In science this week we have been looking at how you can grow vegetables from scraps of food. We went into Kaden’s garden to plant potatoes, onions, carrot tops and peppers. In the classroom Miss Jones also got a pineapple to show the children how you can grow a pineapple Read more…
We had lots of fun outside today! We learnt how to use clay to make coil pots. It was a bit messy, but we loved experimenting with the clay! We are looking forward to when the clay dries, so then we can paint them and use them to grow a plant Read more…
Well done to the WHOLE school, including the Eco Council for achieving the Green Flag Award. We are so pleased it has finally arrived! We have been working so hard for the past few years to work towards this prestigious award so we are very proud of all children and Read more…
Hawthorn have been enjoying the outdoors today. We really enjoyed working as a team to build twig teepees and bug hotels. Well done year 4!
Today we learnt about craters and how they are formed and about different types of craters. We focussed on craters created by meteorites and about why the moon appears to have so many craters compared to Earth. We then Discussed what affect we though the size, weight and speed of Read more…
This afternoon, we decided to get out of the classroom and into the fresh air to do some problem solving revision on what we have learnt so far in year 5. We worked in pairs to solve a number of multi-step addition, subtraction, number and place value problems. Each answer Read more…
Wow! What a fantastic first half term we have had; we have made new friends, read new books, created, explored and most of all had lots of fun! Some of our favourite books to start the school year were: Rainbow Fish, Owl Babies, The Tiger who came to tea, Dear Read more…
This week, Year 5 have made an excellent start to their new topic ‘Stargazers’ by learning about the planets. We began by creating art work for the front covers of our books, then we learnt the names of the planets and the order from the sun. We created mnemonics to Read more…
We have been learning about the artist Andy Goldsworthy who creates art using stones, pebbles and rocks. We created mood boards so we could explore some of his work and then we created our own piece of art work using stones that we collected from around the school grounds. Have Read more…
Over the past few weeks that Year 1 have been in, we have had lots of fun! Here is a selection of photographs that we have taken over the weeks.