As part of our learning for British Science Week, Year 5 have enjoyed learning about electrical connections this afternoon. First we used our post it note planning to plan our investigation. We deciding to investigate which materials are electrical conductors and which are electrical insulators. We thought about which variables Read more
We have had a lot of fun in Rowan celebrating World Book Day. We started of by completing social reading (reading in groups)and discussing why we enjoyed that book, what aspect of it was good and what we also was not so keen on. Children choose from the ‘Little People Read more
In Forest School this afternoon, we discussed Shrove Tuesday and how is it celebrated by different Christians around the world. We learnt about how some Christians celebrate Mardi Gras. During this time, some people wear costumes and masks, so the children created the some fabulous masks out of natural materials. Read more
Year 2, 5 and 6 had a fantastic day today with a focus on Islamic art. We were extremely lucky to have Razwan Ul-Haq, who is an artist, visit us. We started the day in the hall, where Razwan, shared some of his fantastic artwork with us and we discussed Read more
In Science, Year 5 Pine enjoyed investigating magnets. First we recapped prior learning and sorted objects into magnetic, not magnetic and magnets. We discussed how we can turn magnetic materials into magnets but also looked at how magnetic materials behave differently to magnets. The children enjoyed working in groups to Read more
Year 5 Pine took part in a live lesson for safer internet day. We recapped the rules about keeping safe online. The children discussed how to communicate safely online and we discussed how we would deal with several online dilemmas. The children the invented their own character for the digital Read more
On Friday, the children were wearing their clothes inside and we discussed how people can sometimes feel differently on the inside to how they seem on the outside. In Forest School, we recapped the 5 ways to well-being: get active, take notice, learn something new, connect with others and give. Read more
Year 5 have had a brilliant day carrying out lots of activities related to Maths, while raising money for the NSPCC. We began the day by trying to answer some of Jonny Ball’s maths questions. We then carried out Buddy’s (NSPCC’S mascot) key challenge. We then spent some time discussing Read more
Year 6 have had a lovely time outside with our mascot ‘Motty’. They played lots of games in teams focusing on decimals and fractions. Well done all.
Year 6 have thoroughly enjoyed watching the science show this afternoon focusing on electricity. It was brilliant to see how much knowledge the children had retained since learning about electricity in year 5. A scientist came to school to shows lots of demonstrations, the children had to make predictions about Read more