This term, Year 4 has been learning all about the Ancient Greeks! In art, the children explored the significance of Greek masks, discovering how they were used in theatre and rituals to represent different emotions and characters. After studying various designs, they had the opportunity...
In the Meadow this week, our maths learning continued to concentrate on numbers 1 to 5. Children used bean bags to count and some children put the corresponding number of bean bags with the appropriate number. [gallery ids="19136,19137,19138"]...
This week in the ARP we have been celebrating Chinese New Year as part of our learning about Understanding the World. We have been making decorations as well as mixing noodles and sweetcorn to practise our fine motor skills. Some of us also tasted the...
Year Six have been learning about how to calculate the area of triangles and parallelograms in maths. We also started our learning on the volume of cuboids, which we learnt about through the use of manipulatives and pictorial representations. We formed our own cuboid structures...
In art our Year 5 pupils have been having a fabulous time creating different textures using paint. They looked at the various brush techniques before mixing paint with an array of textures such as corn flour, sand and crushed Rice Krispies in an attempt to...
In Design & Technology Year 3 have been investigating shell structures and looking at their purpose and design. We then explored nets before creating our own which we have used to make our own packaging for a healthy snack. This week we have used our...
In Maths Year 2 have been comparing number sentences with key terms, such as ‘greater than’, ‘less than’ and ‘equal to’. [gallery ids="19109,19110"]...
Year 1 are exploring the artist ‘Wassily Kandinsky’ in their computing lessons. They will be using the paint app to recreate one of his masterpieces. The children explored a range of tools including: the circle shape, fill button, paint brush and colour bar. [gallery ids="19099,19100,19101,19102,19103,19104,19105,19106"]...
This week we have been learning to identify and describe the properties of 2D shapes. We have been using lots of mathematical language and explored how many sides, corners and points each shape had. We then used the shapes to create transport pictures and used...
This week in Nursery, we have been learning about the Chinese New Year. We have watched some videos looking at the Chinese celebrations, including the dragon dance and fireworks. We also looked at the food that may be eaten and we had our own Chinese...