Decimals and Fractions in Year 5

This week in Maths, Year 5 have enjoyed competing against each other to be the first to make the equivalent decimal number of a fraction, on an interactive place value grid. 

Memory Boxes in Year 4

In PSHE, Year 4 are learning about coping with loss and how we can remember those who we lost. This week, we made items for a memory box for a potential pet we had lost. We had an array of different materials to choose from. Some children chose to write beautiful poems, others made collars, […]

Observational Drawings in Year 3

This week in Year 3, we have been looking at Charles Darwin and Carl Linnaeus. We looked closely at their observational study drawings, and tried to recreate their style by drawing our own. We had a rose each, and used texture and shading to make our drawings look as much like the real thing as […]

Baby visits in Nursery

We had some special visitors this week as we have been learning all about babies! We loved meeting baby Evelyn and baby Frankie. The children have enjoyed role playing in the baby clinic and thinking carefully about what babies need and how we can take care of them. In our circle times we discussed the […]

Time in Year 2

Year 2 are currently learning about time, we are focussing on 0’clock, half past, quarter past and quarter to an hour, here we are practising.

Researching Explorers in Year 4

As part of our History topic Year 4 have been studying different explorers. We have already looked at Christopher Columbus and this week we looked at Amelia Earhart. We played detectives, studying newspaper articles about her to find out some amazing facts, sharing our ideas with the rest of the class and writing up the […]

Life Cycles in Year 1

In Science in Year 1, we have been learning about life cycles of different animal groups and talking about the huge changes that happen to frogs and caterpillars in particular, as they grow into adults. We learnt that this is called metamorphosis! Along with our learning, we have been really lucky to watch our very own […]

Hedgehog Research in Year 3

Year 3 have received an interesting letter from the mysterious Bebop and Jelipher. The letter was hard to understand but the children found out that the visitors thought that Hog Hedges (hedgehogs!) were very dangerous animals. The children then had to research facts about hedgehogs and create an information sheet ready to send back to […]

Truss Bridges in Year 5

In Year 5 we have been busy creating our very own Truss Bridges. We had to cut, shape, join and finish accurately. It took much longer than we thought to create them. This week, once they were all finished we tested the weight they could carry. They were so much stronger than we imagined! We […]

Jack and the Beanstalk in Nursery

To link in with our focus story ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’, the children have been practising their cutting skills by cutting out leaves to create a beanstalk. They’ve enjoyed re-enacting the story using the story characters and props.