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17 May 2023

Year 1 find out ‘Can you build with bread?’

In our D&T lessons we have been investigating answering ‘Can you build with bread?’.  We have been building a house for the three little pigs. After investigating we decided to heat the bread first to make toast as it is more sturdy for building with. We made our own cement choosing our own…

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17 May 2023

Year 1 and Year 6 Active Maths for Number Day

Today for Number Day Year 1 and Year 6 joined together to take part in some ‘Active Maths’. Year 6 planned maths games and activities for Year 1 to enjoy.  Everyone enjoyed counting, adding, subtracting, dividing and multiplying in creative ways.  It was fun learning and being active together.

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5 May 2023

A Party Fit for a King

Year 1 celebrated in royal style.  We enjoyed making our own crowns to wear at our street party. We decorated ourselves with Union Jack face paints and tattoos.  We bounced till we dropped and finished off with an ice cream or ice lolly.  Having our lunch with all the classes joined together…

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24 March 2023

Olympic Athlete Visits School

Chris Bennet, Olympic hammer thrower, visited school today to tell us all about his experiences and carry out a fitness circuit with each class.  We were all inspired by his determination and dedication to his sport. We had lots of fun taking part in the fitness activities and enjoyed learning…

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24 March 2023

Active Travel Week Spring Term 2023

We have all been trying to walk, cycle or scoot to school this week as part of Active Travel Week. As well as helping us get fitter, this cuts down on pollution and car congestion outside our school. Year 5 also had a turn at wearing the step trackers this week. The children tried to improve on…

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21 March 2023

Y1 Amazing Art

In our Textiles lessons we have been learning to attach materials in different ways and add colour, pattern and texture. 
 

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21 March 2023

Marvellous Measuring in Year 1

Today we have been learning about measuring length. We have been using non-standard measures like cubes, paper clips, rubbers and hands.  We have measured objects around our classroom using cubes.  We had lots of fun counting the cubes to find out the length and we even measured a row of tables! 

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18 March 2023

Y1 Forest School Fun

Into the woods for more fantastic learning experiences with Mia our Forest School Leader. We enjoyed creating our own necklaces. We used tools to create the hole for the string to go through. We explored climbing trees and had great fun playing group games. This week we saw lots of progress with…

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18 March 2023

Y1 Wonder in the Wonder Dome

Year 1 enjoyed a fascinating and fun interactive Planetarium Show in the Wonder Dome.  It showed Year 1 how wonderful and intriguing the universe is.  The Wonder Dome created a magical learning environment to learn all about the wonders of space with a 360 degree immersive experience. We learnt…

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18 March 2023

Science Sounds Fun in Year 1

As part of British Science Week Year 1 had a scientific enquiry based on this year’s theme of ‘Connections’. We learnt how sound travels in ‘sound waves’.  We created cup and string telephones. We investigated if sound could travel along the string to send a message.  We started with measuring…

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12 March 2023

World Maths Day in Year 1

As part of our number day fun today we made our own ‘Number Museum’.  We worked in pairs and chose a number.  Then we made our number in different ways.  We practised writing it, drawing it and making it using cubes, ten frames, base 10 and Numicon.  Next we displayed all the ways we made our…

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9 March 2023

Y6 celebrate World Maths Day with Y1

To celebrate World Maths Day, Y6 spent the afternoon with Y1 helping them to play Maths games and develop their counting and adding skills. 

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