Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 5 This week, Year 6 have been very busy in their STEAM lesson. We have been investigating different electrical alarm systems and came up with some design criteria for our own Tsunami Alarms: they must b... Latest News What's happening in Year 5 - Week 5 As part of our forces topic, Year 5 were experimenting with different ways we could reduce the impact of an object hitting the ground from a height. Our job was to create egg landers to protect our eg... Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week 5 This week in Year 4, we have been conducting experiments with light. We were testing to see if different amounts of batteries would affect how bright a lightbulb would get. We used a different amount ... Latest News What's Happening in Year 3 - Week 5 In Geography, our big question is 'Why do some Countries Experience Hurricanes and Others Don't? ' The children have really enjoyed learning about the science behind hurricanes, including how warm oce... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 5 In Year 2, the children have been drawing and creating hand puppets for their Steam lesson. Take a look at all their hard work... ... Latest News What's happening in Year 1 - Week 5 The Year 1 class visited the Science Museum this week. We have been learning about different everyday materials in Science and particularly how water interacts with other materials. At the museum, w... Latest News What's happening in Reception - Week 5 This week, the festive magic arrived in Reception and the children have had a fantastic time exploring the different activities! The week started with Christmas Decoration Day - we used metallic pa... Latest News What's happening in Nursery - Week 5 This week, the children in Nursery were encouraged to use a range of 2d shapes to create a representation of the main character from 'The Everywhere Bear’ written by Julia Donaldson. The children thou... Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 4 Year 6 had a very exciting school trip this week! We travelled to The Youth Hub in Dalston to participate in the Junior Citizenship Scheme. Here, we engaged in a multitude of workshops: fire safety, d... Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week 4 This week in Year 4, we were proud to participate in an Immersion Theatre workshop to give us a fantastic insight to what it is like to be in a panto. We were given different scenes from The Wizard... Latest News What's happening in Year 3 - Week 4 Year 3 had such a wonderful trip to the Science Museum this week. They completed a forces trail, whereby they reflected on how science and technology have shaped our lives both in the past and present... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 4 Last Friday Year 2 went on a trip to the National History Museum. This terms topic is Haiti and Earthquakes, we went primarily to find out more about earthquakes and to experience what an earthquake f... Latest News What's happening in Reception - Week 4 This week the Three Little Pigs stopped by in Reception to set us a challenge! They asked the children to use their new knowledge on everyday materials to go on a materials hunt and build them the str... Latest News What's happening in Nursery - Week 4 This week in Nursery, we started reading ‘The Everywhere Bear’ written by Julia Donaldson. The story focuses on a stuffed toy that lives at a school: the Everywhere Bear. One day, the bear falls from ... Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 3 In our STEAM lessons, we have been exploring alarm systems. We had a look at existing models around school and decided what type of activation system they used. We then explore the pros and cons of ea... Latest News What's happening in Year 5 - Week 3 This week Year 5 have been learning about the Yangtze River, as part of our Geography Topic, China. Our homework last week was to prepare a presentation about the Yangtze River. Here are some lovely ... Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week 3 This week in Year 4, we were presented with a Virtual Natural Hazards workshop! We were provided with 3-D glasses, and we used these to help strengthen our knowledge in volcanoes and were proud to use... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 3 During our RE lesson the children learnt about a Christingle. The orange represents the world. The red ribbon represents the blood of Jesus and the candy represents God's creation. The children enjoye... Latest News What's happening in Year 1 - Week 3 This week in Year 1 our highlight has been reading for pleasure! We do this everyday because we know that enjoying reading is the best way to live life. In our slot for Reading For Pleasure we get to ... Latest News What's happening in Reception - Week 3 To celebrate Road Safety Week, the children in Reception have been thinking carefully about how they can keep themselves safe when out and about, whether on foot, or riding their bikes or scooters. Th... Latest News What's happening in Nursery - Week 3 In Nursery our topic is ‘Autumn’. At the creative table, the children have been using their fine manipulative skills (finger muscles) to thread paper leaves onto a piece of string to create a ‘Leaf Ne... Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 2 This week, Year 6 were introduced to a CAD (computer aided design) software. We now know that software can be used to create models on the computer which can then be translated into real life. We talk... Latest News What's happening in Year 5 - Week 2 In Year 5, our topic this week was to learn about Sir Isaac Newton. Here are some fantastic pieces of work from Julia and Diana. Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week 2 This week in Year 4, we were experimenting with different fabrics to see which one would work best in our STEAM project – creating pencil cases. We were given different fabrics, for example denim ... Latest News What's happening in Year 3 - Week 2 In maths this week, Year 3 have become column method experts! They have been adding three digit numbers with regrouping. They started the week using concrete resources, followed by pictorial represent... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 2 Our new topic this term in Year 2 is plants. The children enjoyed looking closely at this rose and discussing the different parts of a plant and its functions. Take a look... ... Latest News What's happening in Year 1 - Week 2 This week in Year 1 our highlight was improving our computing skills! We have been learning about ways to be safe when using computers and are now beginning to learn how to use the paint tool in C... Latest News What's happening in Reception - Week 2 On Monday morning, Reception took part in a two minutes silence in honour of Remembrance Day. We spent some time exploring what Remembrance Day is and why people wear poppies as a symbol of respect. T... Latest News What's happening in Nursery - Week 2 In Nursery, we have been exploring the season 'Autumn'. Children used natural objects such as conkers, leaves, sticks and pine cones to represent facial features when creating an image of their face. ... Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 1 This week, Year 6 were treated to a drama workshop delivered by Immediate Theatre. To celebrate Black History Month, Immediate Theatre introduced us to some powerful and influential black historical ... Latest News What's happening in Year 5 - Week 1 This week in Maths, year 5 have been learning about equivalent fractions. We used physical resources to help us. Here is Thiago and Ayaz creating equivalent fractions with blocks. Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week 1 This week in Year 4, we have had an amazing time settling back into our routines. Over the half term, our homework was to research about Volcanoes as this links to our new topic in geography – Volcan... Latest News What's happening in Year 3 - Week 1 This week in year 3 we are looking at forces in science. We learnt that there is a push force and a pull force. We discussed things that we can push or pull. Look at our amazing work... ... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 1 Our writing book this term is called Janjak and Frieda go to the iron market. The children drew pictures and brainstormed adjectives to describe the tap tap Janjak rode in and they also described the ... Latest News What's happening in Year 1 - Week 1 This week in Year 1 our highlight has been increasing our fluency with the composition of numbers to 10. We played games with counters to visualise odds and even numbers and worked as partners to repr... Latest News What's happening in Reception - Week 1 This week in Reception, we have been learning all about fire safety in honour of Bonfire Night. We learned about the actions of Guy Fawkes and his friends many hundreds of years ago. We used our role ... Latest News What's happening in Nursery - Week 1 During the half term, Nursery were given the task of collecting autumnal gems such as conkers, leaves and sticks using their special autumnal treasure bags. On Monday, the children brought in their fi... Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 8 Year 6 have had a great half term. We are working hard in lessons to get lots of our ideas down and demonstrate our learning. We are also becoming increasingly independent and resilient- great skills ... Latest News What's happening in Year 5 - Week 8 This week, year 5 have been continuing to look at the life and work of Chris Ofili. Chris Ofili was well known for his collagraph printing and his highly decorative style and playful exploration of bl... Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week 8 This week in Year 4, we were provided with the amazing opportunity to work with a theatre company for a Black History Month workshop, focused on historical black inventors. In groups, we learnt about ... Latest News What's happening in Year 3 - Week 8 On Thursday, the incredible Immediate Theatre carried out a Black History Month drama workshop with our Year 3 class. We started with some drama activities and games, where we were asked to use our bo... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 8 The children in Year 2 have used recycling materials to design and fashion their own ideas. As you can see, they have used their imaginations to create a wealth of different things, all of which will ... Latest News What's happening in Year 1 - Week 8 This week in Year 1, our highlight was preparing for our presentations to parents at Oracy day! This half term we have been exploring our own histories and the history of Hackney over the years. We lo... Latest News What's happening in Reception - Week 8 This week, Reception took part in a drama workshop in honour of our Black History Month celebrations at SJSJ. Through the interactive story, the children learnt all about the life of Benjamin Banneker... Latest News What's happening in Nursery - Week 8 This week in Nursery, we created an art piece inspired by Alma Thomas for Black History Month. The children used lemons as a stamp to create a print on a canvas. The lemons were cut in half to expose ... Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 7 Year 6 have had an exciting week this week! On Monday and Tuesday, we were lucky to be visited by Bethany from the Anne Frank Trust. During the workshop, we learnt about different social groups and ho... Latest News What's happening in Year 5 - Week 7 This week, as part of our Black History Month learning, year 5 have been looking at the life and work of painter Chris Ofili. Chris Ofili was born in Manchester and is well known for his references to... Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week 7 This week in Year 4, linking to our Black History Month topic, we had the exciting opportunity to visit a workshop at the Hackney Museum, linking to the history of carnival. We had the opportunity ... Latest News What's happening in Year 3 - Week 7 This week in art we made our own prints using polystyrene. We had to cut the pieces out and create a repeating pattern. We are producing repeated prints in the style of Esther Mahlangu, who is the ar... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 7 The children thoroughly enjoyed a trip to the Hackney Museum. They learnt all about the carnival and what goes into making this such an exciting event. In particular they loved playing the steel drums... Latest News What's happening in Year 1 - Week 7 This week in Year 1 our highlight was reflecting on our History unit over the half term. We have been exploring the history of our local area, Hackney and learning about the changes our city has under... Latest News What's happening in Reception - Week 7 This week, Reception introduced a new key text: Tree by Patricia Hegarty. The book introduces children to the four seasons that run throughout the year and encourages them to talk about the features o... Latest News What's happening in Nursery - Week 7 In Nursery this week, we have loved exploring our new playground! We now have a new slide and climbing wall, which is going to support the children in developing their gross motor skills. Gross motor ... Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 6 In our next writing cycle, we are going to be retelling the events of the Nazi invasion from the perspective of Joseph’s youngest daughter, Bronia. We drew our own story map to ensure we were clear ab... Latest News What's happening in Year 5 - Week 6 This week in RE we were learning about Jesus' miracle of healing a paralysed man. We acted as reporters and members of the public who would have been there and the paralysed man himself. We captured t... Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week 6 This week in Year 4 we have begun our Black History Month learning in History. We have been refreshing our mind as to why we learn about Black History and how this has affected the world we live in t... Latest News What's happening in Year 3 - Week 6 This week we had a trip to Hackney Museum for Black History Month. At the museum we took part in a workshop with the theme of 'Carnival.' We looked at some of the history of carnival, then we looked... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 6 In Year 2 we have been looking at comparing numbers and ordering numbers. The children used the signs to show which number was the greatest. The crocodile always likes to eat the greater number. Take ... Latest News What's happening in Year 1 - Week 6 This week in Year 1 our highlight has been discovering the ending of our core text 'Between Tick and Tock' by Ashling Lindsay. As we have worked through this text we have been trying to decide what we... Latest News What's happening in Reception - Week 6 This week in PE, the children were focusing on developing their balancing skills. Balancing is a key aspect in supporting children’s physical development and is really supportive of their coordination... Latest News What's happening in Nursery - Week 6 Linked to this week's literacy core text ‘Lulu Gets A Cat’, we have created a class book based on our favourite pets. The children labelled their work by identifying different features of their favour... Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 5 In Year 6 this week, we have been working hard in writing to create dramatic setting descriptions, describing the fictional camp of Zakyna from our story 'The Silver Sword' by Ian Serralier. The descr... Latest News What's happening in Year 5 - Week 5 In Year 5, as part of our science learning, we have been studying animals and their habitats, including sexual and asexual reproduction in plants. We have previously looked at pollination and how impo... Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week 5 This week in Year 4, we have been conducting an investigation to see how egg shells react to different liquids after being left in the liquids over a period of time. This relates to our science top... Latest News What's happening in Year 3 - Week 5 In science this week, we were looking at fossils and how they are formed. We learnt that fossils are the preserved remains of plants and animals whose bodies were buried in sediments, such as sand an... