Electrical Conductor?
Class 2 have been busy investigating metal conductors in their second design and technology lesson in the term. Year 4 used metacognition to recall their previous knowledge about circuits and conductors. Great work everyone!
Year One’s first week back!
Year 1 have returned to school ready to learn! They have been wonderful role models for our newest children and have hit the ground running with their learning. They are working hard to be metacognitive in phonics, learning about the place value of numbers and retelling traditional tales. Wow!…
Reception’s first week!
Our new Reception children have blown us away with how well they have settled into their first week at The Howard- superstars!
Here is a few snippets from their first week of fun. We cannot wait to spend the year with all of them, getting to know them, seeing them grow and most importantly of…
Getting ready for year 3!
Year 2 are proving how ready they are for year 3. Today they have been practising subtracting with and without exchanging. They used base 10 and wrote on the tables to help them grasp the tricky concept of exchanging. They then moved on to their times tables and practised writing these. Finally…
Which materials are opaque and which materials are transparent?
Key stage 1 have explored the meanings of opaque and transparent. They were set a challenge from NASA to find the best material for curtains to block out the sun on their next space mission. What fun we had exploring this question!
Shapes, shapes, shapes!
Reception have had a super week exploring 2D shapes. They have identified the number of sides of common 2D shapes, explored shapes that have been rotated and applied their knowledge to make tangram pictures. Fabulous work!
Which materials float and which materials sink?
Reception have continued their science learning studying the oceans. Today they have thought about which objects might float and which objects might sink. They talked about the materials the objects were made of and made predictions before testing them out. Super science work…
Which materials are absorbent?
Years 1 & 2 have been investigating the question “Which materials are absorbent?” They learnt how to conduct a fair test, interpret results and make a conclusion. Super science work everyone!
Money, money, money!
Year 3 have started their maths unit of work looking at money. They have enjoyed exploring reasoning questions with concrete resources (coins) to help cement their understanding. A great start year 3!
How can you create a watercolour wash background?
Class 2 have continued their at unit by investigating watercolour washes. They tried very hard to create the appearance of moving water. Great watercolour work everyone!
That’s not my rocket…
Key stage one have continued their science unit looking at materials and their properties. Today they recreated a page from the well known book, “That’s not my rocket…” Using their materials knowledge they searched for just the right object to match the property they chose.
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Team spirit
Our year 1/2 dodgeball team took part in their first ever dodgeball tournament. 10 schools competed and The Howard children were undefeated going into the final. They earned a well deserved second place!
We are all very proud of the children and the team spirit they showed each other and the…