This week Year 1 had a special visitor! Orville Wright came to see the children and tell them some interesting facts! The children enjoyed learning about the first ever successful flight. They learned that Orville flew the plane for 12 seconds travelling 37 meters. They...
This week we have been learning about how ice is formed. Our big question was 'How can we make ice change to water?' We explored chunks of ice in the tuff trays. We used all of our senses to describe the ice. We discovered that...
This week in Nursery we have been looking at the book 'Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?' Within the provision, we have drawn animals that are in the book. We have also coloured in a bear template and cut around it using scissors. Some...
Understanding the World - Cutting Skills This week in Meadow we have been practising using a knife to cut food. Last week we were cutting playdough and this week we made a fruit salad. Children were taught how to hold the knife and the food they...
This week in Year 6, we have continued to experiment with light in our Science lessons and have looked at how we need light to enable us to see. In history, we have been learning about the power of the monarchy. We learned about the...
This week, year 5 has been using the hands-on learning approach to understand equivalent fractions. We folded strips of paper into, halves, thirds, quarters, sixths, eigths and twelfths. We created a fraction wall using the strips of paper and used this to find as many...
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"]...