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 5 In Year 2, the children have been looking at adjectives to describe nouns. The right adjective can create such a clear image in your mind and can engage the reader. The children have written character... Latest News What's happening in Year 1 - Week 5 This week, Year 1's highlight was visiting Hackney Museum. For many of us, it was the first time we had ever been to this special museum. We connected our learning from History about our local history... Latest News What's happening in Reception - Week 5 This week, the children in Reception have continued to learn about the people who help us in our community. They discussed the different ways that people help each other and why it is important. The c... Latest News What's happening in Nursery - Week 5 To consolidate our learning in literacy, Nursery created a story map for our core text 'So Much' by sequencing what happens during the story. We used key words such as 'first, next and then' to seque... Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 4 Year 6 have started their new unit of Art this week. We are looking at Yinka Shonibare, a prominent artist whose work encapsulates being a 'citizen of the world'. He creates a range of paintings, and ... Latest News What's happening in Year 5 - Week 4 As part of our Humanities topic on the Roman era, Year 5 took a trip to London Mithraeum to explore and learn about the Roman civilisation and the expansion of their Empire across Britain. We were ... Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week 4 This week in Year 4, we have been acting out that it was like to be a Victorian child living in a workhouse. At the beginning of the History lesson, we found out, when a father in the working class lo... Latest News What's happening in Year 3 - Week 4 In Year 3 this week, we received some amazing homework based on our History unit about the Stone Age. We also read about Mary Anning, who was a female paleontologist and some children even created the... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 4 In history this half term, we are learning about The Great Fire Of London. The children are finding it fascinating learning about how London changed as a result of this catastrophic fire. We took the ... Latest News What's happening in Year 1 - Week 4 This week in Year 1, our highlight has been visiting the computing suite at school. We have been learning about how to stay safe online when using computers, so we were ready! This week we were learn... Latest News What's happening in Reception - Week 4 This week, the children in Reception learned about the force that is created between magnets. They carefully observed what happens when two sides of a magnet are close together and noticed that when t... Latest News What's happening in Nursery - Week 4 Our topic this term in nursery is ‘All About Me’. Earlier in the week, we shared pictures of our family to the class and discussed our family members. On Wednesday, we drew pictures of our families, t... Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 3 This week, in Science, we have been looking at building circuits! We took part in a carousel of activities to expand our scientific knowledge. We challenged ourselves to make a working circuit using l... Latest News What's happening in Year 5 - Week 3 This week, Year 5 were preparing to write a diary entry in role of a character from our key text, "Journey to the River Sea" by Eva Ibbotson. On Tuesday, we worked in groups to come up with a characte... Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week 3 This week in Year 4, we went on a thrilling adventure to The Ragged School Museum. We were transported into a traditional Victorian classroom with a Victorian teacher. The boys and girls were told to... Latest News What's happening in Year 3 - Week 3 This week in Year 3, we walked to the park to identify different types of rocks. We have been learning about the three different types of rocks - Sedimentary, Igneous and Metamorphic. We tried to find... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 3 During our History lesson, the children looked at different pictures from the 17th Century and discussed what was happening in them. They looked at the differences between then and now and observed ho... Latest News What's happening in Year 1 - Week 3 This week in Year 1, we have been representing numbers in lots of different ways. We loved using a range of concrete objects like dienes, counters and Hungarian Tens Frames. We also explore how number... Latest News What's happening in Reception - Week 3 This week in Reception, the children learned about British artist, Gary Hume. They looked carefully at the facial features that were similar in all of Hume’s portrait paintings and then discussed some... Latest News What's happening in Nursery - Week 3 This week, Nursery looked at the Artist Gary Hume and took inspiration of how he painted people’s faces. We looked at the colour of our skin and used bright colours for our facial features and hair. T... Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 2 Year 6 have had a fantastic start to the year. We have been working hard on being the best role models for the school and ensuring our work is presented beautifully so that we are proud of our learnin... Latest News What's happening in Year 5 - Week 2 This week year 5 have learned about the Roman Empire and their invasion of Britain. We focused on understanding the timeline of the Roman Empire including understanding BC and AD and chronological ord... Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week 2 This week in Year 4 we got the exciting chance to perform our amazing descriptions of Oliver Twist from the book Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens to Year 2. Before going to Year 2, we organised ours... Latest News What's happening in Year 3 - Week 2 In Year 3 this week we have been very focused on producing our best Matisse style portraits. We painted them using bright colours and we then critiqued and evaluated our work. We have also been learni... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 2 The children have been looking at different historical events during our History lesson. As you can see they placed the events in order and discussed what a time line was. They went on to put signific... Latest News What's happening in Reception - Week 2 This week, the children in Reception have settled beautifully into their new classroom. They have spent lots of time exploring the areas and getting to know our school rules - the water tray and sand ... Latest News What's happening in Nursery - Week 2 In Nursery this week, we have been focusing on settling in and mastering routines. We have loved playing in our outdoor 'Mud Kitchen' and exploring all the new learning areas in the classroom. ... Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 7 This week the Year 6 children were joined by their parents and carers for their final performance of What’s The Crime Mr Wolf? They were absolutely incredible and should be so proud of themselves! ... Latest News What's happening in Year 5 - Week 7 Last week, Year 5 celebrated the end of term with a trip to London Zoo! This tied in to our geography unit 'Let's Go On Safari!' as we got to see many African animals including hippos, zebras, giraffe... Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week 7 Year 4 have completed their final lesson. They worked in groups on different parts of Liturgy, they were able to present a part of Liturgy with their table and performed it beautifully, different part... Latest News What's happening in Year 3 - Week 7 Year 3 had a fantastic trip into Central London this week. We boarded the Terrible Thames boat, and travelled along the Thames, learning incredible historical facts about famous landmarks. We had lunc... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 7 The children have been enjoying using the bebops in maths this week as we have been looking at directional language. They took turns to programme the bebop to move forward, backwards, left and right. ... Latest News What's happening in Year 1 - Week 7 This week, we have been summarising all of our amazing learning over this half term. In Science, we have been studying plants. We know that not all plants are the same: we have wild flowers, garden pl... Latest News What's happening in Nursery - Week 7 For our end of year celebration, nursery participated in a ‘Senses and Textures’ animal experience workshop. The children had the opportunity to engage in hands-on discoveries of textures and senses i... Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 6 Today Year 6 celebrated the end of an absolutely fantastic year with a trip to Southend! The children have worked incredibly hard this year and are set to have a wonderful day - starting in Adventure ... Latest News What's happening in Year 5 - Week 6 Year 5 have really enjoyed learning about World Religions this year. We brought our knowledge of Christianity, Sikhism and Islam together to carry out our debate: Is Wisdom Important? The proposition ... Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week 6 Year 4 went to the Hackney empire this week to watch an Apollo music concert. We learnt about the whole orchestra and the different roles of the instruments. We then listened to a symphony piece of mu... Latest News What's happening in Year 3 - Week 6 This week in Year 3, we have been exploring shadows. We know shadows are formed when a light source is blocked, but we wanted to investigate which materials block light the best. To do this, we tested... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 6 The children in Year 2 have been looking at persuasive writing and it's features. Take a look at their writing persuading the world to recycle and reduce their carbon footprint. Some bold and powerful... Latest News What's happening in Year 1 - Week 6 This week, Year 1 have been exploring time in Maths. This can be a tricky concept, but we've made our own clocks to help it make sense to us! We carefully looked at where the numbers are on the clock,... Latest News What's happening in Reception - Week 6 This week in Reception we have continued to learn about India. We learned about some spices and foods that are common in India and all had a go at making our own Chapatis from scratch. Children had to... Latest News What's happening in Nursery - Week 6 What can I see in my bucket? I can see a … In literacy this week, the children used their imaginations just like Billy in the story 'Billy's Bucket' to draw what they can see. Inside the bucket, Billy... Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 5 This week, Year 6 have been on their annual residential trip to Kench Hill. The week has been filled with lots of fun and laughter! The children have taken part in some incredible activities including... Latest News What's happening in Year 5 - Week 5 Inspired by our class text 'Warrior Boy' by Virginia Clay and using the knowledge we acquired in geography lessons about Kenyan savannahs and poaching, Year 5 produced newspaper articles about a ficti... Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week 5 Year 4 went to visit St Augustine’s tower last week. We learnt all about the history of the tower and what Hackney used to look like in the past. We even got to climb to the very top and had a spectac... Latest News What's happening in Year 3 - Week 4 This week, Year 3 wanted to celebrate the amazing pieces of homework produced over the weekend. Their homework task was to go outdoors and find 5 natural items that can be used to create a piece of ar... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 5 In Year 2 this week we have been looking at the language of position and direction. We took the children out into the playground and they instructed each other using directional language. In clas... Latest News What's happening in Year 1 - Week 5 This week has been an exciting one for Year 1! On Wednesday, we ventured to the London Eye. In writing this year, we read “Katie in London” and wrote about key London landmarks, including Big Ben, Buc... Latest News What's happening in Reception - Week 5 This week in Reception we have been building our spatial awareness through maps. We used maps on recent trips to Sports Day and Heath and then built on those skills to make our own maps of obstacle co... Latest News What's happening in Nursery - Week 5 This week we started our final literacy core text of the year, ‘Billy’s Bucket’. Billy wants only one thing for his birthday - a bucket. Inside it, he can see all kinds of magnificent sea creatures. L... Latest News Revised Service Costs - September 2024 As you will be aware, the school has not raised their costs for school services for a number of years now. From 1st September 2024 we will be revising the cost of some school services to stay in line ... Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 3 This week Year 6 visited Finsbury Library to take part in a workshop led by the Ben Kinsella Foundation. The workshop focused on the consequences of peer pressures and raised awareness of social issue... Latest News What's happening in Year 5 - Week 3 This half-term, Year 5 will be studying Earth and Space as our science topic. We began by learning the order of the planets in our solar system, then we made posters about one of theses planets. Our p... Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week 3 This week in Year 4, we have been thinking about how the character Jude in our writing text "Other words for home" May be feeling about leaving Syria and going to America. In trios year 4 practiced an... Latest News What's happening in Year 3 - Week 3 This week in maths, Year 3 started their topic of Shape. To consolidate their learning, Year 3 went outside and practiced turning clockwise and anticlockwise, using key mathematical vocabulary. They t... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 3 In Year 2 this week the children have been brainstorming adjectives and adverbs in preparation for their persuasive writing. Take a look... ... Latest News What's happening in Year 1 - Week 3 This week in Maths, we have been looking at Place Value of numbers up to 100. We understand that two digit numbers are made of tens and ones. We partitioned these numbers into tens and ones. Then, we ... Latest News What's happening in Reception - Week 3 This week in Reception we have been all about chicks! Our 10 eggs arrived on Monday. We learned about how the incubator kept them warm and moist and kept looking for the signs of hatching. By Tuesday ... Latest News What's happening in Nursery - Week 3 Linked to our topic country compassion, Nursery have been exploring amazing Africa. We have been exploring traditional instruments such as the Djembe Drum and created an observational drawing. Childre... Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 2 In light of Refugee Week, Year 6 visited Hackney Museum to take part in a suitcase stories exhibition about individuals and their families who moved to Hackney to seek safety. The children used their ... Latest News What's happening in Year 5 - Week 2 This week, Year 5 wrote free-verse poems about a Maasai welcoming ceremony. We used fronted adverbials to describe when, where and how events took place, we used figurative language to add interest to... Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week 2 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... Latest News What's happening in Year 3 - Week 2 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 k... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 2 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 child... Latest News What's happening in Year 1 - Week 2 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 featur... Latest News What's happening in Reception - Week 2 This week in Reception, our highlight was visiting Hampstead Heath. We have begun working with and learning about maps, so we used maps to plan our route to the Heath. We then followed maps to the top... Latest News What's happening in Nursery - Week 2 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 cre... Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 1 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 tak... Latest News What's happening in Year 5 - Week 1 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 residen... Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week 1 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 looke... Latest News What's happening in Year 3 - Week 1 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 inf... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 1 Latest News What's happening in Year 1 - Week 1 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 som... Latest News What's happening in Reception - Week 1 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. Ch... Latest News What's happening in Nursery - Week 1 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 knowle... Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 6 This week, Year 6 have been taking part in a variety of art-based activities to prepare some artwork to be displayed at this year's Primary Advantage Art Exhibition. The theme of this year's exhibitio... Latest News What's happening in Year 5 - Week 6 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... Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week 6 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 ... Latest News What's happening in Year 3 - Week 6 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. P... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 6 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 ... Latest News What's happening in Year 1 - Week 6 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 ... Latest News What's happening in Reception - Week 6 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 inspir... Latest News What's happening in Nursery - Week 6 This week in Nursery, children started their art project inspired by the work of artist Chris Ofili. Nursery took inspiration from Chris' painting ‘Affrodizzia’ and created a mixed media artwork. Ofil... Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 5 Dear Year 6, Where do we begin? This week you have shown the utmost resilience and should be incredibly proud of yourselves. Each and every one of you came into school calm, settled and ready to sh... Latest News What's happening in Year 5 - Week 5 This week we have been researching 'The Big Five', which are considered the most popular safari animals. We used the computer suite to gather facts about lions, buffalo, rhinos, leopards and elephants... Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week 5 The science topic for Year 4 is sound and their big question is why do different musical instruments make different sounds? Today, year 4 investigated how they could soundproof the classroom by findin... Latest News What's happening in Year 3 - Week 5 Year 3 had a wonderful trip to Woodberry Wetlands this week. We explored the grounds around the wetlands and observed the wildlife it is home to. We found many insects on our nature walk, including wo... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 5 In Year 2, we have been looking at time this week in our maths lessons. The children started by looking at o'clock, then moved onto half-past and quarter past. They have been learning about the differ... Latest News What's happening in Year 1 - Week 5 This week in Writing, Year 1 have been introduced to persuasive writing. We understand what writing to persuade means and have worked hard to spot features of persuasive texts. We even created a class... Latest News What's happening in Reception - Week 5 This week in Reception our highlight was definitely visiting Woodberry Wetlands! We had beautiful weather to walk around this nature reserve. We saw many different kinds of birds and minibeasts. We... Latest News What's happening in Nursery - Week 5 This week, Nursery conducted an observational drawing of sunflowers inspired by artist ‘Van Gogh’. First, they drew their sunflowers using a black sharpie pen then painted their work whilst looking at... Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 4 There are lots of resources available that the children can access from home - below are some that we have used regularly in school and would highly recommend for revision purposes. Maths Arithmeti... Latest News What's happening in Year 5 - Week 4 This half term, we have been building on our knowledge of Sikhism. Today we learnt about the Sikh beliefs of reincarnation and compared this to our own personal beliefs about what happens on death. ... Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week 4 In PE this week Year 4 have been practising vertical jumps for their athletics unit this half term. They have also been learning how to accurately measure their jumps. ... Latest News What's happening in Year 3 - Week 4 This week, Year 3 has been looking at the layers of the rainforest, identifying different animals and plants in the four layers. Once we had identified which animals and plants lived in which layer, w... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 4 In maths we have been looking at fractions. The children cut out different parts and then stuck them down on to plain paper to create these fraction robots. As you can see they used halves, quarters a... Latest News What's happening in Reception - Week 4 This week in Reception we have immersed ourselves in the traditional tale of Jack and the Beanstalk. Our own beans have started to grow and each child transplanted their own, giving them concrete expe... Latest News What's happening in Nursery - Week 4 In Nursery, we started our new topic 'Planting and Growing'. Linked to our topic, we read 'Jaspers Beanstalk' which is a story about a cat who plants a bean in the attempt to grow a beanstalk. He give... Latest News Spanish at SJSJ Key words/phrases for this half term are: Week 1 - ¿Puedo conseguir un poco de agua? Can I get some water? Week 2 - ¿Puedo ir al baño, por favor? Can I use the bathroom, please? Week 3 -... Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 3 This week Year 6 have completed their final round of mock assessments, before SATs week - the children have all made incredible progress and should be very proud of themselves. Their hard work and com... Latest News What's happening in Year 5 - Week 3 This week, Year 5 have been making more cross-curricular links! In our geography unit, we have been comparing the physical and human geography of Kenya and the UK as art of our 'Safari' unit. We linke... Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week 3 In writing this week, we started to look at the relationship between our two characters Jude and Issa. We thought about what questions we could ask them and did a hot seating activity. ... Latest News What's happening in Year 3 - Week 3 This week, Year 3 started using Hour of Code, as part of their computing lessons. They worked through a series of lessons on the programme to understand what each block represents and how putting bloc... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 3 In Year 2 we have been looking at British Monarchs, the class have been researching Queen Elizabeth and looking at different sources for key information about her life and reign as a monarch. The chil... Latest News What's happening in Year 1 - Week 3 This week in RE, Year one were taught a fabulous lesson about the importance of stories in Islam. They looked at a story called 'The Boy Who Threw Stones at Trees' and looked at the meaning of the sto... Latest News What's happening in Reception - Week 3 This week in Reception we have immersed ourselves in the traditional tale of Jack and the Beanstalk. Our own beans have started to grow and each child transplanted their own, giving them concrete expe... Latest News What's happening in Nursery - Week 3 In maths this week, Nursery have been comparing quantities using key words such as 'more' and 'less'. Linked to our topic 'Minibeasts', we used minibeasts to discuss and explore different quantities. ... Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 2 To celebrate our first ever PTA Green Week as St John and St James, Year 6 took part in an eco-active workshop, looking at the amount of rubbish that is produced worldwide and the impact that it has o... Latest News What's happening in Year 5 - Week 2 In Year 5 this term, we have really noticed how our learning in different subjects links together. In maths, we completed our statistics topic, in which we learnt to analyse tables of data and repr... Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week 2 This week in geography we started learning about our new topic: North and South America. We started by reminding ourselves of what the 7 continents of the World are and where they are located. We t... Latest News What's happening in Year 3 - Week 2 This week, Year 3 have been using their research skills in Geography to create informative posters about The Amazon Rainforest. They researched various aspects about the rainforest, such as its locati... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 2 For his homework Aiden researched different animals that live under the sea and used an array of resources to create this fabulous underwater scene. A juice bottle was used to create the octopus and a... Latest News What's happening in Year 1 - Week 2 Year 1 had a fantastic week this week, learning all about our 'Wild City' during Green Week! We kicked off the week by looking at what animals and wildlife we can see in the city we live in. We then t... Latest News What's happening in Reception - Week 2 This week in Reception we began our topic of minibeasts with inspiration from Green Week. We have been learning about recycling and the problem of plastic pollution in our world. We decided to turn ol... Latest News What's happening in Nursery - Week 2 In Nursery this week we have been learning about different types of minibeasts. The children were provided with a range of natural materials (leaves, log slices, pine cones, twigs, bamboo rings, etc) ... Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 1 In Geography this week, Year 6 took part in a 'Fieldwork Day'. They planned, carried out and evaluated a local area walk in order to help them gauge a better understanding of our local area. As geogra... Latest News What's happening in Year 5 - Week 1 Year 5 are excited to be back to school after the Easter holiday! We have enjoyed reading the start of our new class text, Warrior Boy by Virginia Clay. It is a fiction novel about Ben, a boy from ... Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week 1 In science this week we have been investigating all about sound and how sound is made. We have been using instruments to create sound and discuss how different sounds are made. Have a look at what we ... Latest News What's happening in Year 3 - Week 1 This week, we wanted to showcase the amazing homework Year 3 completed over the Easter holidays, ahead of starting their new topic about The Amazon Rainforest. We have been incredibly impressed by the... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 1 We have had a lot of fun this week in Year 2. We started by exploring a character's thoughts and feelings through role-play; which showed some true talent in our class! We then learned all about equal... Latest News What's happening in Year 1 - Week 1 Year 1 have been introduced to their new RE topic this week. Our Big Question this half term is What does it mean to be a Muslim? The children loved looking at pictures and artefacts related to Islam.... Latest News What's happening in Reception - Week 1 This week in Reception we have launched into our growing season by beginning to look closely at how plants grow and the parts of plants. We planted our own seeds - runner beans, purple french beans an... Latest News What's happening in Nursery - Week 1 This week in Nursery, linked to our new topic 'Minibeasts' and core text 'Aaaarrgghh Spider!' the children created a 'Nursery's facts about spiders' book by gathering information from non-fiction boo... Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 6 Over the half term , Year 6 have been working on a cooking and nutrition project in STEAM lessons - they had to research, design and make a savoury scone for a class picnic. The children began by rese... Latest News What's happening in Year 5 - Week 6 This week was STEAM week! We were tasked with making a savoury muffin that contained at least one vegetable component. First, we researched which ingredients are commonly found in savoury muffin recip... Latest News What's happening in Year 3 - Week 6 This week was our STEAM week, where we focused on Nutrition and Cooking. Year 3 planned and created two sandwiches that met a specific design criteria. Their sandwiches needed to include: a vegetarian... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 6 During our PSHE lesson the children were looking at the different ways we can stay healthy. They discussed how exercise and a healthy diet were essential to feeling well. We talked about the food pyra... Latest News What's happening in Year 1 - Week 6 Year 1 went on a trip to the Hackney school of food where we learnt all about cooking. We made our own pizza dough and cut lots of vegetables as our topping. We also got to explore the grounds and fee... Latest News What's happening in Nursery - Week 6 In Nursery this week, children created a caterpillar necklace which is linked to the main character in our core text 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' written by Eric Carle. Children worked on their fine ... Latest News Spanish at SJSJ Key words/phrases for this half term are: Week 1 - Estoy cansado. I am tired. Week 2 - Estoy emocionado. I am excited. Week 3 - Tengo hambre. I am hungry Week 4 - Es hora de casa.... Latest News Science Week Last week was British Science Week and the children across SJSJ got their lab coats out to transform into mini scientists for the week! Each class took part in a scientific enquiry, where they comb... Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 5 In their most recent writing cycle, Year 6 have been taking inspiration from Macbeth: A Shakespeare Story, by Andrew Matthews. The children used descriptions and events from the text to write a charac... Latest News What's happening in Year 5 - Week 5 We have completed our Hour Of Code course during our computing lessons this half term. We have learnt to sequence commands of code to achieve a desired outcome; we have detected bugs in our code and g... Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week 5 In computing this week, Year 4 were writing their own algorithms to try and get their 'turtle' to draw a letter of their choice. We found that some letters were a lot tricky that others and we kept... Latest News What's happening in Year 3 - Week 5 This week in writing, Year 3 have been finishing their latest piece of writing - a newspaper article about a mysterious slipper in the city of Memphis. The children used a range of grammar techniques ... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 5 In Year 2 this week we have been looking at mass. The children discussed what it means if the scales are balanced and if one side of the scales is lower than the other side.....is the object heavier o... Latest News What's happening in Year 1 - Week 5 This week, Year 1 have been looking at the impact of immigration. We now know what immigration means and we have been looking at the benefits immigration has on all aspects of our life. We have partic... Latest News What's happening in Reception - Week 5 This week in Reception we have been building on our knowledge of shapes. We reviewed what we know about 2d shapes and then used that knowledge to recognise and name 3d shapes. We had fun doing 3d shap... Latest News What's happening in Nursery - Week 5 In maths, Nursery used different 2D shapes to create the main character from our literacy core text 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar'. We used a red circle for the head, a triangle for the nose, two circl... Latest News Spanish at SJSJ Key words/phrases for this half term are: Week 1 - Estoy cansado. I am tired. Week 2 - Estoy emocionado. I am excited. Week 3 - Tengo hambre. I am hungry Week 4 - Es hora de casa.... Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 4 This week, to celebrate British Science Week, the children in Year 6 have been conducting an enquiry: Why are dinosaurs extinct? The were able to apply some of their prior biology knowledge about t... Latest News What's happening in Year 5 - Week 4 This week was Science Week! The theme this year is 'changes over time', so in keeping with our 'properties of materials' topic, we investigated whether all liquids flow at the same rate. We carried ou... Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week 4 Year 4 went to the Hackney school of food this week. We explored what a healthy balanced diet looks like and had a go at making a frittata with fresh vegetables, a fresh bread role and some salad. We ... Latest News What's happening in Year 3 - Week 4 As part of Science Week, Year 3 conducted an investigation to see if their reaction times were quicker or slower after exercise. To do this, they worked with their partners; partner A dropped the rule... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 4 This week was Science Week! Year 2 spent time learning about the life cycle of moths and butterflies. We have been observing how caterpillars grow, what they eat and how long they can stay in the c... Latest News What's happening in Year 1 - Week 4 This week, Year 1 have had the best time celebrating Science Week! The theme this year is time. We investigated whether different methods of preparation affected the setting time of jelly. All childre... Latest News What's happening in Reception - Week 4 This week in Reception we have worked with Tens frames and developed our estimation skills using language like 'more than' 'less than' or 'the same as'. We sorted quantities and played games with each... Latest News What's happening in Nursery - week 4 On Wednesday, Nursery travelled by bus to Hackney City Farm as part of our topic 'Farm Animals'. We saw animals such as lambs, ducks and chickens just like the characters in our literacy book 'What th... Latest News Spanish at SJSJ Key words/phrases for this half term are: Week 1 - Estoy cansado. I am tired. Week 2 - Estoy emocionado. I am excited. Week 3 - Tengo hambre. I am hungry Week 4 - Es hora de casa.... Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 3 Over the last half term, Year 6 have been exploring the story of Macbeth, as retold by Andrew Matthews and illustrated by Tony Ross. The children have loved getting to know the characters of Macbeth, ... Latest News What's happening in Year 5 - Week 3 This week, Year 5 began a new writing cycle, creating a suspenseful action scene, based on our class text Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan. We immersed ourselves in this style ... Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week In computing this week, year 4 were learning how to write their own code on Turtle Academy. They learnt that it was very important to be specific when writing the code and that computers have their ow... Latest News What's happening in Year 3 - Week 3 This week, year 3 had a fantastic trip to The British Museum. To consolidate their learning on Ancient Egypt, year 3 explored the Ancient Egyptian collection. They observed primary sources of hierogly... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 3 During our Science lesson this week we discussed life cycles, in particular the life cycle of a frog. There are four stages in the life cycle of a frog and the metamorphosis that takes place between e... Latest News What's happening in Year 1 - Week 3 As part of our Geography learning Year 1 took a walk around our local area. We were looking around to research what different lands were used for. We completed a survey to find out what was the most c... Latest News What's happening in Reception - Week 3 This week in Reception our highlight was definitely World Book Day! We loved dressing up as our favourite books and sharing stories together all day. The morning started with a Jack and the Beanstalk ... Latest News What's happening in Nursery - Week 3 During our Spring Term two topic ‘Farm Animals’, we focused on the book ‘What the Ladybird Heard’ by Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks. Linking to one of the main characters in the story ‘the ladybird’,... Latest News Spanish at SJSJ Key words/phrases for this half term are: Week 1 - Estoy cansado. I am tired. Week 2 - Estoy emocionado. I am excited. Week 3 - Tengo hambre. I am hungry Week 4 - Es hora de casa.... Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 2 This week in history, the children were learning all about the Mayan leader: Pakal the Great. They explored the details shown in a range of sources of evidence and asked questions about what they coul... Latest News What's happening in Year 5 - Week 2 Year 5 have started the topic of decimals in maths. First we used place value charts to represent numbers with two decimal places. Using concrete counters helped us to secure the knowledge that 10 hun... Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week 2 In history this week, year 4 have been looking at the diet of the Vikings. We thought about what resources were available to them and what tools they had that they could use to hunt and gather. We the... Latest News What's happening in Year 3 - Week 2 In maths this week, Year 3 have been combining their skills of using the column method for addition, measuring in centimetres and millimetres and working out perimeter. We worked as a group to measure... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 2 During maths we have been looking at multiplication and division. The children have been using their knowledge of the 10 x tables to solve division maths problems. Here, you can see they used unifix t... Latest News What's happening in Year 1 - Week 2 This week, Year 1 have been learning about facial features in Science! We learnt that we all have the same facial features, however they all look slightly different on each person. First, we identifie... Latest News What's happening in Reception - Week 2 This week in Reception our highlight has been seeing our daffodils bloom after all our hard work of planting and watering since the Autumn. Children carefully observed how the plants had changed over ... Latest News What's happening in Nursery - Week 2 This week in Nursery, children created a painting of a ‘hog’ by using handprints and paintbrushes. We chose to create a ‘hog’ as it is one of the characters from our core text ‘What the Ladybird Hear... Latest News Mr Watson's Writing Group On Monday, Mr Watson's writing group travelled to central London to see the Mary Seacole statue. We learnt all about the heroic acts of service Mary achieved during the Crimean War in Spring 1 and ... Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 1 This week in History, Year 6 explored the historical theme 'belief' and found out all about the religious beliefs and rituals of the Ancient Mayans. They began by exploring what a polytheist was and h... Latest News What's happening in Year 5 - Week 1 This week in science, we have been exploring the ways different solutions and mixtures can be separated. We have focused on four methods: evaporation, filtration, sieving and magnetic attraction. We ... Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week 1 In RE this week, Year 4 looked at different bible verses about the Last Supper and thought about how these link to Holy Communion. We thought about the importance of serving and how Christians do this... Latest News What's happening in Year 3 - Week 1 This half term, we are continuing to focus on Animals including Humans as part of our science topic. We began the term learning about the human skeleton. First, we identified the 3 main reasons why hu... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 1 This term in writing, we are exploring narrative. Telling stories using descriptive language. The children were given pictures of different settings and in their groups had to discuss what they could ... Latest News What's happening in Year 1 - Week 1 Year 1 have LOVED Science this week! We have been exploring the human body, labelling the parts we know and working well in teams to find as many body parts as possible. We had to use our phonics to s... Latest News What's happening in Reception - Week 1 This week in Reception we have begun our new core text of 'The Train Ride' and began exploring many different kinds of vehicles, especially trains. Our writing has developed to include consistent fing... Latest News What's happening in Nursery - Week 1 Our maths song of the week in Nursery is '5 Little Ducks', a nursery rhyme that helps children recognise numbers and teach early math skills. This has supported our learning in maths as we have been f... Latest News Spanish at SJSJ Key words/phrases for this half term are: Week 1 - De nada. You're welcome. Week 2 - ¿Cómo te llamas? What is your name? Week 3 - ¿Cuántos años tienes? How old are you? Week 4 - ¿... Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 5 This half term in history, Year 6 have been learning all about the Ancient Mayan civilisation, who once occupied the land that we now know as much of Mexico and Guatemala. They have conducted many ind... Latest News What's happening in Year 5 - Week 5 This week we have been creating observational still-life drawings inspired by Vincent van Gogh. Our drawing skills have progressed, as we practised using single and cross hatching to produce shadow an... Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week 5 For Art week this half term, year four were focusing on the artist Paul Cezanne and the Post Impressionist movement. We carefully observed our pieces of fruit and thought very carefully about what ... Latest News What's happening in Year 3 - Week 5 This week, we wanted to showcase the amazing homework year 3 has completed. To celebate Chinese New Year, year 3 created wonderful pieces of art and gave lots of information, explaining what Chinese N... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 5 During our Science lesson, we explored how exercise effects the body and the heart. The children already had a good understanding of the positive benefits of exercise. They all agreed that exercise in... Latest News What's happening in Year 1 - Week 5 Year 1 have had a great week this week studying the artist Georgia O'Keefe. We now know that she is the Mother of Modernism and painted some incredible pieces of modernist artwork. We analysed her fam... Latest News What's happening in Reception - Week 5 Reception's highlight this week was learning all about Lunar Chinese New Year. We found out the important parts of the celebration like preparing by cleaning and how to celebrate with special dishes a... Latest News What's happening in Nursery - Week 5 Nursery's art project this week is inspired by british artist Andy Goldsworthy. Andy uses natural materials such as leaves, twigs, pebbles and rocks to make sculptures in the UK and around the world. ... Latest News Spanish at SJSJ Key words/phrases for this half term are: Week 1 - De nada. You're welcome. Week 2 - ¿Cómo te llamas? What is your name? Week 3 - ¿Cuántos años tienes? How old are you? Week 4 - ¿... Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 4 As part of their science unit on Animals Including Humans, Year 6 have been learning all about the circulatory system and how the heart and brain work together to keep our bodies functioning. After... Latest News What's happening in Year 5 - Week 4 In history, Year 5 used the internet to research the Ancient Greeks and discover why we have seen soldiers and weapons in the primary sources we have been studying. We had a class discussion about whi... Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week 4 In Science this week, Year 4 have been looking at different states of matter. We looked at why a grain of rice is solid but a collection of rice can be poured. As well as this we observed what would h... Latest News What's happening in Year 3 - Week 4 Year 3 began their second writing cycle of the term this week. They are writing a short narrative, inspired by The Egyptian Cinderella. To help order events of the story in chronological order, Year 3... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 4 During our Science lesson the children talked about a balanced diet and what that looked like. They discussed the 5 different food groups and why it was important to eat more from some groups and less... Latest News What's happening in Year 1 - Week 4 Year 1 have been loving their RE topic this half term- Judaism. We have been learning a lot about the Jewish Faith and making links between Judaism and Christianity. Year 1 loved our role play activit... Latest News What's happening in Reception - Week 4 This week in Reception we have immersed ourselves in our new core text world of the Gruffalo. We played with forest creatures, noticed differences of the forest to the arctic (where our last book was ... Latest News What's happening in Nursery - Week 4 This week in Nursery children painted their own London red bus, inspired by the story 'Naughty Bus’ written by Jan and Jerry Oke. Firstly, children thought about the shape of the bus ‘rectangle’ and d... Latest News Spanish at SJSJ Key words/phrases for this half term are: Week 1 - De nada. You're welcome. Week 2 - ¿Cómo te llamas? What is your name? Week 3 - ¿Cuántos años tienes? How old are you? Week 4 - ¿... Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 3 In their most recent writing cycle, Year 6 have been taking inspiration from the story of Macbeth by William Shakespeare. The children unpicked the language used in the text and thought carefully abou... Latest News What's happening in Year 5 - Week 3 Year 5 have had a very busy week! On Wednesday, we visited the Lea Valley Nature reserve to observe wildlife that inhabits a marsh environment and to do some birdwatching. We kept a tally of the nu... Latest News What's happening in Year 3 - Week 3 Year 3 had a fantastic trip to the Wallace Collection this week, where they took part in an art workshop. They explored the gallery, discussing different techniques artists use to create portraits and... Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week 3 This week, year 4 were given an exciting opportunity to take part in a maths workshop at Cardinal Pole. They were given a problem to solve and worked very hard with their partners in trying to figure ... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 3 For lasts weeks homework the children did some research about Sibylla Merian, who was a Scientist who studied the natural world, in particular the life cycle of butterflies. Harrison, Ava-Leigh and D... Latest News What's happening in Year 1 - Week 3 In History, Year 1 have been learning all about The Industrial Revolution. We have been exploring what Industrialisation means, and we know it means the rise of machines and industry! We have explored... Latest News What's happening in Reception - Week 3 This week in Reception we have been to the Arctic! Our core text Blue Penguin inspired learning about the South Pole, Penguins and other creatures that live in the cold. We used what we knew to suppor... Latest News What's happening in Nursery - Week 3 In Nursery this week we have been exploring different modes of transport! In literacy children drew a picture of their favourite transport by using their knowledge of shapes and patterns. We labelled ... Latest News Spanish at SJSJ Key words/phrases for this half term are: Week 1 - De nada. You're welcome. Week 2 - ¿Cómo te llamas? What is your name? Week 3 - ¿Cuántos años tienes? How old are you? Week 4 - ¿... Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 2 In science this week, the children began to explore the human circulatory system and learn about the function and importance of the heart. They used some prior knowledge of the human body to help them... Latest News What's happening in Year 5 - Week 2 This week Year 5 have shown great perseverance in our multiplication and division topic in maths. They have been multiplying increasing large numbers by 2 digits using the complex long multiplicati... Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week 2 This week, Year 4 went on a very exciting visit to the Saatchi Gallery. Whilst they were there they explored the exhibition: Christo and Jeanne - Claude: Boundless. The workshop explored the way art m... Latest News What's happening in Year 3 - Week 2 To begin their science learning about animals including humans, Year 3 researched the five food groups and the positive impact they have on our bodies. They recorded their information using a table th... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 2 Our Topic this half term in History is Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole. This week we discussed the Victorian era and the different events that happened between the years 1837 and 1901. We used o... Latest News What's happening in Year 1 - Week 2 This week, we have worked very hard in Maths looking at the composition of numbers. First, we looked at making 10 in lots of different ways. We used a variety of resources, including multi-link cubes,... Latest News What's happening in Reception - Week 2 This week in Reception we have been exploring capacity in a range of different ways. We especially focused on comparing weights and clarifying what it means when something is 'heavier' and 'lighter'. ... Latest News What's happening in Nursery - Week 2 In Nursery this week, we started our new core text ‘The Snowy Day’ written by Ezra Jack Keats. Linking to the story, children painted their own snowman. First, they thought about the shape of the snow... Latest News Spanish at SJSJ Key words/phrases for this half term are: Week 1 - De nada. You're welcome. Week 2 - ¿Cómo te llamas? What is your name? Week 3 - ¿Cuántos años tienes? How old are you? Week 4 - ¿... Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 1 Thank you! Year 6 would like to say a huge thank you to everybody who supported their hot chocolate fundraising last half term. The children raised £170 for their end of year play and are looking f... Latest News What's happening in Year 5 - Week 1 This week in Year 5, we have started learning about the Ancient Greeks. We looked at historical definitions to help us understand our key vocabulary. When then went onto looking at timelines, and wh... Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week 1 In year 4 we have started our new RE topic all about Hinduism. We learnt about all the different deities that Hindus worship and what they represent. Have a look at what we found out! ... Latest News What's happening in Year 3 - Week 1 Check out the fantastic pieces of homework children created over the half term! Ready for our history learning, children have created pyramids, mummies and explored facts about Ancient Egypt! What bri... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 1 Our History Topic this term in Year 2 is all about Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole. Both such inspiring individuals! The children wrote some amazing fact files and drew great portraits too. Tak... Latest News What's happening in Year 1 - Week 1 This week in writing, we have immersed ourselves in our brand new text (Moth: An Evolution Story) and examined the author’s vocabulary choices when describing characters. We examined a variety of moth... Latest News What's happening in Reception - Week 1 This week in Reception we have been immersed in Winter. We learned all about how we can compare different seasons and recognise the changes at this time of year. We planted winter bulbs to add to our ... Latest News What's happening in Nursery - Week 1 In maths this week Nursery have been focusing on developing their number recognition and one to one correspondence. Linked to our topic 'winter' children were given the task of adding the correct amou... Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 8 As part of our Diverse Britain curriculum, this week the children have been exploring the life of British Role Models from the past and present. In Year 6, the children focused their learning on the l... Latest News What's happening in Year 5 - Week 8 Year 5 have had a fantastic Autumn term, full of learning and fun. We have played sports and ukuleles, carried out science experiments and geography fieldwork, made fantastic progress in maths and lea... Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week 8 This week, for our last geography lesson of this unit, we looked at the impact of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius on Pompeii, when it happened and the impact the eruption still has today. ... Latest News What's happening in Year 3 - Week 8 This week, as part of their Diverse Britain learning, Year 3 looked at Kelly Holmes’ Olympic achievements and her life after the olympics. Inspired by her charitable work, Year 3 created their very ow... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 8 Year 2 created Christmas hand puppets for their STEAM project. Latest News What's happening in Year 1 - Week 8 Year 1 have had an excellent final week. We have enjoyed Nativity rehearsals, Diverse Britain Lessons AND we even had time to squeeze in a Christmas Card Craft session. Take a look at our fabulous wor... Latest News What's happening in Reception - Week 8 This week in Reception class we experimented with building. We were inspired by the structures that the Three Little Pigs had built and used pegs and sticks to build our structures. Our challenge was ... Latest News What's happening in Nursery - Week 8 Following on from nursery's trip to Tesco's, the children used the ingredients bought at the supermarket to make salt dough. The children worked together in small groups to follow a set of instruction... Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 7 As part of our STEAM project this week, the Year 6 children were given a brief to design, make and evaluate an alarm system that could be used to warn people of the imminent threat of a Tsunami. In pa... Latest News What's happening in Year 5 - Week 7 This week Year 5 completed their STEAM project. They researched, designed and constructed a moving Christmas toy, including making a moving mechanism out of cams and followers. The key skill was using... Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week 7 In Year 4 this week we have been doing a very exciting STEAM project. Using our knowledge of circuits and electricity we designed and created our own electronic game all about volcanoes. Our design... Latest News What's happening in Year 3 - Week 7 Year 3 have had a fantastic week planning and designing a 3-D Christmas gift box. They carefully designed nets of 3-D shapes, and thought about how they would make their boxes aesthetically appealing ... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 7 This week was STEAM week. We were tasked with creating Christmas themed hand puppets. We created our own templates and designs and we used many different skills such as cutting, threading and decorati... Latest News What's happening in Year 1 - Week 7 In Maths the children have been learning about the features and properties of 3D shapes. In their groups they discussed the different ways that they could sort the shapes and then put them into two gr... Latest News What's happening in Reception - Week 7 This week the highlight in Reception was learning all about the celebration of Hanukah and how it compares to Christmas. We learned about how families prepare to celebrate together and some of the imp... Latest News What's happening in Nursery - Week 7 Following on from nursery's trip to Tesco's, the children used the ingredients bought at the supermarket to make salt dough. The children worked together in small groups to follow a set of instruction... Latest News Spanish at SJSJ Key words/phrases for this half term are: Week 1 - Hasta luego. See you soon. Week 2 - Gracias. Thank you. Week 3 - Por favor. Please. Week 4 - Abrid la puerta. Open the door. Week ... Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 6 Over the last few weeks, a selection of children across Year 6 have been putting their scientific skills to the test and preparing a Science Fayre enquiry to share with the rest of the school. With... Latest News What's happening in Year 5 - Week 6 This week, Year 5 embarked on field work for their geography unit. to help us answer our key question 'Why are rivers so important?' we visited the River Lea. We observed how the river is used, made f... Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week 6 This week In RE we thought about the message of peace and if it was still relevant in the modern day. We thought about some global issues and how we can apply the message of peace to try and help thes... Latest News What's happening in Year 3 - Week 6 This week, year 3 have been learning about the importance of the feast of Epiphany and what it reveals about Jesus’ life. Year 3 designed their very own gifts they’d give to baby Jesus and what they r... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 6 This week in Maths we were working on organising 2D shapes. We used a Venn Diagram to organise them into 2 (potentially 3) groups. Children were tasked with creating their own groups. Some groups chos... Latest News What's happening in Year 1 - Week 6 During our maths lesson, we have been looking at 3D shapes. The children used playdough to make different shapes, built towers and coloured in the 3D shapes they could see. They thoroughly enjoyed exp... Latest News What's happening in Reception - Week 6 This week in Reception we have consolidated our learning on the Seasons by painting a whole class tree which represents all the different seasons. This was inspired by the weather changes we have seen... Latest News What's happening in Nursery - Week 6 As part of this term’s RE topic of ‘Celebrations’, nursery went on a trip to Tesco to buy ingredients to make and bake ‘salt dough decorations’. This will allow us to discuss the idea of a recipe and ... Latest News Spanish at SJSJ Key words/phrases for this half term are: Week 1 - Hasta luego. See you soon. Week 2 - Gracias. Thank you. Week 3 - Por favor. Please. Week 4 - Abrid la puerta. Open the door. Week ... Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 5 In Year 6, the children have been using their class text, The Silver Sword by Ian Serraillier, to inspire their writing. The text is based around the events of World War II and the children have loved... Latest News What's happening in Year 5 - Week 5 This week has been busy in Year 5! We have been creating our Christmas chandelier, using paper and glitter to represent the star that was followed by the wise men to Bethlehem. ... Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week 5 In geography this week we looked at the location of Italy within Europe. We then focused on the city of Naples and it's surrounding water and cities. We thought about how it is different to the UK and... Latest News What's happening in Year 3 - Week 5 This week, Year 3 created story maps to help them sequence events from Stone Age Boy. They used different colours to represent adjectives, adverbs, fronted adverbials and speech they will use when wri... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 5 Year 2 have been looking at the cress seeds they planted last week. They observed how the seeds have survived in each condition. Each day, they discussed what changes they could see and how what they ... Latest News What's happening in Year 1 - Week 5 During our geography lesson the children had to discuss the different countries in the UK and then colour them in on a map. They also learnt about the different seas surrounding the UK. Take a look...... Latest News What's happening in Reception - Week 5 This week in reception we have been gardening! We planted our daffodils bulbs for our roof top garden that will bloom in spring. Next week will plant our winter potatoes. ... Latest News What's happening in Nursery - Week 5 Linked to our literacy core texted book ‘The Everywhere Bear’ written by Julia Donaldson, the children were encouraged to use a range of 2d shapes to create a representation of the main character from... Latest News Spanish at SJSJ Key words/phrases for this half term are: Week 1 - Hasta luego. See you soon. Week 2 - Gracias. Thank you. Week 3 - Por favor. Please. Week 4 - Abrid la puerta. Open the door. Week ... Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 4 This week in science, Year 6 used their observational skills to find out about the effects created by different mirrors. The children used a range primary and secondary sources to find out about diffe... Latest News What's happening in Year 5 - Week 4 This half-term in computing classes, Year 5 are learning to use digital drawing software. This week, we used 'Google Drawings' to create a picture of our choice out of 2D shapes. The skills we will de... Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week 4 Year 4 went on a fantastic trip to the science museum this week. We looked at all the amazing exhibitions that the museum had to offer. We particularly enjoyed learning all about the different types o... Latest News What's happening in Year 3 - Week 4 This week, Year 3 applied their understanding of addition and subtraction to using the inverse operation. We found part-whole models really helpful to recognise the whole and part the maths story repr... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 4 Year 2 having been looking at plants for their science unit this term. They looked at what a plant needs to grow this week and planted cress seeds and pleaded them in different conditions such as, too... Latest News What's happening in Year 1 - Week 4 Last week the children were encouraged to create posters for anti-bullying week. The aim is to raise awareness and find ways to stop this negative behaviour. The children felt it was important to prom... Latest News What's happening in Reception - Week 4 This week in Reception we had the pleasure of visiting Homerton Fire Station. We all had a chance to get into the fire trucks, learn about how fire fighters get ready and what important tools they use... Latest News What's happening in Nursery - Week 4 In Nursery our topic of learning is ‘Autumn’. At the creative table the children have been using their fine manipulative skills (finger muscles) to thread paper leaves onto a piece of string to create... Latest News Sports at SJSJ A busy week of sport at SJSJ, our year 5/6 boys and girls football teams took part in two fixtures each and our netball team took part in the Hackney tournament. Both football teams played extremel... Latest News Rights Respecting School Ambassadors Last Friday, three of our Rights Respecting Ambassadors were invited to represent SJSJ at the Children's Rights Inquiry in Westminster. The aim of the inquiry was to gather children's perspective on a... Latest News Spanish at SJSJ Key words/phrases for this half term are: Week 1 - Hasta luego. See you soon. Week 2 - Gracias. Thank you. Week 3 - Por favor. Please. Week 4 - Abrid la puerta. Open the door. Week ... Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 3 In geography this half term, Year 6 are learning about Indonesia and Tsunamis. Over the last few lessons, the children have been learning about the physical geographical features of Indonesia, focusin... Latest News What's happening in Year 5 - Week 3 This week, Year 5 have been learning to play the ukulele in music. They have been learning how to place their fingers on the frets to play a variety of chords and to strum the strings to play in uniso... Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week 3 In computing this week, Year 4 looked at what multimedia was and what an audio recording is. We thought about when we would use audio recordings and how we would make this successful. Have a look at u... Latest News What's happening in Year 3 - Week 3 Year 3 took part in a fantastic science virtual workshop this week all about rocks. They used 3-D glasses to examine photographs of rocks, consolidating their learning from Autumn 1 on the three main ... