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Spring into maths!
We got straight into maths for the start of Spring term 2. We were working out the volume of cuboids and arrived at a formula to apply to all examples. We're going to be moving on to calculating angles and finding unknown angles in shapes.
We started our writing unit on 'persuasion' - writing a…
Posted by Mr Rugg on 25 February 2020
Dissecting Lilies
Today, we launched our new SITE topic of 'life cycles of a plant'.
Before we can learn about pollination, reproduction and seed dispersal, we needed to learn all the different parts of a plant and their functions, including whether they are male or female.
We dissected lilies to get some…
Category: Class of 2014
Lyrical geniuses!
Today, Class 4 had an impromptu music lesson with Miss Crowley.
They developed their skills of lyric writing and counting the beats.
Working in small groups, the children had to choose a topic they enjoyed and write a song about it to perform for the other children to guess. It was great…
Category: Class of 2015
Guitar Performance
Class 2 have been learning about rock music in our Music topic this half term. This week, Zain brought his guitar in and taught the class about the electiric guitar, he explained how the sound is made in a high and low pitch and how it comes out through the amp. The children had lots of fantastic…
Posted by Mrs Pelc on 14 February 2020
Category: Class of 2017
Tags: Class 2
Stars of the Week
Category: Star of the week
Jamaican maths
In Class One we have been learning about Jamaica and comparing it to the United Kingdom. We have compared the weather, the landscape and the foods and today the children had the chance to sample some real Jamaican products. However, first they had to find the length and mass of each of them,…
Posted by Mrs Barrett on 13 February 2020
Category: Class of 2018
Year 3 Film Premiere!
The Class 3 Film Premiere was a great success today, with four new films released about plants. The children had used ipads to create the films, uploading pictures and videoing each other. They developed their IT skills, confidence, speaking and listening skills and their scientific knowledge. The…
Category: Class of 2016
Favela Art
To end our topic on South America, we learnt about the inequalities between wealthy and poor in Rio, Brazil, which is often referred to as a 'city of 2 halves'. We learnt about life in one of the wealthiest areas, Barra Di Tijuca and compared it to life in one of the poorest favelas of Brazil,…
Category: Class of 2014
Tags: Class 5
Pirates Ahoy!
The pirates of Class One put on a fabulous performance today of what they have been learning as part of their music curriculum this half term. Everyone loved dressing up and singing to an audience. Well done me hearties - you really aarrrrrgh great!
Posted by Mrs Barrett on 7 February 2020
Category: Class of 2018
Stars of the week
Category: Star of the week
Shapes and Shadows
To finish their recent maths topic on shape, the children in Class One have been doing some problem solving tasks. On a lovely sunny day they were investigating which 3D shape could have made the 2D shadows. The children demonstrated some fantastic reasoning skills when explaining their answers…
Posted by Mrs Barrett on 6 February 2020
Category: Class of 2018
An exciting series to explore...
We are looking forward to reading all the books in this fantastic series!
Category: Class of 2016