KS1 Visit Hylton Castle
KS1 headed off to Hylton Castle this week to learn more about castles for their topic 'King of the Castle'. We learned about the armour a knight would wear and had the chance to hold chainmail so we could see how heavy it was. Our tour around the castle showed us how...
Year 5 at Safetyworks!
Last week, Year 5 had the opportunity to visit Safetyworks! as part of our PSHE curriculum. We took part in a number of sessions in small groups that taught us how to stay safe in a number of scenarios. These included: what to do in a house fire; how to stay safe...
Maths in KS1
This week in KS1 we have Maths magicians. Owls and Robins have been looking at addition and subtraction, creating our own number stories and reinforcing number bonds to 10. Nightingales have been multiplying by 10! Why not ask us a tricky question at home and let us...
Happy Chinese New Year!
In nursery this week we have been finding out about Chinese New Year and celebrating it. We thoroughly enjoyed preparing and cooking Chinese stir fry. We demonstrating excellent counting skills by counting the amount of children in our group and giving out the correct...
LKS2’s Special Book
This term, in RE, we have been looking at the Bible and how it contains so many different types of writing. Within the 3 classes, we have each taken a different type of writing and completed our own version. We looked at writing rules, songs, prayers and stories....
Celebrating Chinese New Year!
This week, both the Dragonflies and Ladybirds learned all about Chinese New Year and how it is celebrated. The children made their own large dragon head after watching lots of traditional Chinese festivals, the children painted, stuck and decorated the dragon. Whilst...
UKS2 Art
In UKS2, we have been learning all about the Maya. We have researched and designed our own Maya masks, focusing on colour, pattern and shape. In the coming weeks, we will create masks using the media of cardboard and paint. Keep a look out for our finished Masks!...
Body percussion in KS1
In KS1 we have been exploring body percussions. We have been marching to the beat, recognising a change in tempo (speed) and clapping along to different rhythms including crochets and quavers.
Getting Animated!
In Lower Key Stage 2, children have been using the iMotion app in their computing lessons. Each class has learned about how animations are made. They have looked at various examples and then applied their learning to making their own animations. By photographing...
Exploring freezing and melting!
We have been learning all about water and how, and why it freezes. We discussed and set up an experiment to see if we could freeze water, the children suggested different places to leave the water overnight to see which place would be best for freezing. Most children...
Planets galore!
We have continued to focus on our topic of space this week. We all chose a planet, star or moon from the Solar System and drew it using chalk. We have displayed them in our classroom and they look fantastic! We continued to share space themed stories during snack...
Year 5/6 Homework 24.1.25
Year 5 and 6 homework this week will be in CGP books. Year 5 Y5 Oaks – Maths- p.66 and 67 – Angles Y5 Oaks – English- p.14 – Determiners 1x arithmetic paper on https://mathsbot.com/primary/year5 Reading- 2 x reading plus texts plus at least 10 minutes reading per...