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 3 Year 2 visited the Hackney museum this week for their Black History Month workshop which was all about using their words. They focused on the influence of Hackney’s Eastern and Central African heritag... Latest News What's happening in Year 1 - Week 3 During our Values lesson the children discussed their future goals. Take a look at some of their work. Latest News What's happening in Reception - Week 3 This week in Reception we have been immersing ourselves in the story of the Three Little Pigs. We build houses of different materials, did a character study of the Big Bad Wolf and were inspired in ou... Latest News What's happening in Nursery - Week 3 In Nursery this week, in connection with our topic 'Autumn' we used natural materials such as conkers, leaves and pine cones to represent facial features when creating an image of a face. ... Latest News Spanish at SJSJ Key words/phrases for this half term are: Week 1 - Hasta luego. See you soon. Week 2 - Gracias. Thank you. Week 3 - Por favor. Please. Week 4 - Abrid la puerta. Open the door. Week ... Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 2 This week Year 6 began to explore their new science unit: Light. They thought carefully about what prior knowledge they already had from their previous studies in Year 3. The children focused on de... Latest News What's happening in Year 5 - Week 2 This week Year 5 have been learning about fractions, specifically equivalent fractions. Today we learnt that to find an equivalent fraction, you must multiply or divide the numerator and denominator b... Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week 2 In maths this week, year 4 have been learning about the relationship between repeated addition and multiplication. We have been using counters to represent our multiplication sentences in arrays and t... Latest News What's happening in Year 3 - Week 3 To celebrate Black History Month, Year 3 had a very exciting trip to Hackney Museum, where they had the opportunity to learn about cultural traditions in different countries in Africa. The children le... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 2 Year 2 have been using compass points and maps to locate Haiti and other countries in the world. They used their knowledge of North, South, East and West to locate Haiti in comparison to other countri... Latest News What's happening in Year 1 - Week 2 During our Writing immersion lesson the children used their senses to describe what they could see, taste and touch. They used some fabulous adjectives. Take a look... ... Latest News What's happening in Nursery - Week 2 In Nursery we have been developing our mark making skills by practicing different patterns each week. This week we focused on 'spirals'. The children had a try at forming a spiral pattern in a sand t... Latest News Spanish at SJSJ Key words/phrases for this half term are: Week 1 - Hasta luego. See you soon. Week 2 - Gracias. Thank you. Week 3 - Por favor. Please. Week 4 - Abrid la puerta. Open the door. Week ... Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 1 This week, Year 6 were lucky enough to take part in a two-day workshop, run by the Anne Frank Trust. Leading on from their learning about World War II last half term, the children had the opportunity ... Latest News What's happening in Year 5 - Week 1 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 a... Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week 1 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 Hack... Latest News What's happening in Year 3 - Week 1 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 componen... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 1 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... Latest News What's happening in Year 1 - Week 1 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 w... Latest News What's happening in Reception - Week 1 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... Latest News What's happening in Nursery - Week 1 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... Latest News Spanish at SJSJ 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. ... Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 7 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 discu... Latest News What's happening in Year 5 - Week 7 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 mo... Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week 7 In music today, children were learning to compose and create their own rhythm grid. They were learning to understand how many notes can go into a bar working with their partner, they then clapped out ... Latest News What's happening in Year 3 - Week 7 To celebrate Black History Month, Year 3 explored Africa and why The Portuguese were interested in the West African Kingdoms. The children began their learning by researching African countries: findin... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 7 Year 2 used their number bonds to ten knowledge to add across 10. They partitioned the ones to add to the nearest 10 first then they added the amount they had left. They discussed the links they found... Latest News What's happening in Year 1 - Week 7 Every morning in our class the children are encouraged to look in our class mirror and say a positive affirmation. They love this and it really sets them up with a positive start to the day. As a clas... Latest News What's happening in Nursery - Week 7 This week in Nursery, we created an art piece inspired by Alma Thomas for Black History Month. The children used lemons as a stamp to create a print on a specialist canvas. The lemons were cut in half... Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 6 In humanities this week, Year 6 looked at some key events that led to the end of World War II. They sorted and chronologically placed events on a timeline and then discussed the significance of them. ... Latest News What's happening in Year 5 - Week 6 In history this half-term, Year 5 have been analysing a range of visual and written sources to research the Ancient Romans. We have developed a variety of skills, such as differentiating between prima... Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week 6 For black history month year 4 have been looking at what the British Empire is and what colonisation is. We looked at a map of colonised countries and used our atlas's to work out what countries were ... Latest News What's happening in Year 3 - Week 6 This week Year 3 applied their understanding of addition and place value to adding ones across a ten. They used dienes and their whiteboards to exchange ten ones for one ten. ... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 6 This week, year 2 have been looking at different sources of evidence from the Great fire of London and have discussed the changes in London since the fire. They also discussed whether the sources are ... Latest News What's happening in Year 1 -Week 6 During our writing lesson the children acted out the story of The Odd Egg. This is a story of a duck who finds an egg who all the other birds think is extremely odd! We used some amazing adjectives to... Latest News What's happening in Reception - Week 6 This week in Reception we have been learning about repeating patterns. We learned to recognise them, correct mistakes and make our own patterns. It was tricky! We used concrete objects like beads, gem... Latest News What's happening in Nursery - Week 6 Linked to this week's literacy core text ‘Lulu Gets A Cat’, in nursery we created a class book based on our favourite pets. We labelled the different body features and discussed how we can care for pe... Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 5 In Year 6, the children have been reading and taking inspiration for their writing from key text: The Silver Sword by Ian Serralier. The week the children wrote setting descriptions of a prison cam... Latest News What's happening in Year 5 - Week 5 In science this week, Year 5 completed a carousel of activities to secure our new knowledge from our ‘Living Things’ topic. We defined key vocabulary, matched the parts of the flower to their function... Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week 5 Analyse of Sources – What caused the cholera epidemic? In History today, we worked in partners to look at a variety of different sources from the time of the cholera outbreak. We were able to use p... Latest News What's happening in Year 3 - Week 5 In Computing this week, Year 3 designed their very own digital devices! They needed to make sure the digital device had an input, such as a button, a process and an output. Some of our digital devices... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 5 Today, Year 2 explored their local environment for their investigation. They looked for ants in different micro-habitats in their local environment and discussed, which micro-habitats had the most and... Latest News What's happening in Year 1 - Week 5 For our history lesson, Miss Thompson brought in a small case filled with all belongings from different stages of her life. The children used their prior learning to decide whether the items were from... Latest News What's happening in Reception - Week 5 We are lucky to have such an amazing PE teacher at St John & St James. Every week we have lessons to help us strengthen our gross motor skills. This week we were developing our ability to move in... Latest News What's happening in Nursery - Week 5 In maths this week we have been exploring what is different and what is the same about collections, linked to colour and pattern. At the beginning of the week, we sorted pairs of socks, thinking about... Latest News Tag Rugby Competition A massive well done to our four school tag rugby teams for their recent victories in competing against Morningside Primary School. All children were a credit to the school, they demonstrated sportsman... Latest News Spanish at SJSJ 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. ... Latest News What's happening - Week 4 This week in history, the children in Year 6 used secondary sources of information to find about how life changed for different social groups living in Germany at the time of Adolf Hitler's rise to po... Latest News What's been happening in Year 5 - Week 4 This week Year 5 have been building further on their scientific understanding of life cycles. We used secondary sources to research and compare the life cycle of different mammals, including dogs, hum... Latest News What's happened in Year 4 - Week 4 In RE this week, we worked in groups to analyse a Bible story. We looked at the story of Abraham from different perspectives and reflected on what the story teaches us about having faith in God. H... Latest News What's happening in Year 3 - Week 4 Year 3 had a fantastic science lesson, creating their very own mound fossils! After learning the process of fossilisation, we used clay, biscuits, water and tissue to create fossils. ... Latest News What's happening in Year 1 - Week 4 During our Science lesson the children looked at different types of weather and discussed the different types of weather across country. We used visuals to show what we'd learnt and used our best weat... Latest News What's happening in Reception - Week 4 This week in Reception we have begun learning about all the different people who help us in our school and day to day lives. We ran our own GP office where we pretended to be doctors and nurses, looki... Latest News What's happening in Nursery - Week 4 This week in Nursery, we created self portraits inspired by British artist 'Gary Hume'. We used mirrors to identify our facial features and our knowledge of shapes to paint them. ... Latest News Spanish at SJSJ 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. ... Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 3 This week, Year 6 visited Hackney Museum to take part in a workshop, linked to their learning in history. The children were split into groups and had the opportunity to view and discuss lots of primar... Latest News What's happening in Year 5 - Week 3 This term, Year 5 are learning to play netball in PE, developing our passing, catching, shooting and team work skills. ... Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week 3 This week, Year 4 went on an exciting trip to Hackney Museum. We learnt all about what Hackney was like during the Victorian Era and how it has changed in the present day. We learnt about the awful wo... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 3 Year 2 had fun taking part in a drama workshop where they were travelling in a plane and spotted many different things on their journey. They enjoyed exploring and acting out what they could see. ... Latest News What's happening in Year 1 - Week 3 Our Science topic this term is Seasons. The children enjoyed cutting out pictures showing different types of weather and then deciding what season it came under. They worked very well in their partner... Latest News What's happening in Reception - Week 3 This week in Reception we have been scientists! We learned about magnets and how they can control and move different metal objects. We explored how to use them and searched our class for metallic obje... Latest News What's happening in Nursery - Week 3 In Nursery this week we have been focusing on settling in and mastering routines and behaviour expectations. We have loved playing in our outdoor 'baby clinic' and exploring all the new learning areas... Latest News Spanish at SJSJ 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. ... Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 2 This week, Year 6 began to explore their new science unit: Electricity. They will be building knowledge across the half term to answer the key question: Why are wires so important in a circuit? As... Latest News What's happening in Year 5 - Week 2 In science, Year 5 are learning about how living things reproduce and carried out a dissection of a flower to identify its reproductive organs. We utilised our scientific skills of observation and cat... Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week 2 In Year 4 this week, we completed our self portraits in the style of Picasso. We researched the cubism movement and how it compares to other movements before analysing how Picasso made his portraits a... Latest News What's happening in Year 3 - Week 2 This week, Year 3 went on a learning walk around their local area to identify rocks and their uses. We found many rocks in parks and on pavements. We also saw that rocks were used for gravestones, suc... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 2 Year 2 learned a lot about the Great Fire Of London at their trip to Temple Bar. We discovered that the original Temple Bar Gate was lucky enough to escape damage during the Great Fire of London howev... Latest News What's happening in Year 1 - Week 2 This week in Year 1 we are working hard on our accurate counting skills. We have been counting up to 20 and practising our number formation, as well as building number towers! We challenged ourselves ... Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 1 This week in art, Year 6 have been working incredibly hard on creating self-portraits, inspired by the works of Austrian painter, Gustav Klimt. The children began by developing their art history knowl... Latest News What's happening in Year 5 - Week 1 Year 5 have had a brilliant first week back to school! We have had fun painting pop art self-portraits inspired by Andy Warhol and have started a variety of other topics too. ... Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week 1 For science this week, year 4 have been learning all about the digestive system. We have looked at what types of teeth humans have and what their functions are. We even became dentists and investigate... Latest News What's happening in Year 3 - Week 1 Year 3 has had a great first week back at school. They are all settled and are really enjoying all their learning. To consolidate their understanding of place value in maths, Year 3 represented number... