Minibeast Hunt in Nursery

The Nursery children had a lovely time in the Eco-garden looking for minibeasts, enjoying the shade of the trees on the sunny afternoon!

Music in Year 1

In Year 1’s music lessons this week the children have been learning about varying tempo and dynamics.  They were given a photo story of a lion from resting to attacking prey.  The children had to adjust their tempo and dynamics to best suit the pictures.  They did a great job and decided to make the […]

The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Celebrations

Today we have celebrated the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in style! We have had ice creams, worn red, white and blue, participated in Jubilee activities and spent time playing outside together as a whole school. Some children made magnificent Jubilee crowns at home and paraded them for us all to see. After much deliberation, a pair […]

Science in Year 6

This week in Year 6 we have been learning about the transport of nutrients within the body in our Science lessons. We measured out the length of the small intestine and couldn’t believe it was seven metres long in an adult’s body! We also drew comic strips to show how nutrients are absorbed for energy. 

Kandinsky in Nursery

This week the Nursery children have been creating art work inspired by the artist Kandinsky. They used oil pastels to draw circles then painted over the top with water colours. Great work Nursery!

Sewing the Greek Alphabet in Year 5

As part of our topic on the Ancient Greeks we took some time looking at the Greek alphabet. We then designed our own bunting in which we took one letter each from the alphabet and cut some material to create a flag. We drew and cut the shape of the letters and then we tried […]

This Week in Year 4

Year 4 have continued to enjoy Herefordshire Crickets- Chance to Shine programme this week. We have been working on our bowling and batting skills. Alongside we are investigating how different glues work in preparation for making paper sculptures.  A very sticky end to the week. 

Greek Gods and Goddesses in Year 5

As part of our topic of Ancient Greece, we have been looking in detail at the different Greek Gods and Goddesses. We became researchers and found out as much information as possible, and then created a fact file to present our findings. Here are some examples:

Science Experiments in Year 2

Year 2 have been testing the suitability of materials. Our experiment was to see which material would bounce the most and why. We found the bouncy ball to be the bounciest as it’s made from rubber which is a strong, stable but squashable material.

Magnetism in Year 4

In Year 4 this week we have been investigating magnetism. We made predictions about what in our classroom was magnetic or non-magnetic and then we tested lots of objects. We were surprised at first about how many metallic objects were not magnetic but we soon worked out that not all of them are magnetic because […]