Mathematics
Year 1 Oaks ~ shapes!
Year 1 loved this shape sorting activity. They had to decide how many sides each shape has and then sort them into the different groups. We then had to draw round them and label each shape.
Religious Education
The Bible
Year 3 looked at what makes The Holy Bible so special and how it is divided up into different chapters, verses, books and arranged into two testaments. We explored big questions which included; what do Christian’s get out of reading the holy book? What do people find helpful about reading the Bible? Why do some people love the Bible? We then looked at a range of Bibles and created a quiz for Mrs Farrell with Read more
Design and technology
Apple and berry crumble 😋😋😋
Year 3 have been working on their cutting and peeling skills today but making an apple and berry crumble. We enjoyed making and more importantly eating our creation. Here are some pictures from our learning.
Music
Play that tune!
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 tune by Christmas!
Computing
Numbots Year 1 Oaks
Year 1 loved going on the iPads today to play with Numbots. They took it in turns to use the iPad and helped each other out when they got stuck. Well done Oaks!
Science
Ogden Trust Science event
Yesterday, our Science Ambassadors took part in the Ogden Trust science event where they completed two challenges towards The Crest Awards. The children had to work collaboratively with other schools to investigate and complete both challenges. The children will be completing eight challenges over the year to achieve the Crest Award. Well done to all children involved your worked very hard.
Science
Physical changes
In science this week, Year 5 have been learning about physical changes. The children learnt a song to remind them that physical changes are when a substance changes shape, form or state. We learnt that this is usually reversible. The children used their observation skills to record what happens during several physical changes such as: paper being torn, ice melting, chocolate melting and hot chocolate dissolving in water. We then enjoyed some treats that were Read more
Christian Values
Ethos Team Collective Worship
The ethos team did a fantastic job of delivering collective worship for the whole school. They retold the story of ‘The Good Samaritan’ and spoke about the moral of the story. They also linked the story to our value of friendship and discussed how we should help everyone not just our friends. A group of year 5 girls asked to perform a song in sign language. They did an amazing job and the whole school Read more
Drama
🌟 A Christmas Star 🌟
This week, Year 2 are starting to write a new story called ‘A Christmas Star’. The writing will be based on a BBC Christmas advert. Today, we had an experience lesson, in which we watched the advert and discussed the events of the story ( our plot points) and the main character’s feelings at various points throughout. We worked in pairs to act out one of the story plot points and the rest of the Read more
English
Fruit kebabs
Today we have been using our cutting skills to made fruit kebabs. Here are some pictures of our learning.