This week all classes took part in the NSPCC PANTS lesson. During these discussions we teach our pupils the following important safety skills without giving explicit information or telling scary stories. We use the ‘PANTS’ acrostic, which is like a green cross code for staying safe from sexual abuse. PANTS stands for: Privates are private Always remember your body belongs to you No means no Talk about secrets that upset you Read more
What a fantastic morning we had for our shared lunch today! Thank you so much to all of the parents who could make it. We had a great time making oracle bones from our topic The Shang Dynasty. Oracle bones were what the Shang people used to write on and were made from ox scapula or turtle shells. We made them using clay then wrote Chinese symbols on them either asking questions or telling a Read more
This week we have been learning about Pocahontas in our computing lesson. In computing our unit is called ‘Effective searching’ so we have been using the internet to search for facts about Pocahontas. We worked really well together to complete the quiz questions about Pocahontas’ life.
During English lessons, we are writing our own guided tours all about water. Today we looked at the water cycle and created our own models. We included key words such as – evaporation, condensation, precipitation and collection. We have placed our water cycles on the window and will be looking at them through out the week.
During science this week, we carried out an investigation to see which materials let light through. We tested different materials at a set distance from a torch. After discussion of their findings, the children sorted the materials into transparent, translucent and opaque. We then looked at three images connected to light. We had a discussion about their appearance, what they do and where you might find them. We then decided which one was the odd Read more
In both English and Grammar lessons, Year 2 have been learning verbs, nouns, adjectives, adverbs and how to write expanded noun phrase. In Grammar this week, we consolidated our learning by playing the silly sentence game. We rolled a dice to pick a noun, adjective, verb and adverb, then we had to create our own silly sentences using these.
This week we have been learning about being healthy eating. We have researched and discussed foods which are healthy and unhealthy for us. We need to eat lots of fruit and vegetables to keep our bodies healthy. So this afternoon we have been taste testing smoothies. We carefully read all of the ingredients and discussed what we thought was healthy. We then taste tested the smoothies… they were very yummy! Our favourite smoothie was Strawberry Read more
This week we have been learning about foods that are healthy and unhealthy for us. This afternoon we have taste tested different healthy smoothies. We read the ingredients and decided whether they would be healthy for our bodies. We counted how many children liked each smoothie. We liked the strawberry and banana smoothie and the mango and passion fruit smoothie the best. They were delicious! We then designed our own smoothies during choosing time.
Year 6 were very lucky today to have a visit today from a Humanist, Kevin. Focusing on our topic in RE at the moment is, ‘What matters most to Christians and Humanists?’ Kevin explained what a Humanist is and what they believe in. Humanists are people who want to take care of Humans and our natural world and make it a better place without believing in God. We asked questions such as Do you believe Read more
Thank you to all the parents/ carers that came to our shared learning and lunch. We hope you had a great time, we certainly did 😃😃😃