Reception find 9 and 10
We have had lots of fun this morning searching for numbers in our outdoor environment. The children found lots of examples of 9 and 10. Great work Reception!
April Forest School
The children have had a lovely start to Forest School this week. We have started with team building activities and games and have used the classroom learning as a stimulus for some of our activities. Class 1 have created a trap for the evil pea, built a castle for the dragon and made magic wands…
Drayton manor zoo
Key stage 1 were invited to try out the new education offering from Drayton Manor which enhanced the children’s science learning.
We had a fabulous day exploring the zoo, finding out facts about the animals and learning about the five types of animals: fish, birds, reptiles, amphibians and…
Wake Up Shake Up
We’ve had our first wake up shake up work out at lunch today. The children chose the song and created the routine. We enjoyed warming up our bodies and having lots of fun.
Mass and measures in maths
Lots of problem solving in maths today. We used the balance scales to help us visualise our mastery problem and balance the scales to calculate missing mass.
What fantastic maths!
School Council opens their polling station
School council are excited to have held their first poll.
Every child across the school has had the chance to vote on this week’s question.
After coming up with the idea, designing and making the tubes and holding their votes, school council are super excited to see the impact this could…
Constructing a Playground
In DT this half term the children have been learning about playgrounds, the materials that they are made of and why certain materials are used. As part of our topic the children have had to create a model playground using materials from our classroom. They did a fantastic job. Well done…
Easter Service and Bonnet Parade
Wow! What a fantastic Easter service - thank you Class 2. You read beautifully, sharing the story of Easter and how it is celebrated. Class 1 your singing and dancing was energetic and joyful to watch and Class 3 your watercolour crosses were incredible.
Well done to all who took part in…
Developing our sketching skills
The children have been working very hard on developing their sketching skills over the past half term. Today they picked a view of our beautiful school to sketch. They worked very hard to include sketching techniques whilst focusing on proportion. Our next lesson will be their showcase piece of…
Creating branching databases
Class 2 have continued their learning about branching databases by applying their knowledge of yes and no questions, attributes and grouping to enable them to create branching databases on the Chromebooks. They then swapped computers to test each other’s databases. Great work everyone!
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Steady Hand Game
As part of our electricity science topic we have been constructing circuits. When we had put our circuits together our task was to design and make a steady hand hoop game. This involved using a metal hoop to act as a switch for the circuit. We have successfully produced our game and class 2…
Why do we need skeletons?
Our enquiry question in science this week was ‘Why do humans need skeletons?’. We used a rubber glove and straws to look at why our bodies need support. We then labelled the bones in our body by post it noting our partners and completing a skeleton relay in pairs. Some great practical…