Creative break times
Thanks to our lovely librarians we now have book boxes to take outside. Today the children enjoyed art, books and Lego at break time - there were some fantastic creations.
Fencing fun in after school club
The fencing was thoroughly enjoyed tonight. We practised skills and duelled with the swords and helmets. A great way to spend the afternoon.
Plant dissection in the outdoor classroom
We had a fantastic start to our new science topic this week.
We explored the different parts of a flowering plant by carefully dissecting tulips and making observational drawings. We then labelled our diagrams using scientific language.
Fieldwork in the local area
Today we delivered our geography surveys to the local area. We are hoping to collect some data about amenities in the village. We enjoyed our walk and spoke to lots of residents about what they may like.
A visit from Awoingt
What a fantastic afternoon! We’ve had a visit from our friends from Awoignt, including the mayor! We shared what we had been learning in French and sang a French song - they were very impressed with the children’s language skills and their singing. The children then sampled some local French…
Geographical enquiries in our local area
Class 2 turned into geographers this morning and had a fantastic morning completing transport surveys in our local area.
We created an enquiry question, collected our date and then presented our data back in the classroom.
Fun and games with Dementia Caring
Another fantastic session at Elford village hall with the Time Out club. We joined in with the team games playing splat the rat and pass the bucket. What fun!
Practical Science in Class 2
We had a fantastic science lesson this week. We investigated how fluid in our bodies helps to protect our organs by placing eggs in glass jars with and without water and giving them a good shake. Why don’t you ask us what we discovered.
Manipulatives in Maths
Year 3 have done some fantastic maths today, they were able to add unit fractions successfully using the fraction cubes.
A visit from our local PCSO’s
Today we had a visit from our local PCSO’s. They talked to us about their role, their uniform and their vehicles. We asked lots of questions and discovered how they work to help us in our local area.
Thank you for visiting us!
Dogs Trust Assembly
We enjoyed a really fun and informative assembly with the Dogs Trust charity today!
They taught us all about safety and awareness surrounding all dogs and we all learnt something new!
Creating bionic hands in science
What a fantastic Science lesson today. Last week we learned all about the human hand and how it works, including how many bones were in the hand and applied this to our design. Today we had chance to create and test our designs. Then we carried out some different tests to evaluate the…