Fine Motor activities are especially important in Reception as they build fine motor skills, coordination and control that children need to grip a pencil and form letters correctly. This week we have been peeling stickers and cutting out a Christmas tree. We have also been using...
This week, we have become amazing designers! We designed our very own moving vehicle, thinking about what materials we may need and how to attach them together. We then used our designs to create our moving vehicles ensuring they had wheels, axles and an axle...
This term we have been learning about the special books in different religions. We have thought about what they mean to people and how they look after them. We have discussed how they are similar and different; looking at the languages they are written in...
This week in History Year 3 have been learning more about the Stone Age and began to compare different types of settlements. The children researched the settlements of Skara Brae and Star Carr and looked closely at how the homes food sources and ways of...
In Art, we explored the different botanical style prints that Orla Kiely, a famous designer, creates. We then created our own line drawings based on her designs, before creating our own. From that point, we made a polystyrene print and learned how to print using...
This week in Physical Education, both Hummingbird and Owl class continued the unit of basketball. We focused on the defensive element of basketball, by working together well as a team and communicating to regain possession. We applied basic principles suitable for defending. Whilst Robin class...
The children have been developing their knowledge and skills to present themselves both orally and in written form in Spanish, building on from previous learning and their growing bank of vocabulary. The children have focused on asking questions such as ¿Como te llamas? (What is...
This week, the children have been introduced to creating websites for a chosen purpose. They identified what makes a good web page and used the information to design their own website using Google Sites and website alternatives. Throughout the learning, the children have paid specific...
This week, we were lucky enough to have a music specialist come to our assembly and sing with us. We began by warming up our vocal cords. We then moved onto watching Olivia, the music specialist playing songs on the piano, with us joining in....
In Science this week, we have been exploring sound. We discovered that the pitch of a sound depends on how high or low a sound is. We also discovered that soundwaves travel slowly when the pitch is low and quickly when the pitch is high....