Remembrance Day 2020

The pupils across the whole school have created a beautiful waterfall of poppies for our Remembrance of WWI, WWII, The Falklands and more recent conflicts.  All pupils created a poppy which was then attached in our Reception Area.  

How To Catch a Star in Reception

We have been reading How to Catch a Star in Reception and making our own rockets to try to catch our own stars! We’ve also been talking about Bonfire Night and creating our own pictures of the fireworks we’ve seen.

Solids, liquids and gases in Year 4

This week, Year 4 have been learning about solids, liquids and gases. In small groups, we categorised different materials into a solid, liquid or gas based on their properties and discussed whether some materials could fit into more than one.

Blood in Year 6

The circulatory system is the Year 6 topic in science this half term.  Our first lesson involved taking a closer look at blood and its contents.  We created our own using cheerios and red food colouring for red blood cells, marshmallows for white blood cells, hundreds and thousands for platelets and orange squash for the […]

LS Lowry in Year 1

In Year 1 we have been enjoying our topic of ‘Houses and Homes’. As part of this, we have looked at the artist LS Lowry and his different pieces of art. We had a go at layering our own pictures in the style of Lowry and have displayed them in school for all to see.

Poppies in Year 5

In Year 5 we have been creating beautiful poppy drawings for a school Remembrance display. We focused on the different stages of the flower opening and the shading to make it look realistic. Here are some examples of the poppy bud beginning to bloom.

Harvest in Year 6

In Year 6, we have spent time celebrating the things that we are thankful for and thinking of those who are less fortunate than ourselves at harvest time. On outlines of fruits and vegetables, we wrote our thoughts which were hung up on the trees in the local church.  

‘The Lost Thing’ in Year 5

The children have been working very hard this term in English, studying a story called ‘The Lost Thing’. We have learnt it, story mapped it and then changed it to create our own versions.  

Harvest and RE in Year 4

Before half term, Year 4 have been celebrating Harvest and have created some abstract art based on the artist Vincent Scarpace.  We have also celebrated Diwali and the story of Rama and Sita and created a pathway of light.