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 1 This week, Year 2 have been creating self portraits inspired by Frida Kahlo. They thought about different shades and tones which would reflect their personalities. They also included their favourite a... Latest News What's happening in Year 1 - Week 1 Our book for writing in Year 1 this term is called The Odd Egg. The children were so inspired by the shiny, unusual eggs designed by their Teacher Miss Thompson, they did their own egg collages, using... Latest News Leavers Service On Wednesday morning, Year 6 were joined at the church for their Leavers’ Service. It was a lovely celebration to bid farewell to our wonderful Year 6 class, who have worked incredibly hard this year ... Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 7 Last week, Year 6 visited Kench Hill for their annual residential trip. The children had an incredible time and were wonderful representatives for our school! They took part in a vast range of acti... Latest News What's happening in Year 5 - Week 7 As our final trip of the year, Year 5 spent a sunny afternoon in the park. Everyone deserved to play and rest after all their hard work this year. They have achieved a huge amount and are more than re... Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week 7 This week, Year 4 went for a nature walk. We observed living things, which we then classified when we returned to class, using either a Venn diagram, a Carroll diagram or a dichotomous key. We then ma... Latest News What's happening in Year 3 - Week 7 As a celebration of their achievements and hard work this year, Year 3 spent the day at Victoria Park, where they played in the playground and shared their memories of Year 3. Each and every one of t... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 7 Year 2 enjoyed looking at different materials to see which were most suitable to build a tent. The children conducted a wind test and a water test and finally they concluded their findings. ... Latest News What's happening in Year 1 - Week 7 For our STEAM project we researched, designed and made our own scenes with moving parts. We learnt about the different types of mechanisms that there are to help parts move and included both our slide... Latest News What's happening in Nursery - Week 7 This week as part of the children’s transition into reception, we have been spending time in the big playground getting to know the new space. We have been exploring the equipment, locating where the ... Latest News What's happening in Year 5 - Week 5 This week, Year 5 completed their STEAM project. We researched, designed and constructed a model of a climbing frame to a design brief. We practised measuring lengths and tried a new construction skil... Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week 4 This week, Year 4 completed their STEAM project. We learnt about different fabrics we could use and decided which would be best for our project. We also looked at different 2D and 3D shapes to underst... Latest News What's happening in Year 3 - Week 6 Year 3 had a fantastic trip to Hackney Marshes this week, where they took part in the Year 3 Personal Bests event. They had lots of fun taking part in athletics activities, including long jump, sprint... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 6 Year 2 had a great time on their school tip to the London Sealife aquarium. Latest News What's happening in Year 1 - Week 6 For Diverse Britain, the children in Year 1 looked at the inspiring activist and public speaker Olive Morris. She campaigned tirelessly and passionately for the rights of black people. The children s... Latest News What's happening in Nursery - Week 6 What can I see in my bucket? I can see a … We used our knowledge of mark-making and our vivid imaginations to create our own bucket linked to our literacy core text ‘Billy’s Bucket’ by Kes Gray and... Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 5 This week, Year 6 visited Hackney Library to explore to artwork on display for the Primary Advantage Summer Art Exhibition. It was a really lovely opportunity for the children to view some of the work... Latest News What's happening in Year 5 - Week 5 To celebrate the end of a fantastic year, Y5 visited London Zoo! We had such a brilliant day underneath the beautiful sunshine. Well done Year 5 for such an exceptional year, we are so proud. ... Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week 5 Last Friday, Year 4 participated in an orienteering course. We located different things on a map, before revisiting our compass points to help us locate key places. We used these to find our way in th... Latest News What's happening in Year 3 - Week 5 As part of their Diverse Britain topic, Year 3 looked at the work of artist and activist, Ai Weiwei. They analysed his art, describing what it represents and how it made them feel. ... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 5 Year 2 had an amazing time protesting about wanting more male teachers in schools. We were inspired by the works of Olive Morris and the Bristol Bus Boycott, which we learnt about in Diverse Britain a... Latest News What's happening in Year 1 - Week 5 Our RE topic this term in Year 1 is Parables. We have been looking at different parables and their messages and thinking about how we can apply these messages to everyday life. This is the story of th... Latest News What's happening in Reception - Week 5 This week in Reception, we have been building on our spatial awareness through working with maps. We made treasure maps and then even drew maps of how we get to school making sure to note key local la... Latest News What's happening in Nursery - Week 5 Nursery visited the Discover Centre in Stratford to watch a space-themed, immersive exhibition called ‘The Box Rocket,’ created by Dapo Adeola and Tọlá Okogwu. We had the opportunity to design our own... Latest News Spanish at SJSJ Key words/phrases for this half term are: Week 1 - Hace sol. It is sunny. Week 2 - Hace calor. It is hot. Week 3 - Hace calor y hay niebla. It is hot and cloudy. Week 4 - ¡Felicitaciones! ... Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 4 This week in RE, Year 6 have been preparing for a debate, linked to our learning on Christianity this half term. In pairs, the children carried out some independent research and created arguments i... Latest News What's happening in Year 5 - Week 4 This week, Year 5 visited the Primary Advantage Federation art exhibition at Hackney Library. We enjoyed viewing artwork inspired by 'my identity' in a variety of media, including self-portraits paint... Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week 4 This week, Year 4 received a visit from Lisa at St John's Church. As part of our unit on liturgy, Lisa answered some of our questions about the involvement of Christians in the different parts of litu... Latest News What's happening in Year 3 - Week 4 In Science this week, Year 3 explored a variety of materials and used a Venn diagram to categorise them into reflective and non-reflective materials. This activity helped them understand which materia... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 4 This week, Year 2 had an amazing time at The Hackney Singing Festival, where the children enjoyed singing songs from different cultures and taking part in a community activity! ... Latest News What's happening in Year 1 - Week 4 For our RE learning this week, we were looking at the parable of 'The Sower'. We looked at the different parts of the story and what each part symbolises. We also thought about the message this par... Latest News What's happening in Reception - Week 4 This week in Reception we have put our writing skills to work! We wrote letters to our Head Teacher, Ms Gladstone, asking whether we could go to Sports Day and she wrote us a letter back saying we c... Latest News What's happening in Nursery - Week 4 In Nursery, we have been exploring amazing Africa. Linked to our topic, we used different patterned paper strips to weave our own square of Kente cloth. The paper strips were pushed ‘over’ and ‘under’... Latest News Spanish at SJSJ Key words/phrases for this half term are: Week 1 - Hace sol. It is sunny. Week 2 - Hace calor. It is hot. Week 3 - Hace calor y hay niebla. It is hot and cloudy. Week 4 - ¡Felicitaciones! ... Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 3 This week in Geography, Year 6 explored the Tundra Biome, which can be found amongst the Polar Regions. The children explored the concepts of biomes last week, and learnt that a biome is an area that ... Latest News What's happening in Year 5 - Week 3 This week Year 5 have enjoyed trips to The Barbican and Hackney Museum. In their music lessons with Ms Barret this term, Year 5 composed and performed a piece of music to accompany the story of 'Bart... Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week 3 This week, Year 4 visited The Urswick School for a sports trip. They were able to experience PE in a secondary school setting, played loads of great sports and had lots of fun! They also received some... Latest News What's happening in Year 3 - Week 3 This week, Year 3 built on their understanding of deforestation and researched the impact of deforestation on animals, plants, planet Earth and The Amazon Rainforest. They worked in groups to conduct ... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 3 Year 2 created some amazing word banks for their writing immersion lesson this week. They looked at how they could reuse and recycle plastic from the class text The Adventure of a Plastic Bottle. They... Latest News What's happening in Year 1 - Week 3 Our Topic this term in PSHE is changing me. We discussed the ways in which we change from a baby, through to adult and how our needs change, as we progress through these stages. The children drew pict... Latest News What's happening in Reception - Week 3 This week in Reception our highlight was an incredible visit to Hampstead Heath. We explored the woods and collected natural treasures to make our own Andy Goldsworthy inspired pieces. We also made mi... Latest News What's happening in Nursery - Week 3 For Literacy this week in Nursery, we have been creating our own ‘Story Map’ of our focus text ‘Anna Hibiscus Song’ by Atinuke & Lauren Tobia. We are using our mark making skills to write and draw... Latest News KS1 Fieldwork Day This week, the children across Key Stage 1 put their geography skills to the test and became geographers in their first ever Fieldwork Day! The children were able to draw upon their prior geographical... Latest News Spanish at SJSJ Key words/phrases for this half term are: Week 1 - Hace sol. It is sunny. Week 2 - Hace calor. It is hot. Week 3 - Hace calor y hay niebla. It is hot and cloudy. Week 4 - ¡Felicitaciones! ... Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 2 On Friday morning, Year 6 went to visit the Ben Kinsella Trust Exhibition in Islington. As part of our PSHE curriculum, the children in upper key stage 2 start to learn about some of the social iss... Latest News What's happening in Year 5 - Week 2 This half term, Year 5 are learning about Earth and Space in science. Today, we defined key terms 'orbiting' and 'rotating' and used a range of secondary sources, including video models and fact files... Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week 2 This half term, Year 4 have continued their learning about North and South America. This week, we explored different volcanoes around North America and found out their location, as well as some key fa... Latest News What's happening in Year 3 - Week 2 Year 3 had a great trip this week to the Tate Britain. They had the opportunity to look around the Museum and made excellent links from their art learning to the sculptures they saw. They also part... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 2 Year 2 have been making things at home using recycled materials. Latest News What's happening in Year 1 - Week 2 Our Science Topic this term in Year 1 is plants. The children worked in their partnerships to label the parts of a plant. They all discussed what each part of the plant is used for. ... Latest News What's happening in Reception - Week 2 In Reception, in Maths this week, we have been exploring odds and evens. We've learned that you can share even numbers fairly and did an experiment with seashells inspired by our key text Splash, Ann... Latest News What's happening in Nursery - Week 2 For Literacy, we made ‘Happy Hands’. We wrote up to ‘5’ reasons why we are happy – one for each finger! This lovely activity linked to our focus text ‘Anna Hibiscus Song’ by Atinuke & Lauren Tobia... Latest News Spanish at SJSJ Key words/phrases for this half term are: Week 1 - Hace sol. It is sunny. Week 2 - Hace calor. It is hot. Week 3 - Hace calor y hay niebla. It is hot and cloudy. Week 4 - ¡Felicitaciones! ... Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 1 This half term in Science, Year 6 are continuing to explore inheritance and evolution. They have already learnt about fossils and inheritance of physical features, so this week we moved on to discover... Latest News What's happening in Year 5 - Week 1 The Year 5 class revisited Cardinal Pole for a science workshop to further develop their practical enquiry skills. We have become more independent when using the Bunsen burners and we were able to pre... Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week 1 This week, Year 4 enjoyed a fantastic day out at Go Ape. They were so proud of themselves for overcoming the challenges and they all said their favourite part was the zip line at the end! ... Latest News What's happening in Year 3 - Week 1 Year 3 began their science topic of light by carrying out a carousel of activities. They identified how light travels, artificial and natural light sources, and how we can stay safe in the sun. ... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 1 Year 2 created some great pieces of homework for their new topic on sustainability. Latest News What's happening in Year 1 - Week 1 Our topic this term in Year 1 is the British Seaside. Aidan designed this amazing seaside in a shoebox. You can see that he is very creative and has put in a lot of time and effort. Well done Aidan! ... Latest News What's happening in Reception - Week 1 This week in Reception, the continuous provision has been an essential way to support the children to develop their learning in self-initiated play. The children were particularly focused on developin... Latest News What's happening in Nursery - Week 1 This week in Nursery, the children have been practising identifying sounds in their name. During our activity, children used letters made from bottle tops to form and build their name, through recogni... Latest News Spanish at SJSJ Key words/phrases for this half term are: Week 1 - ¿Puedo ir al baño, por favor? Can I go to the toilet please? Week 2 - Necesito ayudo, por favor. I need help, please. Week 3 - ¿Te gustaría ... Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 6 This week, Year 6 have been carrying out their Food and Nutrition STEAM project. The children have worked in small groups to design, make and evaluate a savoury scone. To begin, the children explore t... Latest News What's happening in Year 5 - Week 6 This week has been Art Week! Year 5 have been sculpting paper-mache skulls, inspired by our focus artist Damien Hirst's 'For the Love of Money'. We have utilised prior knowledge of art movements to re... Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week 6 This week, Year 4 were able to paint their coil pots. They had been drying for a week, so we were very excited to finish them today. Inspired by Clarice Cliff and the Art Deco movement, we used bright... Latest News What's happening in Year 3 - Week 6 Year 3 had a fantastic week creating sculptures in art lessons. Inspired by Henry Moore, we used a variety of techniques to create figurative sculptures, including, coiling, rolling and kneading. ... