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Tropical World Trip
Class 2 had a fantastic time exploring different world habitats at Tropical World. They looked at the differences in animals from rainforest, coral reef, desert and native woodland habitats, choosing some of their favourites to sketch and study along the way. There were lots of interesting facts…
Posted by Mrs Pelc on 5 December 2019
Category: Class of 2017
Tags: Class 2
Christmas Nativity
Class 4 had a visit from Reverend Tanya this morning. She came in to do a Christmas workshop with the class and told the story of Jesus to them.
The class were totally enthralled by the story and the props she made to help tell them. It was also interesting to see what gifts they could think…
Category: Class of 2015
Fire and Rescue Service
Thank you to Killingbeck Fire and Rescue Service, who came to visit Class 5 today.
We learnt about the fire triangle and how firefighters remove one of the corners in order to put out a fire and the different ways that this can be done.
We watched a very eye opening video about how fast…
Category: Class of 2014
Tags: Class 5
Into space in the Wonderdome
Class One journeyed into space when the Wonderdome visited Shadwell today. We explored the moon (and saw Neil Armstrong's footprints!), travelled through the solar system and then explored the constellations, joining the stars together to see the shapes that they made. We found out that stars…
Posted by Mrs Barrett on 2 December 2019
Category: Class of 2018
What started the decline of the Mayan civilisation?
In history, we have been learning about the Mayan civilisation.
This week, we explored reasons for their slow and steady decline including disease, over farming, warfare and drought. The children took part in lots of speaking and listening activities which ended with them building a persuasive…
Category: Class of 2014
Tags: Class 5
Roman artefacts!
In our History topic today, we did a round-robin style activity to explore different artefacts. Each table had a different picture related to the Romans. Class 4 had to explore what they thought it was, what it was used for and who would use it. The children had some great ideas about what they…
Category: Class of 2015
Testing Materials
Class One have continued their investigation of materials this week by testing a range of materials to determine their properties. The children particularly enjoyed pouring water on all the materials to check if they were waterproof and pulling them to find out if they were stretchy. They then…
Posted by Mrs Barrett on 22 November 2019
Category: Class of 2018
Stars of the week
Category: Star of the week
Leeds Grand Mosque
Shadwell and Bramham's Year 5s had a brilliant trip to Leeds Grand Mosque as part of our RE focus on Islam. It was very interesting, and they all asked very inquisitive questions.
Category: Class of 2014
Tags: Class 5
Division with counters!
Class 4 have just begun their division objectives in maths and are working super hard to understand the different methods to reach an answer!
Today, we used counters to physically work out some of our division questions and notice that some of the word problems mean different things but will…
Category: Class of 2015
Stars of the week
Category: Star of the week