Science Enquiry with Richard Crosse
What a fantastic day we had yesterday! Class 3 from Richard Crosse came to visit and we completed a scientific enquiry together. Our question was - How is water transported in plants? We used celery and food colouring to test this. The results were fab. It was great working with scientists from…
Stoke City Mental Health and Wellbeing
What a fantastic session with Jake this morning!
The children were asked to squeeze toothpaste out and then try and put it back in the tube - it was pretty hard! We learnt that it’s easy to say something unkind but no so easy to take our unkind words back.
We ended our lesson making…
Year 1 and 2 entertain royalty
The children in Year 1 & 2 had a wonderful afternoon learning more about Queen Elizabeth l and King Henry Vlll, as part of our history. They were given the task of acting as ‘jesters’, ‘kings’ or ‘queens’ to entertain each other. The royal jesters had a great time on stage entertaining our royal…
Athletics
So proud of the athletics team who competed at Tamworth Athletic club. A great event with a superb second place finish overall.
Which materials are opaque and which materials are transparent?
Key stage 1 have explored the meanings of opaque and transparent. They were set a challenge from NASA to find the best material for curtains to block out the sun on their next space mission. What fun we had exploring this question!
Shapes, shapes, shapes!
Reception have had a super week exploring 2D shapes. They have identified the number of sides of common 2D shapes, explored shapes that have been rotated and applied their knowledge to make tangram pictures. Fabulous work!
Cookery Club Week 3
Another fantastic week in cookery club! This week we made flapjacks. We each got to add our own toppings, there were some very fantastic creations. Our older club members are such fantastic role models and every week aid the younger children in learning new skills! What a fab group!
Comparative testing in Science
This week I’m science, we investigated conditions needed for plant growth. We then removed one condition from each plant to see what will happen. We will keep you posted with the results.
Spelling Bee Champions
The Howard children Spelling Bee winners!
What a fantastic event hosted by Richard Crosse with all the MAT schools involved. We are so proud of all of the children, they were fantastic! It was a great turn out, thank you to all who attended.
Cookery Club Week 2
We’ve had another fab week in cookery club this week. We used our skills of measuring, mixing, and prepping fruit to make banana, chocolate and oat cookies. Hope you all enjoyed them
Which materials float and which materials sink?
Reception have continued their science learning studying the oceans. Today they have thought about which objects might float and which objects might sink. They talked about the materials the objects were made of and made predictions before testing them out. Super science work…
Which materials are absorbent?
Years 1 & 2 have been investigating the question “Which materials are absorbent?” They learnt how to conduct a fair test, interpret results and make a conclusion. Super science work everyone!