In art this week, Year 4 have been learning about the work of Orla Kiely, a designer known for her bold, colourful patterns After exploring her style and learning about her use of repeated shapes and vibrant colours, the children experimented with printing techniques to...
In Art, we have been learning about cave paintings and how they provide lots of information about the Stone Age. We have used chalk to create our cave background ready for our own painting. We also collected twigs, stones and leaves from around the school...
This week in history, Year 2 were recapping the events of the Gunpowder plot. We acted out key scenes and thought about character’s emotions. As king, James I upset both the Puritans and Catholics, but it was the Catholics who acted first. They planned to blow...
This week Year 1 visited the War Memorial site at Dagenham Heathway. They laid down their poppy wreaths and had a 1 minute silence to remember all those who had served and fallen. [gallery ids="18100,18101,18102,18103,18104,18105,18106,18107,18108,18109"]...
As part of our 'Animal Adventure' topic, we will be learning about how animals are different to each other. This week we explored different habitats. We spoke about which animals live in the sea and which animals live on the land. We sorted the animals...
This week in Nursery we have been looking at patterns. We started off making different patterns using matchsticks and then we focused on repeated colour patterns. The children all created their own repeated colour pattern using paints and were able to name the colours that...
The Very Busy Spider- Talk for Writing This week we used the tuff tray to bring The Very Busy Spider to life, with a sensory story. Children were really curious to explore the tray and they enjoyed the music and animal sounds that made this story...
As part of anti-bullying week, we have been focusing on learning to be good friends and sharing our toys and equipment. We also made a friendship chain together to decorate our classroom [gallery ids="18080,18081,18082,18083"]...
We were proud to host the Ganda Boys Concert at Parsloes Primary School on the last day of term to celebrate Black History Month. Danny and Denis told us of the work they do in Uganda and their mission to support those in need. We...
On Tuesday, the Football team were invited to compete in a local borough tournament, where 20 other school teams also competed. All our matches were physical and competitive, with close scoring games. Unfortunately, Parsloes were not able to qualify out of the group stages and...