Roald Dahl Art

To celebrate Roald Dahl Day the children in each year group focused on a different text by Roald Dahl. To engage the children further we looked at different styles of artwork based on Roald Dahl’s books, or the artist/illustrator Quentin Blake. The children produced some amazing artwork that can now be seen displayed in the […]

Maps in Year 2

This week in Year 2, we’ve been learning about maps. As a team we had to work together to produce a small town. Our aim was to show an aerial view and add a key with symbols. We used Lego and blocks to build our towns.

Year 1 Scarecrows and Litter Pick

Year 1 have been celebrating Harvest by making scarecrows and following our school slogan of ‘Don’t Just Stand There’. To be helpful to our school community we have been doing litter picks around the school grounds.

Painting Apples in Reception

After examining various apples and discussing their characteristics, our Reception children used watercolour paints to represent their chosen apple.  They were encouraged to look closely at the object and consider shape, colour and unique features. 

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!