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!
Spelling Bee Heat Winners
Congratulations to our Spelling Bee heat winners, their certificates will be presented in the upcoming achievement assembly. They will be attending the Spelling Bee finals at Richard Crosse next week - sending them lots of luck. Here’s hoping we keep the trophy
May Queen 2024
The Howard Primary School annual May Queen took place this week and it was lovely to see so many children and guests enjoying the celebrations. Each class completed a number of maypole dances as well as singing songs to keep the large crowd entertained. It was the year 6 children who stole the…
Year 3/4 Tennis Festival
Class 2 had lots of fun this week as they took part in the annual Tamworth Schools Tennis Festival at Spital Tennis Club. Children took part in a number of challenges to help develop the tennis skills. Well done to William who was the overall winner of competition held at the end of the event.…
May Walk
What a fantastic morning for our May walk, the children were fantastic. Thank you to all who joined us despite a few showers. The children’s may sticks were amazing, they all put so much effort in and another well done to the Year 6 boys for their bell ringing. It was a lovely addition to the…