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.
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…
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…
Safer Internet Day 2021 with Year 2
On Tuesday 9th February 2021 Year 2 celebrated Safer Internet Day by exploring this year’s theme: ‘An Internet we can trust in.’ They learned that not everything they see or hear on in the Internet is true. They discovered what a reliable source is and had great fun creating news articles. They…
Landscape Art
Year 4 have been learning how to create perspective and depth in landscape art.
Y6 celebrate Safer Internet Day 2021
Today, Tuesday, 9 February 2021, we celebrated the 18th edition of Safer Internet Day. This year’s theme was “Together for a better internet". Y6 discussed ways to make the internet a safer and better place for all, and especially for children and young people. They also took on the challenge of…
Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week
We had lots of fun this week! Our story was the Smartest Giant in Town by Julia Donaldson and we used this to think about our PSHE, particularly mental health. We did lots of talking about emotions and what makes us happy! We know that we must talk about worries if we have them but we can also…
Y1 Practical Maths at Home
Year 1 are using a range of resources to support their Maths learning at home. It’s amazing what you can use in the house to help you learn. We were amazed to find how many 3D shapes exist in our homes. To help us make tens and ones we found Lego to be really helpful. Pasta, chocolate,…
Y1 Captain Sir Tom Moore Tributes and Prayers
Year 1 talked about the passing of Captain Sir Tom Moore in their daily Zoom lesson. We wanted to pay tribute to this wonderful man. The children created pictures, prayers and words of thanks to celebrate his life and contribution to our country.