Forest school
We have had a busy couple of weeks in forest school, climbing trees, experimenting with natural colours to make paints, carving and modelling with clay and natural materials and of course den building.
Reception Label Miss Kaur
The children had great fun this afternoon, labelling the different parts of Miss Kaur. With support they read the labels and as a group decided where to stick the label on Miss Kaur! Super work Reception!
Endangered Species Investigations
We have been busy in science today investigating different species and why they are endangered.
We created fact files based on our chosen animal.
Perfect Purple Proof Reading
We’ve worked so hard on our portal stories based on our class book Leon and the Place Between.
Today we finally completed them and spent time with our proofreading partners to edit and improve our work.
Exploring a computer network
Class 2 have continued their understanding of computer devices by exploring what a network is. First they explored sending messages without a network switch which became very confusing. Then, with the help of a network switch, messages were delivered more easily. Today the children formed a…
Reception math stars!
Reception have the spent the week exploring mass and capacity. They have enjoyed lots of practical tasks to explore these concepts. Super work children!
National poetry day!
Years 1 and 2 have been studying Autumn poetry this week. They have looked at the five senses, been on nature walks and written their own poem on national poetry day. To finish off the week, they have performed their poems with their partners on the class 1 stage! Excellent work children!
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Year 5 Level 2 Bikeability
If you were driving through Elford this week you may have seen a number of our year 5 children cycling safely through the village. They were doing their level 2 cycle training which included how to be safe on the road. Well done to those who took part and we now wait to see who passed the test.
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Virtual Biomes
Class entered the virtual world today as part of their topic on biomes and evolution. We took a virtual trip round a number of biomes and discovered lots of information about the plants and animals that live there.
Maths Manipulatives
We were looking at some tricky concepts in our maths lesson today but using the manipulatives really helped us.
We used the place value counters to look at adding and subtracting when crossing boundaries. Fantastic maths today.
Science wonder
Reception have been investigating what happens when we add water to skittles. The shells are made from sugar. When sugar is put in warm water, it dissolves. As the colours meet, they mix, creating different colours.
Reception then practised their cutting and memory skills to sequence the…
Rawlett Year 6 Fun Day
Our Year 6 children had an action packed day at Rawlett High School on Friday. The children took part in a number of activities throughout the day as well as being treated to breakfast and dinner. The activities ensured that all the children were kept on their toes and made some amazing…