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Mathemagicians

Fractions Fractions!

Fractions Fractions!

As part of our cyclical approach to teaching maths UKS2 have been revisiting fractions during the Spring Term. Our Concrete, Pictorial, Abstract approach (CPA) is a highly effective approach to teaching that develops a deep and sustainable understanding of maths in...

Windy Winners!

Windy Winners!

Congratulations to all of our winners - awards for Top Computer Scientist and our Value of the month for January - Perseverance! Class  Value – Perseverance    Top Computer Scientist   Dragonflies  Enya  Demi-Leigh    Ladybirds  Elo Harrison    Robins  Carter  Bronx ...

Year 4 Multiplication Check

Year 4 Multiplication Check

Dear parents, As you are aware, the Year 4 Multiplication Check will be going ahead in June for all Year 4 pupils. We know that we will have your full support in helping your child to succeed in this check. We have posted a PowerPoint on Google Classroom explaining...

3D Shape Sorters in Bees

3D Shape Sorters in Bees

Today the Bees were sorting 3D shapes in a Venn diagram. They had to sort them into shapes with more than 3 vertices and curved faces. When they sorted them into less than 3 vertices it looked very different.   Article 12: You have the right to give your opinion,...

Zoom Zoom Zoom!

Zoom Zoom Zoom!

We have continued  to focus on the story QPootle5 this week. For maths we made rockets using the large construction equipment and discussed which shapes we used. We also acted out some of our story of the week and used tools to pretend we were fixing rocket boosters...

Q Pootle 5

Q Pootle 5

This week we have been reading the story Q Pootle 5. The children have had a great time building their own rockets with rocket boosters using 2d and 3d shapes, painting rockets, and designing rockets using Purple Mash. We have also looked at the planets in our Solar...

More Winter Activities

More Winter Activities

We have continued to focus on our Winter topic this week. We made some beautiful paintings of snowflakes which we have displayed in nursery. By reading our Secretes of Winter book , we learned what an evergreen tree is and during our Friday outdoor session we explored...

Windy Winners!

Windy Winners!

Congratulations to all of our winners this week. Our two awards were for a Top Mathematician and a Top Effort. Class  Top Effort   Top Mathematician   Dragonflies  Amaris   Elliott  Ladybirds  Tovino Emily  Robins  George   Riley  Owls  Louie   Harry  Heidi ...

Measuring in Owls

Measuring in Owls

The children have enjoyed learning about different ways of measuring using non-standard measure and centimetres. They used paper clips and cubes to find out the length of different objects from around the classroom and a ruler to measure lines in centimetres. Article...

Welcome New Nursery Friends!

Welcome New Nursery Friends!

We have had a great first week back in nursery and have been as busy as ever! We have welcomed some new friends who have settled really well. We have continued to take turns at being a Special Helper and work together by communicating with each other to complete tasks...

A visit to see how we’ve grown!

A visit to see how we’ve grown!

The school nursing team visited the reception children today to see how they had grown. The children were fascinated to see the measure they used to find out how tall they are. They also enjoyed looking to see how heavy they are in the electric scales. There  was lots...

Christmas is Coming!

Christmas is Coming!

We have had another super busy week in nursery preparing for Christmas! We completed our snowmen Christmas cards which not only look fantastic they were great fun to make and incorporated counting, creativity, communication skills, social skills, self-help skills and...