Year 4 have been creating Ancient Greek masks in Art. We have been learning how to sculpt clay using specific tools, moulding with our hands and joining two pieces together to create hair and facial features. [gallery columns="4" ess_grid_gal="alexandra-sidebar" ids="14674,14675,14677,14678"] We have had a lot of fun...
Year 2 have been working hard to design and start to make their teddy bears for Plop, who is afraid of the dark. The children had to think about what materials to use and how to put it together to produce a final product. We...
In Science this week, we have been exploring the strength of bones. The question we asked was "Are shorter or longer bones more likely to break?". We talked about creating a fair test, before investigating the question. We found out that longer bones are more likely...
Year 2 have been looking at programming in Computing. We have been applying commands to our bee-bots, using the vocabulary: forwards, backwards, right turn and left turn . We also made predictions of where our bee-bot would land based on our instructions. We are now looking forward...
In Beech class, in our History lesson, we used maps, atlases and globes to locate Greece and its surrounding areas. This was so we could understand why Ancient Greek civilization was as successful as it was. We also found the capital city, Athens, and the...
Year 4 have started learning a dance choreography in PE this term! The children have been practising and mastering each of the steps, ensuring they follow the count and the beats to the song. It has been so much fun and are looking forward to...
In Grasshopper Class, we have started our dance unit to 'Thriller' by Michael Jackson. We began by acting as though we were creatures of the night coming alive. During the lesson we tried to keep our movements to the beat of the song and we...
In Year 4, we understand the importance of using the CPA approach in our learning; we use concrete resources where possible for all lessons which introduce a new mathematical concept. When learning about place value, we used Base 10 to help reinforce the concept of...
We have been learning to use the symbols for [gallery ess_grid_gal="alexandra-sidebar" ids="13448,13449"] greater than and less than. We learned that the 'Numbergator' always eats the number that is greater....
Oak Class have had fun using concrete resources such as arrow cards, part-whole models and place value counters to order, compare and create 3-digit numbers and to problem solve questions using our place value knowledge. [gallery ess_grid_gal="alexandra-sidebar" ids="13440,13439,13438,13437,13436,13435"] ...