As we are currently studying the topic ‘weather’ in Science, and ‘Hot and Cold places in Geography’, we took the opportunity to wrap up warm and head outdoors to explore the changes created by our recent , very cold, snowy and frosty weather. We looked closely at the frost and Read more…
In geography this week, we have been learning about temperature and how we measure temperature. We looked at different thermometers before spending time using digital thermometers to test the temperature in different areas. The children have enjoyed using the thermometers independently during COOL time too.
Year 2 were questioned by the Geography lead to see if they could remember key facts from their lessons from Year 1 and 2. They used Santa to show their understanding. They did so well remembering the continents, the oceans and the 4 point compass.
Year 6 conducted their own traffic survey as part of our Fieldwork topic. We took a tally of how many cars passed the school, the type of vehicle and the colour of the vehicle. We used this to measure the volume of traffic and its impact on our school.
In geography this half term we are learning about the countries of the UK. In this lesson, we used an atlas to identify where each country was. We then labelled our own maps of UK.
This week we had our shared learning together and thoroughly enjoyed our activity with our adults. We looked at our writing and sentences all about the seasons of the year and then created a piece of art together which showed trees in different seasons. We had an amazing time performing Read more…
Willows have had lots of fun in Forest School this week. We used our crafts skills to create Art work related to our Geography topic ‘Weather Patterns’.
In Geography this half-term, Year 1 have been learning about weather patterns. This week we talked about meteorologists and how these scientists study weather patterns. We then became weather reporters, using our knowledge of weather as well as the vocabulary, North, South, Inland and Coastal, to present our own weather Read more…
This half term we have been doing all about animals and minibeasts. Last week we looked at ladybirds, we learnt about the life cycle of a ladybird and read some lovely stories. One of the stories that we read was ‘What the ladybird heard’, in the story, the bad guys Read more…
We had such a fun morning for the MAF fun day. To begin the day we had an assembly to remind us of the amazing charity work they do to support people who live in isolated places to provide water, food, clothes, toys, medical supplies and so much more. Afterwards Read more…