Y1 Kindness Challenge
Year One are taking part in a Kindness Challenge during Lent. We have decided to try to help others during this time. The children have created jars or envelopes to put all their acts of kindness into. When Lent is over they will be able to look back to see just how kind they have been. We…
Y5 'Design and Make' Moon Buggies
As part of their topic on space Y5 were challenged with the task of designing and making a moon buggy with similar features to the Lunar Roving Vehicle used on the Moon in the last three missions of the American Apollo programme during 1971 and 1972. As you can see they all did a great job!
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Y6 create Rainbows of Hope
Following the latest news that we will all be returning to school very soon, the children in Y6 created bright, rainbow posters to show their appreciation that normality is slowly returning!
Beowulf
Year 4 have been reading the retelling of the oldest surviving Anglo-Saxon legend Beowulf, as retold by Michael Morpurgo. The focus has been on how to develop and use a rich vocabulary.
Y4 Celebrate Chinese New Year
Year 4 learnt about some of the traditions surrounding Chinese New Year. They found out that 2021 is the year of the ox. They then chose some art activities related to Chinese New Year.
Y5 Safer Internet Day
Year 5 enjoyed joining in the BBC live lesson on Safer Internet Usage. They learnt how the internet is a great source of information but they should always check that what they read is reliable. They made their own newspaper headlines and we all had to guess if they were real or fake.
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The Firework Maker’s Daughter Y5 work
Over this half term year 5 have been reading The Firework Maker’s Daughter by Philip Pullman. They have created some wonderful work related to the book including reports, diary and newspaper writing, designing fireworks, character descriptions and finally some impressive book…
Y1 Celebrate Chinese New Year
Year 1 have enjoyed learning all about Chinese New Year. We researched about the traditions, enjoyed making lanterns and writing instructions. We even managed some Kung Fu P.E. and learnt how to say "Hello". Amelia found out how to write her name in Chinese and then we all had a go. Great work…
The Smeds and the Smoos
In Nursery (at home and in schoo)l we have been reading the story, ‘The Smeds and the Smoos’. In the story the aliens Janet and Bill, who are red and blue, have a baby who is purple. The Nursery children have then been creating their own purple aliens by mixing red and blue and using different…
Y6 celebrate Chinese New Year
Y6 have been learning about the significance of Chinese New Year. They learnt about some of the traditions and how it is celebrated across the world. Dragons are used in dance to show power and to chase away evil spirits and bad luck. In their art lesson, the children recreated their own dragon…
Y1 The Snail and The Whale
Year One has enjoyed lots of activities linked to Julia Donaldson’s The Snail and The Whale. They created story maps of the original story and then created their own versions. We worked hard to spot all the rhyming words and then chose our own rhyming words to go in our own stories. We created…
Year 3 Safer Internet Day 2021
Children in Year 3 watched two live lessons and took part in several activities which made them question how far we can trust what we find online. They decided that they couldn’t trust everything they see online and know that certain measures are in place to help them to stay safe whilst online.
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