This week, our Year 6 classroom was buzzing with energy as pupils took a hands-on approach to understanding the concept of 'mean'. Moving beyond traditional methods, the children explored what the mean represents and how to calculate it through practical, engaging activities. To deepen their...
In PSHE this week, as part of our ‘Healthy Me’ unit, we were learning how to administer emergency aid (recovery position). We found out why this is particularly useful and how to perform it correctly. It is definitely a skill we will not forget. [gallery ids="23722,23723,23724,23725"] ...
This half term, we have been exploring Dance in our PE sessions. This week we have been practising how to communicate through our dance and performing with fluency and control. We also have been practising how to self-evaluate our dances by identifying which techniques we...
Year three have been thinking about combinations and possibilities in Maths. The children linked their learning of combinations to multiplication. After looking at visual representations of presenting possible combinations of items, the children then completed reasoning questions linked to what they had learnt. [gallery ids="23705,23706,23707"]...
This term we have been learning why diet and exercise are important. We have learned about the 5 main food groups and how they help us to grow and provide energy and considered the impact of exercise on our bodies. We have drawn on our...
This week, we have been exploring a range of animals in our science lessons. We have been learning about the different features they may have and sorting them into their own animal groups. We are able to identify the 5 different groups and explain why...
Hedgehog Class have been learning about the life cycle of the butterfly. We are really lucky and have caterpillars in our class which we are observing carefully. They are growing longer and fatter and we can see their legs now. We have been learning how...
This week in Science we have been looking at our Big Question – ‘Can we sequence the life cycle of a caterpillar.’ We are very lucky to have caterpillars at the moment in the Nursery and we are looking forward to them turning into butterflies. ...
We continued our 'Three Billy Goat' theme this week. We made a dip using goat’s cheese! First, we had to mash the cheese with a fork or spoon and then mixed in a little milk to make it extra creamy. Next, we used our knife...
This week our Eco Warrior Pupil Leaders were invited to join Barking and Dagenham Councillors clean up our local streets. They were given a briefing about how to ensure they remained safe and how to collect litter using the litter pickers that were supplied. We...