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 6 For their homework this week, Year 2 created food chains. Latest News What's happening in Year 1 - Week 6 For Art week, Year one have been creating their own pinch pots inspired by the artist Magdeline Ogundo. Have a look at our brilliant versions! ... Latest News What's happening in Reception - Week 6 This week in Reception, we have been immersing ourselves in the fantastic art of Yinka Shonibare. Yinks Shonibare is a Nigerian British textile artist, who creates beautiful and fascinating costumes u... Latest News What's happening in Nursery - Week 6 This week in Nursery, children started their art project, inspired by Chris Ofili. Nursery took inspiration from Chris' painting ‘Affrodizzia’ and created a mixed media artwork. Ofili was also heavily... Latest News Spanish at SJSJ Key words/phrases for this half term are: Week 1 - ¿Puedo ir al baño, por favor? Can I go to the toilet please? Week 2 - Necesito ayudo, por favor. I need help, please. Week 3 - ¿Te gustaría ... Latest News What's happening in Nursery - Week 5 In Nursery, linked to our ‘planting’ topic, the children have been mark making rectangles to resemble the stem of a flower. Latest News What's happening in Reception - Week 5 This week in Reception we have finished our core text Jack and the Beanstalk by demonstrating fantastic story writing skills. We identified the key parts of the story and particularly worked on finger... Latest News What's happening in Year 1 - Week 5 The children in Year 1 were inspired by our visit to the mosque and followed up their visit with work on the different parts of the mosque and what they are used for. ... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 5 Year 2 created great pieces of homework on British values, whereby they used illustrations to represent each of the values: respect, democracy, liberty, rule of law and tolerance. ... Latest News What's happening in Year 3 - Week 5 This week in maths, Year 3 have been learning about subtracting money and finding change from an amount. They have used number lines and the column method to help them with their calculations. ... Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week 5 This week, Year 4 have started their Art project creating sculptures. We have been learning all about Clarice Cliff, who was an influential artist in the Art Deco movement. She has inspired us to crea... Latest News What's happening in Year 5 - Week 5 This term, Year 5 have been writing diary entries based on our key writing text Warrior Boy by Virginia Clay. The diary entries are written from the perspective of Ben, the main character, who is trav... Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 5 This week in art, Year 6 have been creating some masterpieces, based on developing the skills and techniques used to create collaged images that represent their identity. The children took inspiration... Latest News What's happening in Year 5 - Week 4 This half term, Year 5 are building on their knowledge of the Sikh gurus. This week, we read about Guru Tegh Bahadur and why he is known for his bravery. We brainstormed questions we had for people fr... Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week 4 This week, Year 4 explored a character's internal struggles with a conscience alley. Our character, Issa, must choose between his friends, who are marching for freedom in his country, or his family, w... Latest News What's happening in Year 3 - Week 4 Year 3 had a great week in maths learning all about money. We used a range of coins to make different values, and investigated different ways you can make the same amount. ... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 4 Year 2 researched our new monarch King Charles 111 for their homework. Take a look at their impressive work... Latest News What's happening in Year 1 - Week 4 In writing this week we created our own story boards based on the man on the moon story. We thought about what the main character was doing and how we could describe the event. ... Latest News What's happening in Nursery - Week 4 Nursery have been learning about different types of mini-beasts. The children were provided with a range of natural materials (leaves, log slices, pine cones, twigs, bamboo rings, etc) to use when cre... Latest News Spanish At SJSJ Key words/phrases for this half term are: Week 1 - ¿Puedo ir al baño, por favor? Can I go to the toilet please? Week 2 - Necesito ayudo, por favor. I need help, please. Week 3 - ¿Te gustaría ... Latest News Geography Fieldwork Last Friday, the children in Years 3 - 5 put their geography skills to the test and became geographers in our first ever Fieldwork Day! The children were able to draw upon their prior geographical kno... Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 3 This week, Year 6 began their new geography unit by carrying out some fieldwork in the local area. The children thought carefully about what it means to be a 'geographer' and how they could apply thei... Latest News What's happening in Year 5 - Week 3 This term in science, Year 5 are studying 'animals including humans'. We have been graphically representing data about how the weight and height of babies changes over time, then using this to make co... Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week 3 This week, Apollo Music visited us again! We discovered a range of wind instruments and how they work. We also used our knowledge from our science unit on Sound to explain how the air vibrates inside ... Latest News What's happening in Year 3 - Week 3 Year 3 have been writing character descriptions of the Amazon Rainforest, based on the text The Great Kapok Tree. They used a range of sentence starters to create powerful descriptions and changed the... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 3 Year 2 created great pieces of homework about the British Monarchy. We have loved reading the wonderful facts that they have produced ahead of the Coronation Weekend! ... Latest News What's happening in Year 1 - Week 3 Last Friday, the children enjoyed a trip to Wigmore Hall, where they experienced an amazing interactive concert. The children got to participate and listen to high quality music. They really enjoyed t... Latest News What's happening in Reception - Week 3 This week in Reception, we have immersed ourselves even further in understanding and caring for plants. Our focus text Jack and the Beanstalk was an inspiring link, as we watched our own runner beans ... Latest News What's happening in Nursery - Week 3 On Wednesday, nursery visited ‘St John's Church’ for a tour as part of our Summer 1 RE topic ‘What makes a place special?’ This allowed us to further discuss why churches are a special place for Chris... Latest News Spanish at SJSJ Key words/phrases for this half term are: Week 1 - ¿Puedo ir al baño, por favor? Can I go to the toilet please? Week 2 - Necesito ayudo, por favor. I need help, please. Week 3 - ¿Te gustaría ... Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 2 In science this half term, Year 6 are learning all about evolution and inheritance. In this week's science lesson they explored the key question: 'Why do I look similar, but not identical to my family... Latest News What's happening in Year 5 - Week 2 This half term, Year 5 will be focusing on geometry in maths. This week we have been learning to use the protractor to measure and draw angles. ... Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week 2 Year 4 were fortunate enough to go on two trips this week! We visited the Great Hall in Leyton, where we saw a concert from Apollo Music, and got an in depth explanation behind all their instruments. ... Latest News What' happening in Year 3 - Week 2 Year 3 had a fantastic RE lesson, discussing things that are changeable and things that are permanent. We noted things down on our whiteboards, then had a whole class discussion where we built on and ... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 2 Year 2 created some amazing homework about our key scientist, Rachel Carson. Latest News What's happening in Year 1 - Week 2 In History, Year 1 have been learning all about explorers. We looked at different sources to find clues which tell us what Christopher Columbus was like and why he was a famous explorer. ... Latest News What's happening in Reception - Week 2 As Reception class has become more confident as writers, we have enjoyed using different implements to write and draw. This week we enjoyed writing spy messages to each other using invisible pens. The... Latest News What's happening in Nursery - Week 2 Each week in Nursery we have a maths song of the week. This week we focused on the nursery rhyme '5 little speckled frogs' to support and develop children's ability to count and find one less. Childre... Latest News Spanish at SJSJ Key words/phrases for this half term are: Week 1 - ¿Puedo ir al baño, por favor? Can I go to the toilet please? Week 2 - Necesito ayudo, por favor. I need help, please. Week 3 - ¿Te gustaría ... Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 1 This half term in RE, Year 6 are continuing to learn about Christianity, focusing on the key question: How has the Christian message survived for 2000 years? In today's lesson, the children began t... Latest News What's happening in Year 5 - Week 1 This half term Year 5 are starting a new writing cycle based on 'Warrior Boy' by Virginia Clay. The book tells the story of Ben, who travels from London to Kenya to meet his Maasai family. This week i... Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week 1 This week, we began our unit on Relationships in Values. We talked about what relationships mean to us and wrote our friends’ names in a circle to show how close or far we are to them. We understood t... Latest News What's happening in Year 3 - Week 1 To recap their prior learning in science, Year 3 explored the playground to identify a variety of plants and their structures. They identified similarities and differences between them and represented... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 1 Year 2 produced some amazing homework on the Monarchy over the Easter break. Latest News What's happening in Year 1 - Week 1 In computing this week, Year 1 have been learning what block codes are and practicing their drag and drop skills. ... Latest News What's happening in Reception - Week 1 This week in Reception, we began our topic on planting and growing. The children worked to write instructions on how to grow seeds and then planted their own. They used runner beans that they had ... Latest News What's happening in Nursery - Week 1 This week in Nursery, linked to our new topic 'Minibeasts' and core text 'Aaaarrgghh Spider!' we created a 'Nursery's facts about spiders' book by gathering information from non-fiction books and vid... Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 6 This week in Diverse Britain, Year 6 have been learning about The Mangrove 9 - they are an activist group, who used a peaceful protest to stand up for their rights after the Metropolitan Police consta... Latest News What's happening in Year 5 - Week 6 We have had a fantastic week completing our STEAM, to make savoury vegetable muffins. After researching the nutritional value of our ingredients and planning our recipe, we got to bake our muffins. We... Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week 6 This week, Year 4 started a really exciting project for STEAM. We researched why we use yeast in bread and what food group bread belongs to. We then sampled different breads and vegetables that we cou... Latest News What's happening in Year 3 - Week 6 This week, Year 3 have had a fantastic week learning all about nutrition and food in STEAM. They conducted research into where food is made in the U.K. Then, they planned and designed two sandwiches: ... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 6 Year 2 created some amazing pizza’s for their STEAM project this week. They discussed the different food groups they needed to included for the toppings of their pizzas to ensure they were having a he... Latest News What's happening in Year 1 - Week 6 In RE we are looking at the Easter Story. The children drew these pictures which represent the crucifixion of Jesus. We spoke about the fact that even though it was a dark time, there was also hop... Latest News What's happening in Reception - Week 6 This week in Reception our highlight has been improving our photography skills. We looked at what cameras and photos were like a long time ago and compared them to what we have now. We were surprised ... Latest News What's happening in Nursery - Week 6 This week in Nursery our maths focus was to continue a ABAB pattern using coloured counters. We first discussed and identified how the pattern has been made, then was challenged to create our own patt... Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 5 This half term in Spanish lesson, Year 6 have been learning all about 'la comida' (food). The children were able to build on their prior learning from previous units of work and now have access to a w... Latest News What's happening in Year 5 - Week 5 To mark the end of our history topic, Ancient Greece, Year 5 visited The British Museum. It was a fantastic opportunity to examine the pots, armour and other artefacts we have been studying in person.... Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week 5 For our Diverse Britain unit this half term, Year 4 have been learning all about immigration and the impact it has had. We were able to interview someone who immigrated to the UK as a child, who turne... Latest News What's happening in Year 3 - Week 5 Year 3 have had a fantastic week learning all about migration and the Empire Windrush as part of their Diverse Britain learning. They read 'We Sang Across the Sea' by Benjamin Zephaniah and used inspi... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 5 Year 2 have been looking at Hackney for our Diverse Britain unit and discussing the impact of migration and immigration. We started off by looking at maps and using direction to understand the places ... Latest News What's happening in Year 1 - Week 5 For diverse Britain we were learning all about Ridley Road Market. Here are some pictures of us acting out what it would be like to work and shop on Ridley Road. ... Latest News What's happening in Reception - Week 5 This week in Reception we have been focusing on repeating patterns. We learned that repeating patterns can be actions, sounds, objects and more. We challenged ourselves to recognise more difficult pat... Latest News What's happening in Nursery - Week 5 This week in Nursery school, children created a caterpillar necklace which is linked to the main character in our core text 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' written by Eric Carle. Children worked on thei... Latest News Science Fayre Last week, SJSJ were looking at different enquiries that were all about connections for our science week. The children explored scientific questions through investigations and concluded their findings... Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 4 This half term, Year 6 have been taking inspiration from Macbeth; A Shakespeare Story by Andrew Matthews and Tony Ross. Last week, the children wrote descriptions to convey the character of Lady Macbe... Latest News What's happening in Year 5 - Week 4 Year 5 published their recount writing through performance. In groups, they each read a paragraph of their own writing, while the other children accompanied them with actions to further convey meaning... Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week 4 This week, Year 4 went on a very exciting trip to Hackney School of Food. We made some bread and Italian soup using lots of vegetables. We also learnt how to use some essential kitchen equipment safel... Latest News What's happening in Year 3 - Week 4 In history this week, Year 3 have been looking at the importance of the River Nile in Ancient Egypt. They used atlases to locate the River Nile and conducted research to find out why it was important ... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 4 This week, Year 2 visited St Paul’s Cathedral. They explored the religious symbolism of the Cathedral’s artefacts and art. Latest News What's happening in Year 1 - Week 4
