Art Installations in Year 5
Our art topic this first half term has been about art installations. We were inspired by the Chinese installation artist Cai Guo-Qiang, who creates amazing installation pieces using gunpowder and stencils. We took inspiration from his work to create our own installation pieces, creating our own stencils and using different art medias to make our […]
Harvest in Year 3
This week we have been looking at Harvest and our school motto this harvesttime of ‘Don’t Just Stand There!’. Our focus is on actively doing something to help others in our school and community. We all made our own scarecrows and wrote some inspirational quotes to go with them. We are very proud of our […]
Sir Lewis Hamilton – Year 6
Year 6 have been studying Black History Month this week in English, specifically British Black History and how people have made their stamp on the world. We have researched Sir Lewis Hamilton who is a British racing driver currently competing in Formula One for Mercedes. Hamilton, the only black driver in F1 history and a seven-time world champion, has given the fortune […]
Plants in Year 4
This week the children have had lots of fun in science. They have planned and conducted their own experiment to find out what affects a plants growth from a seed! They have all made a prediction and we are now observing closely to see what happens each day! We can’t wait to see what the outcome […]
Harvest in Year 5
Year 5 had the opportunity to go and visit the Salvation Army as part of our Harvest celebrations. As part of this, we had a fun-filled morning doing various activities, including; a music workshop, planting seeds, making scarecrows and understanding the important work that the Salvation Army does. We entered into a scarecrow competition, where […]
Rock Detectives in Year 3
Today we turned into rock detectives and we searched around our school to see how rocks are used for different material in everyday life. We could not believe how many we found!
Autumn painting in Nursery
The Nursery children have created some lovely autumn pictures using pine cones, twigs and leaves to paint with autumn colours.
The Spaghetti Challenge
This week in 2T as part of PSHE we focussed on ‘Team work’ and in groups of 3 or 4 had to complete the spaghetti challenge. We were given the challenge of building a free-standing tower as tall as we could, using only marshmallows and spaghetti. Everyone loved this challenge!
The Holocaust – Year 6
Year 6 have been looking at the Holocaust this week and the impact it had on the Jewish community. They have produced some wonderful fact files in their history books.
Year 1 Siege Goodrich Castle
Year 1 got stuck into their Castles topic with a trip to Goodrich Castle this week. We took a tour around the castle learning about different parts and why it is now a ruin. Some of us were very brave and took to the top of the keep before getting locked in the dungeon! None […]
