Juniper have thought really carefully about their advent promises this year. We have beautifully decorated our advent candles with a promise that we are going to try to keep throughout Advent. Well done everyone!
This half term the children in Juniper are learning how to play a brass instrument. The music teacher has been very impressed with the children’s use of tempo and rhythm. They have all learnt how to play different notes with their instrument and will hopefully be able to play a Read more
Juniper have been busy today in English writing some kennings. A kenning is a figure of speech, or two-word phrase used in the place of a one-word noun to describe something. We have been writing our kennings about Remembrance day and war. Please enjoy reading some of our poems and Read more
Juniper have had a fantastic French day. We enjoyed a ‘petit dejeuner’ of croissants and orange juice, followed by learning some facts about the country. We read a story in French and learnt a new French song. We challenged ourselves to build an Eiffel Tower model from dried spaghetti and Read more
Juniper have enjoyed a day of prayer and reflection today. We’ve been busy building dens and thinking about others in countries who are less fortunate than us. We’ve learnt about the stories trees can tell us and reflected on the stories we can tell from our own lives. We’ve identified Read more
This afternoon Juniper have been carrying out a separating investigation. We used our knowledge of filtering and sieving to separate our river water back into pure substances. We used lots of equipment: filter paper, funnels, beakers, sieves. We discussed our ideas and planned our method. We finished with some fantastic Read more
Year 5 have been finding out all about ‘European Languages Day’ this afternoon. This day has been celebrated since 2001, to help people understand how useful it can be to speak more than one language. In Europe, there are 24 different spoken languages. Year 5 have had a go at Read more
Juniper have been making formulations this afternoon. We carried out an investigation in which we made some formulations using cordial and water. A formulation is made when a particular mixture is added together to create a particular product. Juniper have been formulating apple & blackcurrant drinks. Our formulations were made Read more
In English, we are writing a narrative story about ‘The Present’. We have practised and learnt many new writing skills. This morning we have been writing some complex sentences. We started with a main clause and added subordinate clauses to it, thinking about our punctuation and use of verb tenses. Read more
Juniper have enjoyed a lovely first week back in school. Both myself and Mrs Jones are very proud of the children. They’ve come back to school ready to learn, with big smiles on their faces. We’ve learnt some new maths, written some lovely narrative pieces, found out about pure and Read more