This week we have been exploring future careers. we spoke to people with different careers and were shocked when our guesses weren’t correct around who did what job. we learnt that anyone can any job no matter of gender.
On Wednesday afternoon, Years 5 and 6 were visited by the scientist Adrian Bowden for an Electricity Science Show. The show started with static electricity and demonstrated some amazing experiments the children could carry out at home. There a was a particular focus on cells, bulbs, buzzers, switches and whole Read more
During collective worship today we watched a video about gender stereotypes. We were given four job titles and had to first guess which title belonged to which person just based on their appearance. Next we listened to the four people answering questions about their job and again we had to Read more
Year 6 were lucky to have the first of their 6 sports journalism workshops with professional sports journalist, Gareth Walker from Literacy Kicks. Their first report was based on reporting on a major sporting event. Over the next three weeks, they will look at producing opinion pieces, editing a report Read more
This half term we are focusing on two new skills builders. Creativity and problem solving. During our lesson this morning we first started with a problem solving activity which we worked together on in our pairs. Then we thought about the variety of jobs there are. First of all we Read more
This half term we have been learning about healthy eating in Science and Design and Technology. We have been learning about the healthy food plate and how we need a balanced diet. We became chef’s in DT and we practiced preparing food using knives, spoons and a grater. We then Read more
Year 6 have been thinking about the role of a chef. We followed the sam steps of a chef such as looking at costing, tasting food combinations and designer our meal leading upto this lesson. We split off into groups, with each grouping prepping and preparing one course each, before Read more
This half term, our class has been diving into the world of rocks, fossils, and geology, taking on the role of real-life geologists. We explored the three types of rocks—igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic—and learned how they form and what makes them unique. We sharpened our skills by classifying rocks based Read more
KS2 were lucky to receive a visit from one of our governors, Helen Morton, who gave a talk on her career. She presented an assembly on her early career, education, skills required to perform her role and which subjects help with her role. She then organised a workshop for Read more
This week, we were reading the story of The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson. We remembered that our last 2 stories were the same author, and even remembered her name. We did some lovely activities around the story: We wrote a list of the characters from the story, dressed as the Read more