Fine Motor activities are especially important in Reception as they build small muscle strength, coordination and control that children need to grip a pencil and form letters correctly. This week we have been making reindeers out of playdough, making small cuts in paper to make snowflakes,...
This week, we have been learning about the first ever flight! We watched a video of the flight and found out that the plane flew for 12 seconds over 37 meters. We then went outside to take part in an experiment. We measured how far...
This week Year 2 completed their unit, London's Burning by going on their school trip to London. We had a fantastic trip that reinforced all our learning this term. We visited some of London's most popular landmarks including the Tower of London, the Monument and...
In Design Technology this week, we have been busy sewing! Our first sewing challenge was threading our needles, which was quite tricky as it was hard to get the thread through the tiny eye of the needle. We learned how to do different types of...
This week, in Maths we began our new unit of multiplication and division by creating our own ‘multiplication wheels’. We then used these to explore and compare patterns in different timetables. We spotted patterns such as, in the 5 timetables all digits end in 5...
DT - Year 6 - Hands-on DT Fun: Building Big Ideas with Straws and Tape! This week’s Design and Technology lesson was bursting with creativity, teamwork and some wonderful engineering! After researching how famous architects design and construct the buildings we see around us - from...
This week in the Meadow room, children have been exploring playing the triangle to a beat, in their music lesson. Adults modelled how to hold the instrument and play it and the children used visuals to follow the instructions. The children have really enjoyed the...
This week in the ARP, we have been thinking about our story, The Very Hungry Caterpillar. As we listened to the story, we had to think about what happened when. At the beginning of the week, we used props to order the story and as...
This week saw the girls' football team play their second league game of the season, against a very tough Eastbury Community School, who are currently the league leaders. The girls started the game very strong, creating a multiple of chances, unfortunately they could not convert...
Our worms continued! This week, we were very interested and excited as we observed the worms. They moved and ‘wiggled’ in the wormery. Once again some of the worms were fast and others were slow. We feed them dead leaves and vegetable peels. We also...