This afternoon we have looked at 2 new skills builders for this half term. We’ve had some great discussions around how we can stay positive and be creative. The children have given many examples of how they have achieved these things both in and out of school. See some of Read more
Wow, what a great maths lesson today!!! The children used their prior knowledge of times and division tables to work out fractions of amounts. There was some fantastic mental maths happening and application of prior learning to help them to master the skill of calculating fractions of amounts. Well done Read more
This afternoon Year 5 have enjoyed a visit from the Educational Environment Recycling programme. This involved a fun and informative recycling lesson. The children learnt about the importance of recycling with practical examples of how to recycle well at home and the session included fun, interactive games and materials. Each Read more
This week Year 5 Pine had the task of designing installation art work to convey a message. As a class we decided that we wanted to focus on fast fashion and it’s environmental impact. We came up with the idea of designing clothes made from recycled materials as a way Read more
This morning Pine have been applying their knowledge from our previous unit on fractions to help them multiply non unit fractions by an integer. We worked using unit fraction cards to see what was happening when we had multiple non unit fractions. The children were able to calculate answers, then Read more
In our Science lesson this week, we’ve been learning all about magnets. We know that magnets are objects that have a north and south and pole and that can attract/repel other magnetic materials, that two of the same poles (e.g. north and north) attract each other and two poles that Read more
This half term we’re learning about installation art. During todays lesson we investigated the explosive artwork of Cai Guo-Qiang. We looked at the techniques used to create explosion effects like Cai used and created our own scaled down versions of an art installation. We used mixed media such as paint, Read more
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
This week we have taken part in ‘Hour of Code’ during our computing lesson. Hour of code is a worldwide movement that aims to introduce millions of children to computer science through one hour coding activities. The children had a great time learning some basic coding skills. Well done Year Read more
In Computing today, Juniper and Pine took part in a coding session for ‘Hour of Code’, which is where millions of students all over the globe celebrate Computer Science Education. The children put their coding skills to the test as they were able to input their codes to create different Read more