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 […]

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 […]

Eco Schools Green Flag

Mrs Steele and the Eco team are very proud to have been awarded a coveted Eco Schools Green Flag for all of their hard work over the last few years.   We have earned an international accreditation this academic year, recognising our amazing work in making our school more environmentally friendly and raising eco-awareness in fellow […]

Queen Elizabeth II

Today, a child from each class made their way to St. Nicholas Church to sign the book of condolence on behalf of their class. Each class discussed Queen Elizabeth II and how she will always be remembered, and then they put their ideas together in a short passage that is now in the book of […]

HMFA Athletics

On Friday 1st July we held our annual HMFA Athletics Event at Hereford Leisure Centre. The children had the chance to represent our school in a range of different track events and they all did us so proud! We had an absolutely fantastic day, full of amazing talent and sportsmanship! We can’t wait for next year […]