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Date: 11th Nov 2022 @ 10:41am
This was our last Forest School session of the autumn term. Mr Brooks will be back in January.
This week the nursery childtren listened to the story 'Stickman' . Then they explored the forest and found sticks to make stick man. It was lots of fun.
The reception children lhad a fire and made their own Iron Age flatbread. It was very yummy.
Date: 3rd Nov 2022 @ 8:39pm
This week at Forest School the Nursery children went on a Bear Hunt. The children re-enacted the story with help from Mr Brooks. Then they found sticks in the forest to make a house for the bear. After they had made the houses the children found a chocolate bear which they couldn't wait to eat.
The Reception children had great fun playing in the leaves. They also learned how to tie a knot and made a friendship bracelet.
Date: 21st Oct 2022 @ 7:39pm
This half term, some children in Y3 have been using different texts about rocks and fossils and forces and magnets in Reading lessons. They have been developing fluency and using their 'evidence finding pens' to help them to find answers to comprehension questions in the texts they have been reading.
Here they are performing 'Forces of Nature' - a poem all about the force of a storm - they have learned about how the poet uses personfication and what effect this has on the reader.
Prehistoric art: Cave paintings
Date: 21st Oct 2022 @ 7:27pm
Year 3 have used a variety of art skills this half term when creating their Prehistoric art linked to their Stone Age learning in History:
1) Sketching native British animals
2) Blending using charcoal
3) Mixing own paints using flour, water and spices to create a 'Prehistoric pallette'
4) Using different natural resources (lentils, cous cous, bulgar wheat) to create a textured 'cave' background
5) Using original sketches to create an animal 'cave painting'
5) Using different brushes and paints to outline and colour animal image
How and Why some people serve God?
Date: 21st Oct 2022 @ 3:26pm
Year 3 had a special visitor today - Rev Chris Stafford came to visit us so the children could consolidate their understanding of our learning question : How and Why some people serve God?
First of all, Rev Chris explained all about the clothes he wears:-
* His cassock is black - which represents Christians believing that Jesus died on Good Friday.
* His robes are white - which represents Easter.
* His stoles (like a scarf) are all different colours to represent different parts of the Christian calendar.
* His green stole is worn most of the time.
* The purple stole represents Advent and Lent.
* The pictures on the white stole represent The Easter Story.
* The red stole is worn the least.
He showed the children the special objects that are used in Communion.
He told us that Christians believe that through the cross you travel to God.
Then, we learnt about belonging in God's family and we had a mock baptism.
Finally, Rev Chris answered lots of the children's questions.
Date: 21st Oct 2022 @ 2:14pm
Year 3 have had a very busy half term learning lots of things: from the The Stone Age to rocks and fossils! Have a look at our working walls!
Date: 21st Oct 2022 @ 2:12pm
In science this week Year 2 explored different materials to find out which one would be the best for making a waterproof coat. They enjoyed using the equipment to carry out a fair test, made sensible predictions and recorded their findings like real scientists!
Date: 21st Oct 2022 @ 2:09pm
Year 2 looked at images of roller coaster rides to gain inspiration for their art this week. They used flowing brush strokes to create their paintings.
Date: 20th Oct 2022 @ 8:13pm
This week in our Forest School sessions the children played Squirrel Hide and Seek. The children were told a story about the squirrels hiding their nuts in autumn so they don't get hungry as the seasons change. The children then had to go and hide their nuts.
After that they were asked to go and find them. Let's just say we would have had some very hungry squirrels if this had been real!! It was great fun though.
They learned that squirrels don't always remember where they hide their nut, which is good for the forest as acorns grow into oak trees.
Y3 singing and counting in French
Date: 20th Oct 2022 @ 7:47am
Date: 14th Oct 2022 @ 2:25pm
Year 2 created their own plate designs in the syle of Clarice Cliff today. They used different paint brushes to create concentric circles and a tree design. Take a look at their colourful pieces.
Date: 13th Oct 2022 @ 9:05pm
During Forest School this week the children explored the forest and were helped to identify the different trees and seeds. The reception children went on a autumn scavenger hunt. The nursery children made their own paint brushes out of sticks and used mud to paint pictures. Great fun was had by all.
Date: 12th Oct 2022 @ 10:35pm
The children really enjoyed our autumn walk. They got to experience autumn first hand out in the open. There was even a surprise visitor. Thanks to all the parents that accompanied us and made it possible.
Date: 12th Oct 2022 @ 4:44pm
Today, Year 2 sorted through the belongings of King Charles II and Samuel Pepys. They had to decide which person could have had the objects and explained their inferences.
Date: 11th Oct 2022 @ 4:37pm
Tongan Rugby Team Visit
Some of our students had the fantastic oppurtunity today to meet some professional Tongan rugby league players. These players will be representing Tonga in the rugby league world cup. Their first match is on Tuesday 18th October so we are very lucky that they have taken time out of their busy schedule to come and visit us.
The children were very excited and got to ask the players lots of questions. At the end of the session, the players signed posters for the children and got photographs taken with them!
We'd like to thank the players once again. The children loved it!
Date: 11th Oct 2022 @ 12:51pm
In Year 2 today we played an apostrophe game. We had to read our sentences and decide if the apostrophe had been used for contraction or possession. We had to move to the correct places in our classroom. It was a fun way of showing that we understood how the apostrophe had been used in the sentences.
Date: 6th Oct 2022 @ 10:19pm
The first Forest School session was great fun. The children learned about autum and the changes that occur. They explored the forest and looked at the different trees and leaves. They then collected leaves and the nursery children made a leaf mobile and the reception children made a leaf man.
Date: 6th Oct 2022 @ 4:56pm
Year 3 have made Stone Age stew today using the ingredients that would have been gathered at that time: berries, honey and nuts. They wrote some fantastic instructions afterwards - thinking about the features of an instruction text they have learned about in English lessons.
Date: 5th Oct 2022 @ 8:21am
We had a great time in Year 1, learning a new song and exploring rhythm and pulse. We performed it in two groups.Take a look!
Date: 29th Sep 2022 @ 5:32pm
Year 3 are doing well at learning French! Here they are singing 'The Greetings Song'!
Investigating the properties of rocks
Date: 29th Sep 2022 @ 5:29pm
Year 3 enjoyed testing different rocks to find out what their properties were before deciding which would be the most suitable to do a given job.
Date: 29th Sep 2022 @ 5:26pm
Year 3 enjoyed investigating artefacts to find out more about the Stone Age. They were really good at using their prior knolwedge to help them to infer what the object might be and how it might have been used.
Date: 29th Sep 2022 @ 8:22am
Year 2 are learning to play the recorder. They can play the notes A and B and can now play some simple songs.
Date: 28th Sep 2022 @ 8:53am
Timetable Battleships!!!
In year 4, we focus a lot throughout the year on timetables as at the end of this year we need to know all of them from 1x1 to 12x12. We're always looking at different and fun ways of learning and practising them.
The children had a great time playing battleships and have asked to play it again soon!
Date: 20th Sep 2022 @ 8:19pm
In RE this half term Year 2 are learning about Christianity and the Creation Story. The children worked in groups to sequence and orally retell the story. After that they created their own Creation Story collages.
