Windmills in Year 1

In DT we had to design a windmill for a mouse to live in from the song ‘A Windmill in Old Amsterdam’. The children were given templates and had to think of what would appeal to a mouse – CHEESE! They then assembled their structures making a cylinder base. Following on from that we then […]

Remembrance Day

At Lord Scudamore we have spent a lot of time thinking about Remembrance Day and all that it means for us. Each year group made their own pieces of work to remember those who sacrificed so much and we have displayed them around our school for all to see. At 11am today, we held a […]

Pyramids and Heiroglyphics in Year 5

This week Year 5 have been learning all about Ancient Egyptian pyramids, their locations, how they built them and what Pharoahs were buried with in order to get to the afterlife. As well as learning about pyramids, we also learnt all about heiroglyphics and how the Ancient Egyptians communicated. The Egyptians used to write the […]

Fireworks in Nursery

The children in Nursery have enjoyed watching fireworks and sharing their experiences of them. We have done a variety of different activities linked with fireworks, including painting, drawing, creating lollipop fireworks and firework dancing.

Diwali in Reception

Reception have been learning about Diwali, the Hindu festival of light. As well as creating clay diya lamps, we’ve been busy decorating rangoli patterns and making them with loose parts, and painting mehndi designs on hand templates.

Year 6 Remembrance Poetry

This week Year 6 were looking closely at Remembrance Day and created their own beautiful Remembrance poems.

Halloween in Reception

Reception have enjoyed lots of fun Halloween themed activities this week, including hammering nails into pumpkins, making bat pictures and creating potions! 

Fireworks in Year 1

The children in Year 1 used what they have learnt about different lines to create their own fireworks pictures. We used oil pastels and created vertical, horizontal, wavy, curvy and diagonal lines, as well as using cross hatching to add depth to our pictures.

Halloween in Nursery

Nursery children have been enjoying a variety of activities that are linked with Halloween this week.

Phillis Wheatley – Year 5

In Year 5 we have been learning about the life and works of Phillis Wheatley. As a result, we have created some art and poetry based on her magnificent poetry.