Art & Design
Human form – human alphabet
For our new art topic, we are looking at ‘Human form’. Our first lesson was human alphabet. We have been creating letters with our body. We worked with a partner or in a 3 to create the different letters.
Art & Design
Photomontage
Our new topic in Art is Photography. today the children looked at various examples of work from other artists: ‘Peter Kennard’ and Jerry Uelsmann’. The children eventually created a photo montage using secondary source photographs. They did a brilliant job and their personalities really shone through their work.
Science
Science (Heat)
Today Year 6 started their new topic in Science – Heat. First the children recapped prior learning all about states of matter and how particles behave. Through drama, the children demonstrated the behaviour of particles before they started to learn about the effectives of heat on the particles as they change state. Children watched a demonstration of ice melting, chocolate melting and also condensation. They then had to verbally describe the changes in state to Read more
Physical Education
P.E on a Friday
We have enjoyed being in school this week after being at home over the school holidays. We have been super busy doing lots of phonics and maths work this week and to finish off the week we took part in our P.E lesson. We climbed up and down the apparatus and worked on jumping and balancing on the different stations. We are super excited to be back to school to do lots of Read more
Design and technology
Apple and Berry crumble
Year 3 have been learning how to delightful desserts which uses food based around seasons foods. Here are some pictures of our crumble.
English
Advent gifts
Each day we have been able to choose a gift from under the tree. Each gift has been a different book and Miss Longmire and Miss Robinson have read the Christmas story at the end of the day. We have loved listening to each story and are really excited for Christmas.
Reception - Bluebells
Our Christmas party
This week we have been super busy in Bluebells. We had our own Christmas party and a special guest arrived. Elsa from frozen came to join in the party fun and we loved dancing with her. We then played lots of games like musical statues, corners and pass the parcel. We finished off the afternoon with some party food and listened to Christmas music. We want it to be Christmas party day everyday!
Design and technology
Structures
This half term in Design and Technology, Maple have been learning about Structures. We began by exploring different frame structures to test which were the most stable, we then designed our own pavilions and used a range of materials to build a strong frame structure. We then experimented with different decorative techniques to clad our pavilions.
English
Letters to the Grinch
Over the last few weeks, Year 5 have been writing letters to Scrooge based on their their teacher’s modelled writing. This week, the children are using the writing techniques and grammar they have learnt during the modelled writing, to independently write persuasive letters to the Grinch. Their letters to the Grinch aim to convince him that Christmas is fantastic and to persuade him to go to the Whoville Christmas party. To help the children create Read more