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Anglo-Saxon Performance
Class 4 have been working so hard every Friday afternoon with Miss Crawley. They created a fantastic Anglo-Saxon showcase; singing songs and creating dances. As it was so great, we thought their hard work should be shared and they presented it to the whole school! Well done Class 4, it was…
Category: Class of 2014
Class 3 SITE Project
This half term Class 3 have begun an exciting SITE project, they will learn all about forces and magnets in Science and use and apply this knowledge to designing and making a magnetic toy, drawing on DT and ICT skills along this journey.
Class 3 will be making their toys for children in Class…
Posted by Mrs Pelc on 8 March 2018
Category: Class of 2015
Tags: Class 3
Fairtrade Week
Class 2 enjoyed using Fairtrade ingredients to make delicious lemonade!
The children were super at helping to measure and weigh ingredients. We are learning lots this week about how Fairtrade helps farmers across the world.
Category: Class of 2016
Class 3 - Learning Log Challenge!
Class 3 were given a learning log challenge of making a 3D map of the local area, showing both human and physical features.
The results were amazing and we wanted to share them.
Well done to everybody for the effort you put in at home with this project!
Posted by Mrs Pelc on 6 March 2018
Category: Class of 2015
Tags: Class 3
Mystery Boxes
Today we became scientists - real scientists with very real hypotheses!
We were given 6 mystery boxes which were superglued shut; there was no chance we were going to be able to open them!
Our job as scientists was to work scientifically using our observational skills along with everything…
Persuasive Speech Writing
Following our fantastic residential at Carlton Lodge, we have been looking at the features of persuasive texts, and have written our own speeches to persuade another class to visit there next year. The speeches had to include alliteration, power of three, rhetorical questions and exaggeration…
Posted by Mr Rugg on 6 March 2018
Category: 2017 - 2018 Year 6
Tags: Class 6
Chinese New Year in Class 6
We had a great day celebrating and learning about Chinese New Year in class 6. We started off by looking at some of the traditions and worked out which animal was related to our birth year. We then solved some maths problems with a Chinese New Year theme.
In English we listened to the story of…
Posted by Mr Rugg on 6 March 2018
Category: 2017 - 2018 Year 6
Tags: Class 6
Spellings
This week the children will be taking home their first set of spelling words to learn. We will choose the children's spellings from the High Frequency Word list for year one, and the tricky words from their phonics lessons that they are finding difficult to remember. We have taught the children to…
Category: Class of 2017
Pirates and Explorers!
This term our topic is 'Pirates and Explorers!'
The children will be learning about Sir Francis Drake and Walter Raleigh as significant people from British history and using their non-fiction reading skills to create a fact booklet. They will study their voyages and adventures geographically,…
Category: Class of 2017
Science and DT Project
In science this half term Class 3 are taking on an exciting challenge, we will be learning about magnets and using the new knowledge we gain to undertake a DT project in which each child will design a toy for reception class. These toys will be evaluated and carefully planned before we make them…
Posted by Mrs Pelc on 1 March 2018
Category: Class of 2015
Tags: Class 3
Soil Investigation
Class 3 have enjoyed putting their knowledge of rocks and soils to the test and investigating the permeability of soil from around the school grounds. Working in groups, the children selected an area of the school grounds to investigate, gathered their samples and set up an investigation back in…
Posted by Mrs Pelc on 1 March 2018
Category: Class of 2015
Tags: Class 3
Chinese New Year Celebrations
Class 3 were very busy celebrating Chinese New Year on Friday 23rd. The day began with the retelling of the Chinese New Year zodiac story, in which we had some fabulous acting for a reenactment, especially from our poor cat Sonny who did not make it to the finish line on time!
After listening…
Posted by Mrs Pelc on 1 March 2018
Category: Class of 2015
Tags: Class 3