This morning, Year 5 Juniper and Year 5 Pine visited St Luke’s Church to learn all about harvest. We took part in different activities around the church learning about different aspects of harvest. There were 5 activity stations for us to visit: The first one was about the harvest of the ocean. The children made origami boats to symbolise this story. The second was about the harvest of the flock. At this station the children Read more
This week in forest school year 6 Sycamore have been doing some science experiments . This half term we are looking at Particles and chemical reactions in science so Miss Brown planned us some science experiments for during forest school. Some of the children had a go at using the flint and steel to light the fire and then discussed the different materials we had gathered and how quickly they would burn and if the Read more
For our R.E. lesson this afternoon, Year 5 Juniper and Pine went outside exploring to find reasons that people may believe in God and reasons people may not. The children came up with some fantastic explanations and reasoning for their discoveries. The children were looking closely at the wildlife, plants and flowers and were talking about how they were God’s creations. The children were looking around the garden area, under logs and rocks to find Read more
This afternoon, Year 5 Juniper and Pine carried out an experiment in their Science lesson. We have been carrying out a topic called ‘Separating Mixtures’ and have most recently learnt about what formulations are, how they are made and how they can be useful. We carried out an experiment with cordial juice and water. We tried out a formulation containing too much water, too much juice, and the correct amount of each. The children enjoyed Read more
Today, Year 5 Juniper learnt about an artist called Chila Kumari Singh Burman. We learnt a lot about her style of art and her inspirations to create her artwork. An example would be her father being an ice cream man, so a lot of her art work has ice creams on. Her artwork is also full of neon and vibrant colours. The children went on to create a double page spread in their sketch books Read more
Today, Year 5 Juniper and Pine took part in a music masterclass with Miss Fisher. The children warmed up together by singing songs and dancing the relevant actions. The classes then split into smaller groups and travelled round different stations. They were able to use the iPads and headphones to compose their own pieces of music, go on the glockenspiels to improvise to create music, and finally work on their notation by assessing musical notes Read more
Last week, year 1 Oaks enjoyed their first Forest School session! They were absolutely brilliant. So brilliant in fact they received an award for Miss Brown for being so amazing and respectful. The children enjoyed catching bugs, becoming explorers, mark making using rubbings from the trees, enjoyed group games and lots of safe climbing!
Today Year 2 have been working hard in Computing to learn how to login and how to access Purple Mash. They then went on 2Paint a picture to create a picture using their creativity using Impressionism style.
During art lessons, we used tone to create a 3D apple. We looked at areas of light and dark on the apple and experimented shading with different tones.
This half term year 4 has studied the artist Beatriz Milhaes. Beatriz is inspired by music and dance and creates colourful prints. .