STEM Rocket Building in Year 6
This afternoon, Year 6 began a workshop in collaboration with the RAF (Royal Air Force). We designed and manufactured, following precise instructions and working together as a team of engineers to create rockets. Next week, we will complete the workshop by launching...
Wonderful Worms!
We have started to learn about worms this week. We focussed on the story, Yucky Worms which informed us that worms are very important as they help our plants and flowers grow and they are not yucky as the tile of our story suggests! We have found out lots of...
Celebrating King Charles’ Coronation in Nursery
We have had a brilliant week preparing for and celebrating the King Charles' coronation, incorporating maths, speaking and listening and understanding the world within our activities. We found out lots of facts about King Charles and what will happen during his...
Exploring vegetables!
Reception have been focusing on the story ‘Oliver’s Vegetables' by Vivian French. The children have explored where fruit and vegetables come from and why we need to eat fruit and vegetables as part of a healthy diet. In Maths this week the children have used the...
Another busy week in nursery!
On Monday we introduced our new friends to the wider classroom by having a fabulous music and movement session in our school hall. Once again, it was wonderful to see our 'original' pupils set such a good example. For maths this week, we focussed on spatial awareness....
Windy Winners!
Well done to our winners this for their ‘Top Efforts’ and for being ‘Top Mathematicians’ as well. Article 28: You have the right to a good quality education. You should be encouraged to go to school to the highest level you can. Class Top Effort Top Mathematician ...
Bees Homework 21.4.23
English Homework – PAT sheet. Practise reading key words on cards. Play Pairs and Word Thief. Maths Homework – Pages 44-45 Remember to practise reading and spellings too. Homework needs to be in for Friday 28.4.23 Article 29: Your education should help you use and...
Investigating capacity and volume
This week in maths the children have enjoyed looking at capacity and volume. They have been sorting containers from being empty to full and estimating how many cups it will take to fill different containers. As it was nice weather the children enjoyed going outside to...
Composting and much more!
A warm welcome to our new friends in nursery. We are very proud of the way in which they have settled into nursery life. We are equally as proud of our 'original' children who have showed genuine care and empathy towards their new friends and helped them to follow...
Place Value Practice in Bluebells
Today in maths, the children in Bluebells played a board game to practice their place value skills. They were challenged to find the correct representation. Representations included place value counters, dienes, part-whole models, partitioning and pace value grids....
Happy Easter!
The children have had an ‘eggcellent’ week of learning linked to Easter. They started the week by looking at the Easter story and how Easter can be celebrated. In Maths, they enjoyed an addition egg hunt using the Numicon. The children have decorated biscuits and...
Exciting Easter Activities in Nursery!
We have continued to focus on Easter this week. During our group time we made some tasty egg shaped biscuits and decorated them by applying some icing in the shape of a cross and adding raisons on top. We worked extremely hard to finish off our Easter cards by writing...