The Bog Baby in Reception

Our topic this week in Reception has been ‘The Bog Baby’. We have had so much fun reading this book. We have also written our own descriptions of the Bog Baby, created story maps, made our own Bog Baby’s using a range of different materials and designed the Bog Baby’s ideal home.

Kandinsky Artwork in Year One

This week in Year One, we have been making our very own Kandinsky artwork using a range of colouring pencils and pastels.  

Stamp Designs of Heroes in Year 6

This week in Year 6 we have been designing and creating stamps for a competition held by the Royal Mail to honour the heroes of the coronavirus pandemic. Our stamps included drawings of lots of different heroes who have worked tirelessly to keep the country moving and helped to keep us safe, from NHS frontline […]

New Species in Year 6

Year 6 have been learning about classification in science and have studied Carl Linnaeus and his standardised classification system.  Last week, the children thoroughly enjoyed creating new species which had the characteristics of a specific group that they had chosen.  Their partners then had to classify their animals by analysing their features.  

Ancient Greece in Year 5

As part of our topic about Ancient Greece, Year 5 have been learning the story of Medusa in English. They have started to develop their own mythical monster characters that they will create a mythological story about. Here are some examples of their monster information sheets:

Astronauts and Easter in Year 4

This week Year 4 pupils have been creating information posters to inform the reader what skill are required to become an astronaut.  This brings our Explorers Topic to a close. We also created some Easter art work representing new life, spring which is linked to our RE topic.

Stained-Glass Windows in Year 2

This week Year 2 have created beautiful stained-glass tulips for Hereford Cathedral. Their task was to create a picture which represented new life and the environment. The children wanted to create stained-glass windows because they felt that when the light shines through it represents new life and hope. The tulips are bright, vibrant, spring flowers […]

Colour Mixing in Year 1

This week in Art, we looked at the primary colours which are red, blue and yellow.  Then, we mixed these colours using paper plates to make secondary colours, we learnt that red and blue make purple, yellow and blue make green, yellow and red make orange.

War of the Roses in Year 6

This week in Year 6 we have made fact files on the War of the Roses – linked to our topic which we are currently learning about (British Monarchy). The children have really enjoyed researching all about the Kings and the battles and putting all of the information together in a creative way with lots […]

Explosion Books in Year 5

As part of the transition back into school after lockdown Year 5 have been having a lot of discussion about what lockdown looked like to them. We have conveyed these feelings, emotions and conversations within an ‘explosion book’. The explosion book included Zen Tangle Art which is good for relieving stress and anxiety. We wrote […]