This half-term, Year 2 are working with clay in Art. In our first lesson, we explored the Clay by experimenting with tools to make marks, shaping the clay with our hands and then making a model of our choice. In the following lesson, we created ‘pinch pots’ and added our own designs by using tools to make patterns or adding other shaped pieces of clay. We had lots of fun experimenting and exploring with clay!
This week we have been reading the story Room on the Broom. In the story, the witch is really good at making magic potions so we have been trying to make our own potions. We have been practising making our own and then we have worked altogether to make one. We carefully chose the different ingredients we would like in our potion and then we observed the changes. We noticed he liquid changed colour and Read more
This morning, Rowan were delighted to be able to welcome parents back in for shared learning and lunch. As part of our new Science topic, Sustainability, we have been looking at the ways to reduce, reuse and recycle. To support this, we worked with parents to recycle plastic in bottles, turning them into planters, which will form part of an eco flower wall in the school grounds. We took part in a Kahoolawe science quiz Read more
In our grammar lesson this week, Year 2 learnt how to use commas in a list. After learning about why we use commas, we first practiced sentences verbally by using ‘Kung Fu Punctuation’. We then worked in groups to complete sentences by adding lists, using dry macaroni as commas.
This morning, Sycamore were delighted to be able to welcome parents and family members in to join us at our shared learning and lunch. As part of our new Sustainability topic, Year 6 have been looking at ways to reuse, recycle and reduce the amount of waste and products we use. To support this message, we worked with our parents and family members to recycle plastic bottles, turning them into planters, which will form Read more
Well done to the boys that took part in the Dodgeball competition last night at Holy Family. You never gave up when faced with challenges and you all acted like sports people should and shown respect. Well done. e.
Thank you to everyone who attended our first stay and play session. I hope you all enjoyed it!
As part of this half term’s Science topic we are learning about physical and chemical changes. Today’s lesson focus was ‘What is a chemical change and how can we identify them?’. We learnt that a chemical change is often difficult to reverse and that the change is usually permanent. We carried out a secret code experiment to create our own chemical change. The children wrote a secret word of their choice on a piece of Read more
In Year one we have we reading ‘The way back home’ by Oliver Jeffers. We had an experience day to help us imagine what it must be like in space. We went in to the immersive and listened to sounds and looked at images from space we also used to dark den and torches to experience to what space might be like. These experiences helped us think of interesting vocabulary we could use in a Read more
Willows had a tres bon French Day! We all enjoyed a French breakfast of pain au chocolat and du jus d’orange. We learnt lots of facts about the Country of France and a famous French Artist called Matisse. We enjoyed recreating some of his artwork using collage. We learnt about France’s capital Paris, we went in to the immersive room and looked at where we are in relation to France in the World and some Read more