In year one, we have been practising our yoga poses. It’s really fun, whilst being really good for our bodies and our minds too. After putting some visualization and calming techniques in to practise by the end of the lesson we feel very calm.
Throughout the day, Year 6 had to opportunity to remember those who lost their lives at war making a better life for us. Firstly, both classes walked to the local cenotaph to lay our schools’ poppy wreath. Children paid their respects by completing two minutes silence and then discussing why Read more…
On Friday, the whole school recognised and celebrated World Mental Health day by taking part in Hello Yellow to raise money for the fantastic Young Minds charity. The children came to school dressed in yellow, listened to assemblies that taught them about mental health, and took part in a range Read more…
Year 4 Hawthorn, designed, planned and created their own Saxon homes using a variety of different resources. The children worked in groups to create the a sturdy home for the Anglo-Saxons to live in. Well done.
We have really enjoyed our RE lesson’s this half term about Islam. We looked at significant Islamic resources: We also had a trip to Mecca in our immersive room:
Year 4 Hawthorn have worked extremely hard this week telling the time. They have been recapping telling the time to 5 and 1 minute. We have then started to convert time from a 12 hour clock to a 24 hour clock. We enjoyed some sun yesterday whilst using chalk to Read more…
This week we have been celebrating ‘Outdoor Classroom Day’ and thinking about how nature can improve our mental health. The whole school have had a taster session of Forest School. Everyone enjoyed being outside in nature and we have done a range of activities outdoors, despite the rainy weather. Some Read more…
This week the children completed postcards of hope. They coloured in the front of the cards and wrote messages of hope on the back. These were given to us from Morrisons, who will be distributing them with home deliveries and to various places such as Old people’s home. Morrisons also Read more…
Hawthorn have been inflating balloons using a gas called CO2. We mixed baking soda and vinegar to create an acid-base reaction. We learnt that the more baking soda and the more vinegar you mix, the bigger the reaction (more gas is made) causing the balloon to inflate and expand. Well Read more…
This half term our topic is ‘Gods and Mortals’, and in our lessons we are learning about Ancient Greece. For our topic lesson today we were lucky enough to watch a show performed by The Hobgoblin Theatre Company called Perseus and Medusa. It is one of the many Greek myths Read more…