In our art topic this half term, year 5 are looking at craft and design, specifically architecture. We have looked at houses and buildings so far and have even made our own drawings of houses. Today, we selected a small area of our drawing from last lesson as if we had ‘zoomed in’ and copied this section larger. We then imprinted this onto polystyrene and used printing ink to print our design. The designs worked Read more
This week, we have been focusing on developing our understanding of how to find a fraction of a number. We explored this concept through a range of activities, including using visual models and practical examples to help reinforce the idea of dividing quantities into equal parts before finding the required fraction. To make our learning more engaging, we took our lesson outside, where pupils worked collaboratively in small groups to solve a variety of fraction Read more
Yesterday, Year 4 Hawthorn visited St Peter’s Primary School to meet up with their linking partners, and everyone was thrilled to see their friends again. During the day, we took part in two exciting workshops. In the first, we worked with an artist to explore a range of printing techniques. Taking turns with our linking partners, we created drawings that represented ourselves and our families. We then learned how to transfer these designs onto tiles Read more
This week in Year 5, we have been developing our understanding of angles by learning how to use a protractor. The children were excited to start using this new piece of equipment and approached the challenge with enthusiasm. To begin with, we explored the different parts of a protractor and discussed how it is used to measure angles accurately. The children quickly noticed that there are two sets of numbers, which led to some great Read more
We introduced our new Fairytales topic this week and we have loved it so far. We have been playing with our new knights and castle, building our own fairytale houses and made a map using the construction equipment, like the one from the story of the Gingerbread Man. We acted out the story of the Gingerbread Man with the role play masks, remembering the famous line “Run, run as fast as you can, you can’t Read more
This week was our first Forest School after school club session and it was a great start. We began around the campfire, where the children enjoyed brioche together while chatting and settling in, developing their speaking and listening skills. They then got creative, making fairy wands and decorating fairy doors using natural materials, showing imagination and staying positive as they worked through their ideas. There was plenty of active play too, with den building encouraging Read more
Year 1 have begun their new Science topic on plants with an exciting bean experiment to investigate whether plants need water to grow. Over this half-term, we will observe and record changes over time, just like real scientists, and discuss why careful observation is important. We started by drawing flowers and noticed many looked similar, which led to a discussion about how plants in nature are actually very different. To explore this further, we went Read more
This half term, Year 1 learning all about plants! For our first lesson, we took part in a plant hunt, learnt about the different parts of a plants, what they need to survive and also completed an experiment using runner beans. We also then planted our own! We are going to observe the changes over time with watering only one seed to see if they both grow! Children also then continued their within the provision Read more
Year 1 had so much fun during the week leading up to Easter! We had a visit from the Easter Bunny, took part in an Easter egg hunt, made Easter crafts and even had a very special visit from the chicks! A very special treat after working so hard all half term
For week 6 of our exciting at-home science challenge some children have explored chemical reactions in a fun and memorable way. Using simple household ingredients, they created their very own “burp in a bag” experiment—and the results were both impressive and very loud! The experiment involved combining vinegar and baking soda inside a sealed ziplock bag. When these two substances are mixed, they create a chemical reaction that produces carbon dioxide gas. As the gas Read more