We have really enjoyed learning all about Diwali this week. We have created our own diya lamps and rangoli patterns and explored the story of Rama and Sita. We ended the week taking our learning into forest school to create mehndi patterns with mud and celebration sparklers.

Year 1 and 2 have had lots of fun in maths this week. Year 1 have finished their unit exploring addition and subtraction with some wonderful outdoor subtraction on a number line learning. Year 2 have explored flexible partitioning using base 10. Wonderful work everyone! 
 

Class 4 Get to Grips with Gears!

Class 4 have been busy investigating gears in Design and Technology! We began by creating our own gears using paper clips to form the teeth, before developing our designs by adding cardboard teeth. We explored how gears work together and investigated how…

As part of our RE this half term exploring festivals, class 2 have learnt about the story of Rama and Sita and how Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and Newar Buddhists celebrate Diwali- the festival of light. They made Diya lamps to symbolise the triumph of light over darkness. 
 

Today we gathered together for a Remembrance Day assembly, we thought about the symbolism of the poppy and the reasons why we come together for a moment of silence. We ended our assembly with a beautiful performance of  Vera Lynn’s We’ll Meet Again by our wonderful choir. 
Throughout the day we…

Class 2 have investigated which materials are the bounciest. Such great learning and linking back to previous learning. Well done everyone.

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What a fantastic night for our PTA’s silent disco event. The children enjoyed tuning into their own music and dancing the night away. There was face paint, crafts and lots of yummy bakes enjoyed by all too. 
Thank you so much to our fantastic PTA for putting on such a fabulous event! The…

We had a fantastic time in Forest School this week. We talked about how poppies are used to symbolise Remembrance Sunday. We then collected lots of red leaves from our forest school area to recreate our own poppy. We also completed some hand printed poppies aswell. 

Today, to help with our persuasive writing we all took part in an activity called conscience alley. One person was Phileas Fogg and the other children were trying to persuade Mr Fogg to either take the trip around the world or stay at home!

Class 4 Get Coding!

This week, Class 4 have been exploring the exciting world of coding in our new ICT topic! We have been using our skills to programme a micro:bit – a tiny, pocket-sized computer that can be coded to carry out different tasks. We explored how to use sound sensors to respond to…

Our new science topic is all about celebrations and the first one we explored was Halloween. We went on a spider web hunt around our outside area and investigated the shapes and structures of them. Then back inside the classroom we made sticky webs of our own. We then tested these structures by…

We had lots of fun in history today exploring the reasons why we celebrate Bonfire Night. We then travelled back in time to role play the key events and created our very own wanted posters for King James.