Over the past few weeks, Year 6 have been developing their observational drawing skills, focusing on the challenging but rewarding task of creating scientifically accurate illustrations of Galapagos finches. Drawing inspiration from real-life studies, the children have embraced the technical aspects of scientific illustration, using...
This week in Nursery we have been consolidating our understanding of different colours. First, we started naming colours and trying to recognise them in our indoor and outdoor environment. We then sorted colours and found objects of a particular colour. Finally, we have been matching...
This week in Reception, the children have really enjoyed making Gingerbread people. We read the recipe together and took turns to mix the ingredients. We then rolled and cut out Gingerbread people. We have been encouraging the children to talk about how they made the...
In Science this term, Year 1 have been exploring different materials. This week, they completed a scientific experiment where they tested four materials to find out if they were waterproof. They poured water on to the different material and observed to see if the water...
In Design Technology this term we have investigated cuddly toys, looking at how they are joined and the details that have been added. We then designed our own cuddly toy for Sunny, the character from our class text ‘Meerkat Mail’ thinking about how it would...
In Year 3 in Maths we have been developing our understanding of place value and practicing how to add and subtract ones. The children used Base 10 equipment to support their learning and applied their number bond knowledge to solve problems efficiently. [gallery ids="21801,21802,21803,21804"] ...
In our reading lessons, we have been reading “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”. We have been using clues from the text to infer how both Mr Wonka and the author feel about the different characters in the story. During our reading lessons, we practise reading...
In Art this week, we have been looking at sketching elements of the face. We thought about the proportion and tone of each feature of the face. We then evaluated our pieces, thinking about how we can refine our technique when creating our final portrait,...
Following on from our visit to the Natural History Museum, the children have developed their understanding of adaptations with species. They observed how both animals and plants adapt to there environment for survival. They also learnt about variations between species and completed an investigation into...
The children in the ARP all took part in our House Challenge, The 'Ten Minute' Olympics, fundraiser for the Junior Duke award. Our families also joined in and supported us. First of all, we did a warm up to stretch our muscles and then took...