and large-scale contemporary paintings. The children...
In our writing this week we have been discussing the villainous character Guy Fawkes. The children brain stormed a range of adjectives to describe him. We thought about his character traits and decided that he was not a very nice person hence the adjectives on...
This week in Science, the children in Year 1 explored seasonal weather patterns through observation, discussion, and performance. Our learning focus was Autumn, and the pupils investigated whether the weather is always the same during this season. Using secondary sources, children researched and identified key features...
Our highlight this week in Reception was PE! This week the children focused on combining different movements—such as changing direction and speed variation—to successfully evade a tagger during games. They had a wonderful time participating in a variety of fun and energetic activities, and came back...
This week in Year 5, we have been exploring the life cycle and reproduction of living things and clarifying the difference between sexual and asexual reproduction in plants. We learned that pollination is an example of sexual reproduction as it requires two different plants with...
This week in maths, we have been learning how to compare numbers up to 10,000. First, we practised using the correct mathematical language, such as greater than and less than. We learned that when comparing numbers, we start from the largest place value on the...
In science this half term, we will be learning all about 'Rocks'. This week, we had an online workshop with iBus - they gave us some interesting facts about how rocks are formed. We explored the properties of some different types of rocks, including igneous...