Year 4 had a lovely start to the final term when they visited the Natural History Museum for a workshop about earthquakes and volcanoes. The children enjoyed the interactive voyage of discovery and gained a valuable insight into how volcanoes occur and ways to be...
This week in Physical Education, Year 2 have been learning and practicing new events in Athletics. Year 2 have done sprint racing and accurately throwing an object into a chosen target. The children are looking forward to showcasing their talents in next term's Sports Day. [gallery...
What an amazing week we've had in Year 3! We started the week with a visit to the Sikh Gurdwara in Barking. It was lovely to see the children showing such respect, listening so carefully and sharing their learning from school whilst we learned about...
At Parsloes Primary School we are very fortunate to have pupil leaders, who are role models across the school. Please find a summary below of our pupil leader groups and the roles and responsibilities that they hold. Curriculum Advisors We take care of our school library by...
During our weekly Music lessons, the children have been practising the samba reggae and ijexá using shakers, agogo, djembes, triangles, cymbals and guiro. Our specialist Music teacher has been very impressed with the children and the progress they have made this half term! [gallery ess_grid_gal="alexandra-sidebar" ids="15963,15962,15960,15959,15958"]...
In Art this week, we have been learning how to use powder paint. We have been practising mixing the powder and water to create a range of colours that we can use to paint our tomb painting. We have also been discussing how the people...
In our English unit this term, we are writing portal stories. As part of the idea gathering stage of the process, we had a fun lesson where we used objects, images and sounds to help us to generate our story ideas. We worked collaboratively in...
This week in Year 2, we have started our new unit, which is to write an Explanation. We have been thinking about the features of an explanation text, which includes an introduction, sentence openers and topic words. We did our own collage of Zog and...
In our Religious Education lessons, we have been discussing the key beliefs of the Sikh religion. We have discussed the meaning of the 5Ks and the significance of each. We also looked at the Khanda and how the different parts represent the key beliefs about...
For our Art lesson this week, we have started using oil pastels. The children have learnt the skills of how to use layering, tinting and sgraffito which has been much fun! The children understand why it is important to start with lighter colours before using...