Celebrating Chinese New Year in Reception
Reception enjoyed learning that Chinese New Year is the biggest holiday celebrated among Chinese people. They enjoyed learning how people get their homes ready for the celebration. Reception watched some traditional Chinese dragon dancing and then created their own dragon crafts. Everyone loved…
Year 5 Make Flat Bread and Smorrebrod
In D&T year 5 have been learning about food and nutrition. They learnt about different types of bread that are eaten around the world and made their own unleavened flat bread which they enjoyed eating with garlic butter.
They also learnt that in Denmark they eat a type of bread called rye bread…
Reception Rangoli Patterns
After learning about the Hindu festival ‘Diwali’ the children created some Rangoli patterns using watercolours. They learnt that the patterns can be placed outside homes to welcome visitors and to bring good luck.
What is Shabbat?
Year 2 have been learning about the Jewish day of rest called Shabbat. They found out about how Jews prepare for Shabbat each week and what happens during Shabbat. The children tasted bread that is very similar to Challah bread and used their senses to write poems relating to what Jews would…
Reception Class Learn about the Hindu Faith
Reception class welcomed Sarika and Deepak today. They came to help us learn about Hinduism. What is means to be a Hindu and about where in the world it originated. We were fascinated to learn about all the different parts to being a Hindu. Deepak showed us videos and pictures of temples and of…
African Drums
Year 1 took part in an African Drumming workshop today with master drummer Zozo. The children explored authentic African music and stories. They were encouraged to use teamwork, expression and improvisation. In addition to this, they explored rhythms and had a whole lot of fun. Drumming and rhythm…
Islam assembly
Today we were visited by Imran the imam. During an assembly he told us about what Muslims believe as well as teaching us about the Five Pillars of Islam. He showed us some of the special objects they use in relation to the Five Pillars and told us about their significance.
Year 1 Diwali Lights
Year 1 finished off learning about Diwali today. We created some lights holders to celebrate. It was good fun decorating the cups in bright colours. When we put the tea lights in we loved how they looked. We were very excited to take them home to show our families. The children were able to…
Celebrating Diwali
Year 1 were delighted to welcome Neil’s parents in class today. Sarika and Deepak came to talk about the Hindu celebration of Diwali. We learnt about Diwali being the festival of light. The celebration is a joyful one that also celebrates the end of harvest. The children enjoyed learning about…
Holy Week activities in Reception
During Lent we have thought about how we can grow more like Jesus, so we have been even kinder to each other and more helpful.
This week we listened to the Story of Palm Sunday and The Last Supper. We cut out palm leaves and tried really hard to improve our cutlery skills! We have…
The Year of Saint Joseph 2020-2021
Year 4’s class saint is St Joseph which is celebrated on March 19th each year but Pope Francis proclaimed that we celebrate a Year of St Joseph. Today we learned about Saint Joseph and about why the Pope admires him. We also researched the different ways that the feast of St Joseph is celebrated…
St.Patrick’s Day in Y5
Year 5’s class saint is St. Patrick so we had a wonderful day on 17th March learning all about him. Mrs. Smith told us all a about the celebrations that occur in Ireland on St. Patrick’s day and we were surprised to hear that it is a national holiday on that day! We were also treated to some Irish…