Last week, the children in 4D took part in an exciting debating lesson, inspired by our class book The Ice Palace by Robert Swindells. The big question up for discussion was: Should Ivan go on his adventure to rescue his little brother? The children embraced their roles as debaters, presenting…
Year 3 have been looking at the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. They have turned on their newspaper reporter hats and have been writing a report about that fateful day in Pompeii. They have learnt about how to use time connectives, writing in chronological order and including capital…
Owls thoroughly enjoyed their cooking session this week. They made their own ‘beach dirt cups’, using different foods to represent the beach. They crushed biscuits for sand and dyed custard blue for the water. They all tried their hand at each element of the process and followed all of the…
Year 6 have created some amazing geometric patterns in Maths, ready to go on display. They created these with only a protractor, working out different factors of 360 and then measuring extremely carefully. Some of us kept it simple but some of us drew intricate designs by measuring every 10…
Year 5 have been putting their reporter hats on and getting creative with some very exciting newspaper articles! This term, the class have been diving into The Iron Man, and the children have been hard at work uncovering all the key features of a top-notch article. They’ve then used this…
The Bright Lights and Big City of London has captured the fascination of class 1W! We have been looking at London landmarks, drawing from our word bank, Humanities knowledge and trip to the London Eye to detail London in a travel brochure. Our pupils talked about their Top Tips, Foods…
As part of our ‘Know Yourself, Grow Yourself’ Children’s Mental Health Week. Lower Kindergarten designed their own pots ready to plant watercress seeds to grow their ‘hair’. They decorated their pot by painting it in the colour of their choice. Once dry we screwed up some blue paper towels into…
Year One went on a trip into London to ride on the London Eye, as part of their Humanities topic. It was a bit of grey and chilly day, but everyone loved spotting all the famous landmarks of London they had been learning about in class, such as The Houses…
Key stage 1 and 2 attended the Safer Internet Day assembly. This year’s theme is ‘Too good to be True? Protecting yourself and others from scams online’. Louis, Bryony, Safaa and Alyssia explained how to identify online scams, they shared their top tips for staying safe whilst on the internet….
Our Kindergarten pupils were thrilled to welcome a real Police Officer to their classroom! She spoke about her important job, the equipment she uses daily, and how she helps keep everyone safe. The children got to sit inside a real police car, switch the blue lights on and…
