Eco Council went up to the garden today to check on the veggies! Some of the veggies seem to be sprouting very tall! We watered them all but the watering cans were so full that they needed 2 people to carry them! We always try to fill up from Read more…
Our new topic is ‘Beachcombers’ so we took a trip to the seaside and completed the FANTASTICS. This will help us with our class story ‘Winnie at the seaside’ and all our topic work.
Thank you to everyone who brought batteries in! We managed to fill around 8 barrels in total. They will go off to be weighed and hopefully our efforts will put us into the prize draw for some amazing prizes for the school. We will continue to collect batteries and Read more…
After weeks of studying Darwin’s work, we were able to use his notes to recreate some of his experiments. We decided to focus on his work on seed dispersal and what he felt he could learn from owl pellets and the study of diets within food chains. The first thing Read more…
We became artists in Year 1 this week and created observational drawings of famous landmarks in the United Kingdom. Have a look at some of our masterpieces!
Year 5 would like to say a massive thank you to Mr McDowell for allowing us to visit his allotment. Enclosed is some pictures of year 5s great afternoon out.
We have started our new topic ‘The scented garden’ this week. To begin we went into Kayden’s garden to plant some beans, we then looked at what plants need to help them to grow. On Thursday afternoon we went on a walk to Queen’s Park to see what flowers and Read more…
Darwin is most famous for his ‘Theory of Evolution’ and how natural selection and evolution was evident during his studies of the finches of the Galapagos Islands. We looked at how we could study the differences between the beaks of each finch and how this has helped them to adapt Read more…
As part of our studies on Darwin’s arrival and studies on the Galapagos islands, we created watercolour paintings of what he would have seen as he arrived on and ventured throughout the islands. We looked at how we could effectively mix colours, use different shades of the same colour, and Read more…
To retrace Darwin’s footsteps, Year 6 went on a virtual journey around the Galapagos Islands. We used Google Streetview to move around the islands, looking for plant and animal life to observe. We noted the living things we came across and drew conclusions from our observations, such as why certain Read more…
