Computing with the Beeches
Year 6 Beeches have had a fantastic time learning all about Vectors! They explored what a vector is and used shapes and online tools to create their very own digital designs. The children learned how to copy, paste, change colours and size using online drawing...
Spring Flowers, Sorting Games and Creative Play in Nursery!
We have thoroughly enjoyed making the most of the spring sunshine this week and have spent even more time outdoors. Some of us worked hard using wheelbarrows to transport bags of sand to the sandpit, carefully cutting the bags open with scissors and tipping the sand...
Hello Spring! Exploring, Creating and Investigating
We then began our new Spring topic, and the children have enjoyed a range of seasonal activities. We made bright yellow spring playdough and used string, corks and green pipe cleaners to create spring flowers, thinking carefully about the different parts of a plant...
Celebrating Chinese New Year and Shrove Tuesday in Nursery
This week in Nursery we have been learning about different celebrations, with a wonderful focus on Chinese New Year. The children enjoyed cooking their own vegetable stir fry and noodles, counting how many pieces of vegetables had been chopped and using mathematical...
Exploring Repeating Patterns in Nursery
This week in nursery, the children enjoyed a wide range of learning experiences across the curriculum. In our maths learning, the children explored repeating patterns through hands‑on and visual activities. During Outdoor Friday, we made a repeating pattern using long...
Exploring Beebots in KS1
This week in Computing, KS1 have been busy becoming brilliant young programmers using our Beebots! The children worked with the Beebot mats. Their challenge was to programme the Beebot to travel from one image to another by planning the route carefully. First, the...
This Is Me – Celebrating Growth and Progress in Nursery
This week, the children updated our “This is Me” display by creating a new self-portrait. Each child carefully observed a photograph of themselves and produced a drawing, which was then placed over last term’s portrait. This gave them the chance to compare their...
Winter Wonders in Nursery
This week in Nursery, the children have been fully immersed in a magical world of winter! Our learning was inspired by the story Jack Frost, which led to wonderful discussions about the characters and the winter weather shown in the book. The children shared...
A Toy for Christmas in UKS2
This half term, Elms, Oaks and Beeches have been working on creating their very own toy for Christmas. They were given a design brief, carried out research and then designed their own ferris wheel. They manufactured their ferris wheels using a number of DT skills,...
Calendars, Craft, and Christmas Cheer in Nursery!
We have had a wonderfully creative and festive week in nursery! The children designed their very own calendars to take home as a keepsake for the year ahead. They began by choosing a coloured card for the base and selecting paint for handprints using both hands. Once...
From Snowy Toes to Sparkling Trees in Nursery!
The children have been full of festive creativity! They designed Christmas cards featuring fantastic snowmen made from their own footprints. First, they chose their favourite colour of card and practiced their design and technology skills by folding it carefully so...
UKS2 Computing
This week the children were using programming skills to change the colour, time and repetition of lights. They enjoyed using the Crumbles to do this. They required perseverance and the ability to debug in order to fix any problems that occurred.