Tamworth football club visit Elford!
Today we had a fantastic PE session delivered by Ethan from Tamworth Football club. It was a fantastic opportunity for our children and we know he was impressed with our developing skills. We can’t wait to go to The Lamb in a few weeks!
Ice Cream Making in Science
This week in science we applied our knowledge of changing states to create our own ice cream. Method and recipe coming soon.
Christmas has arrived at The Howard
What an incredible way to kick of the festive period.
Thank you to all of our wonderful parent volunteers for such a fantastic Christmas craft day. The children have thoroughly enjoyed creating a range of beautiful crafts inside and in our forest school. We are very much feeling in the festive…
Investigating water resistance with play doh shapes
This week in science class 3 investigated how the surface area of shapes affected how fast they sank or floated. They designed a fair test creating their own shapes to investigate. We then used the knowledge from the test to create a streamlined boat from foil. Whose boat will win the…
Debug and code
Class 2 have been working hard debugging codes and creating codes to write letters. It took resilience and metacognition to be successful. Well done everyone!
What shape it is?
Year 1 have spent some time with Mr Wynn thinking about what they already know about shapes? They explored the 2D and 3D shapes together and collated their knowledge. A great metacognition lesson. Well done year 1!
Frosty, frozen fun!
Reception have had fun exploring ice. During their science lesson, creepy crawlies were frozen due to the cold weather. How could Reception set them free?
Next stop, India
Our next stop around the world was India. We caught the steamship over then travelled by train through the Indian jungle. We even rode on an elephant! Where will our journey take us next?
Changing States
This week we completed a great investigation focusing on melting points. We looked at how adding heat could change something from a solid to a liquid. Which do you think melted quickest the jelly or the chocolate?
D&T Fairground Rides
Out new design and technology topic started this week and our task is to build a moving fairground ride with a Christmas theme. We started by putting together some design ideas and the got hands on with axels, pulleys and motors. Watch this space to see our finished designs.
Class 1 forest school stay and play
Class 1 had some special visitors today in their forest school session. They thoroughly enjoyed showing their grown ups how they use the forest school and exploring pumpkin related activities inspired by our English story ‘Pumpkin soup’!
Thank you to Mrs Carter and Mrs Blakeman for setting up…
Around the World in 80 days
In English this term our focus text is Around the World in 80 days. This morning we attempted the same journey as Mr Fogg. We boarded our train in London and visited several countries across Europe taking in the sites, sounds and smells from our train window. Next stop, India.