Last week we made some amazing pictures using oil pastels and black card. We tried to recreate what we thought the skyline of what London might’ve looked like during the Great Fire of London. They used oil pastels in reds, oranges and yellows to blend together to create the fire effect. I think they have done an amazing job! Well done, Year 1! x
This afternoon we celebrated the end of our ‘Bright Lights, Big City’ topic and ‘Queen’s Handbag’ book by holding a Queen’s afternoon tea party. We listened to the national anthem, waved our Union Jack flacks and tried scones with strawberry jam and cream. They were delicious!
We had an amazing time for our final forest school session in year 5 today! Quotes from the children included: “That was the best day ever!” and “Can we do it all again?” We started off the session completing a teamwork task. Everyone had to work as a team to get to the forest school area- without stepping out of the hoops. If children did step out of the hoops, they could have been eaten Read more
We have spent our Topic lesson this afternoon exploring the Greek Artefacts topic box that we have rented from Touchstones Museum. We have had some brilliant discussions about what the artefacts were, what they were used for and what materials they were made from.
This week we have been reading the story ‘The Three Little Pigs’, we found out that the little pigs made houses from straw, sticks and bricks. The big bad wolf 🐺 came and tried to blow down the houses but the brick house would not budge. We completed writing based around the pigs houses and then we had the chance to make our own houses. We also had the chance to make our own Read more
This week we have been celebrating ‘Outdoor Classroom Day’ and thinking about how nature can improve our mental health. The whole school have had a taster session of Forest School. Everyone enjoyed being outside in nature and we have done a range of activities outdoors, despite the rainy weather. Some children planted new trees, some created minibeast houses, some hunted for minibeasts, some found magic sticks and everyone enjoyed a tasty snack around the fire Read more
In computing this half-term, Year 5 have been creating their own games. They have analysed other games, designed settings and themes, designed characters, changed animations and sounds that their character makes, written instructions and evaluated their peers’ games to help future designs. We are really impressed with their completed games! Well done Year 5!
Year 5 had their 5th forest school session today! The children explored the area and found and identified a range of minibeasts. We found snails, worms, centipedes and millipedes. We then discussed how we can improve the area for the fauna and for ourselves. The children then used the skills they have learnt to work as a team and build some amazing fences to make our fire circle more private. Some children created some amazing Read more
As part of outdoor classroom day and mental health awareness week we took part in a forest school taster session with Miss Steele and Mr Tompkins. We took part in lots of different activities: we went on the hunt for ‘something special’ we were shown how to make a campfire we warmed water on the campfire which we used to make hot chocolate we planted trees. We really enjoyed our session and look forward to Read more
Today we have worked with touchstones museum to look at Ancient Greece artefacts. We became historians and gained a deeper understanding of the lives of the ancient Greeks. Here are some pictures