PTA Fun Day
Wow!
What an incredible day! We are so grateful to our wonderful PTA for organising a day filled with fun.
We enjoyed an outdoor circuit session with Core 300, an animation session with Leo Wright and a Lego session with the build barn. Then this afternoon we finished the day with a fantastic…
Whole School Transition Day - What we’ll build
What a fantastic whole school transition day we have had!
Each class based their day around the book - What we’ll build - with a focus on creativity.
Classes used the book to think about what type of school environment they would like to create focussing on the school values. They then were…
Pilgrimages and Sacred Places
Our RE topic this term is based around sacred places and pilgrimages for different religions. This week we looked at Jewish pilgrimages to the Western Wall. We explored the reasons S to why it was a special place and how Jewish people post their prayers into the wall to feel close to God. We then…
May Walk
What a fantastic morning of sunshine for our May walk around the village.
The children showed off their fantastic singing skills and their beautiful may stick creations.
Thank you to all who came to support us, we had a lovely morning.
A very special thank you to all at the coffee shop for…
A visit to Elford Hall Gardens VE Day Display
We had such a fantastic morning at Elford Hall Gardens. We took a summery walk through the village to explore the VE Day display. It was fantastic to handle artefacts related to the local history of Elford and learn about the impact the war had in our local area. Thank you to all…
Classifying rocks in science
Today we developed our classifying skills to sort rocks into venn diagrams based on our chosen rock properties. We used fantastic scientific language and great roach skills to share our thoughts.
VE Day 80th Anniversary Celebrations
After a reflective assembly learning about today’s celebrations and the reasons for them, we held a one minute’s silence. We then got ready for our celebrations. Thank you to Claire for putting on a lovely picnic lunch outside to celebrate the 80th Anniversary of VE Day street party style. The…
Chocolate Dissection
We had lots of fun in science this afternoon. To kick off our rocks topic we began looking at properties of rocks. We then compared their properties to the characteristics of the chocolates we dissected using some fantastic scientific language.
We may have enjoyed a cheeky taste…
Fun in the Sun
What a treat having the ice cream van show up at break time. It was very much enjoyed by all! A massive thank you to our lovely PTA for such a fantastic treat.
Easter Egg Mystery
Something strange happened at The Howard School today, all the Easter eggs for the children disappeared!
The children spent the morning trying to rule out the 8 suspects Mr Wynn, Miss Jennings, Mrs Carter, Mrs Fallows, Mrs Powles, Mr Challinor, Mrs Moss or Mrs Aminu.
After lots of…
Dissecting poo in science
This afternoon we dissected a range of animal poos ( handmade with oats and cocoa powder so not at all smelly like their real counterparts). We found evidence of their diet and used this to determine whether the animal was a herbivore, carnivore or omnivore. We then used this knowledge to predict…
Making Roman Spelt Bread
Class 2 finished off their Romans topic by creating a staple Roman food - Spelt bread. They followed a traditional recipe making loaves in teams. We then finished the afternoon by exploring Roman diet and creating Roman menus.