English
World Book Day
We had lots of fun for World Book Day – everyone made lots of effort dressing up and looked fantastic. We have been trying to complete as many of the ‘25 ways to celebrate World Book Day’ challenges. These are some of the different activities we have completed: We drew Read more
Mathematics
2D shapes
For forest school we worked in groups to collect sticks then had to make 2D shapes. We had to follow the clues and work as a team to complete the different challenges like: *How many squares can you make with 12 sticks. *How many triangles can you make with 12 Read more
Geography
RNLI – Water safety
As part of our Geography topic ‘Coastlines’ we have been learning how to keep safe near water. We have been learning about the RNLI, we went outside to find facts about the RNLI and answered questions about safety at sea.
Art & Design
Human form – skulls
This week we have been inspired by Damien Hirst’s skull art works and other examples of decorated skulls in different cultures. We traced over an image of a skull and then decorated it using pastels and patterns of our choice. They look amazing: Once we had finished we walked Read more
Art & Design
Human form – human alphabet
For our new art topic, we are looking at ‘Human form’. Our first lesson was human alphabet. We have been creating letters with our body. We worked with a partner or in a 3 to create the different letters.
Design and technology
Hidden sugars
For our new Design and technology unit we are learning all about healthy eating. This week we looked at hidden sugars in drinks. We had to guess how many teaspoons of sugar were in Coke, Diet Coke, a Smoothie and Strawberry water. We were really surprised that there are 9 Read more
Christian Values
Children in Need and Anti-bullying week
This week we have been talking about bullying, what it means and what to do if you feel you are being bullied. We watched an assembly explaining what bullying is and we made a pledge to stop bullying. On a hand we wrote 5 people we feel we could speak Read more
History
Black History month – Rosa Parks
As part of our history unit ‘Movers and Shakers’ and Black History month, we have been learning about Rosa Parks. We have learned about the impact she has had. She was arrested when she refused to give up her seat for a white passenger on a bus.