Spanish Club in Years 5 & 6

Year 5 & 6 children have had the opportunity to take part in after-school Spanish club this term which they have absolutely loved! They have been introduced to different aspects of the culture through food, arts and entertainment. In the first session, the children learnt all about the ‘Day of the Dead’ festival where they […]

Nationwide Visit Year 5

This week Year 5 were visited by staff from Nationwide Building Society. Dave, Alice and Simon taught us all about budgeting and saving. They showed us the difference between needs and wants and we had great fun working out our budget at a theme park. 

Children in Need!

Today we celebrated Children in Need 2022 by wearing spots, bright colours and Pudsey ears! We thought a lot about why we have this day every year and what it means to us. We donated money to help those less fortunate than us, and the final total will be added up soon. Thank you to […]

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 […]

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. 

Year 5 & 6 Spanish Club

This week, children from Year 5 & Year 6 have started Spanish club after school. We learnt all about the ‘Day of the Dead’ festival and the artwork associated with it. The children created and coloured skull masks, made origami flowers and painted papel picado. 

Ancient Egypt in Year 5

Year 5 have been carrying on their Ancient Egyptian history topic this week learning all about mummification. They have been writing instructions on how to mummify within their English, but, they also got to put this into practice in their History lesson. We talked all about the preserving process, and used chemical reactions to try […]

Harvest in Key Stage 2

Today, Key Stage 2 were lucky enough to attend a special Harvest service at St. Nicholas Church, just down the road from school! We sang two harvest songs (really well) called ‘Autumn Days’ and ‘Cauliflowers Fluffy’. Reverend Jae read a reading from the bible and we talked about the importance of helping people who need […]

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 […]