Year 3- Maths- Exploring Mass and Scales
Building on what the children learned in Year 2, we have started our unit on Scales and Mass this week. While the children already know about grams and kilograms, they are now looking closer at how to read different types of scales accurately. We have also been practicing how to convert between units, remembering that 1 kg = 1000 g. We talked about how we still see these scales today, like when weighing fruit and vegetables at the supermarket. This week’s learning is helping the children become much more confident at weighing objects and comparing masses on their own.
Year 3- History- Mapping Our Prehistoric Past
In history class today, the Year 3 Historians took their learning beyond the classroom and became true historians as they explored the Prehistoric Ages. We started by investigating the massive timeline in our school hall, which shows how humans have lived in Britain for over 900,000 years. To deepen our understanding, we then used an interactive timeline. We discovered how the Stone Age lasted for a vast amount of time as humans mastered flint tools and early farming, followed by the Bronze Age, where the discovery of metal-working changed how people traded and lived. Finally, we saw the rise of the Iron Age, characterised by powerful hillforts and advanced tools.
Year 1 PSHE: Fairness
In our PSHE lesson, we were thinking about fairness. We started by reading a story about Harold the Giraffe and his friends. At several points in the story, we stopped to discuss if the events were fair, unfair, kind or unkind. We shared examples of times we may have found something unfair, such as not sharing toys, not sharing equipment or someone being unkind. Then, we looked at four pictures. The children had to look closely and decide if the pictures were fair or unfair. These pictures helped us to understand four new terms: reality, equality, equity and justice. The children understood that sometimes equality isn’t always the fairest and we should try to be more equitable. This means giving more support to those who need it and less to those who don’t. It was fantastic to see the children problem solving and building on each other’s ideas.
Reception Observational Spring Art
As part of our Spring topic this week, Reception have been looking at Spring flowers and have been developing their drawing skills using charcoal. The children looked carefully at daffodils and tulips, then applied different pressure on the charcoal to create light and dark tones.
Reception Maths - Odd and Even
This week in Maths we have been introducing odd and even numbers. We looked at the numberblocks, splitting them into two groups of ‘odd blocks’ and ‘even tops’ - we looked carefully at the shape of the number blocks to help us to identify if they were odd or even, noticing the doubles that could be seen in the even tops.
Year 2 - RE - Rev. Ben Eucharist visit
Year 2 were visited by Rev. Ben this week. He explained about the Eucharist and why it is so important in Christianity.
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Year 2 - English - Story Sequencing
Year 2 sequenced the story of 'The Koala Who Could' and retold the story in their own words.
Whole School Worship with Rev Ben
We had a lovely Whole School Worship this morning which was led by Rev Ben. We started with a true or false game and Rev Ben asked us some questions - Does an octopus have 5 hearts.? Do ostriches bury their heads in the sand when they are scared? Do butterflies taste things with their feet? The purpose of the story is to make us think if things are true or not? The story of Easter is true but some can’t quite believe it but it is an event in history and there is evidence to back it up. Easter shows Jesus is alive and able to forgive. If you know you are forgiven, you must forgive others. We focused on the Bible story of The Resurrection. The story told us that after Jesus died on the cross, he was buried in a tomb secured by a large stone. On Sunday, the third day, women found the stone rolled away and the tomb empty; an angel announced Jesus had risen. Jesus appeared to his disciples, proving he was alive before ascending to heaven.
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Year 4 English - Persuasive Texts
In our English session today we were looking at identifying key points in persuasive texts ( leaflets). The children had to complete a table that asked what it was persuading them to do, how the activities are described and how it persuades you to visit through devices such as exaggeration, repetition, questions, emotion and triplets. They absolutely loved looking through the leaflets that Mrs Gardner had picked up on her travels to Woolacombe from various service stations. We even had a vote on which one the children would like to visit the most!
Kids with Bricks Lego Club
Before the Easter holidays, Kids with Bricks Lego club enjoyed a session based on trains. We watched our weekly video, which gave us some interesting facts about steam trains and modern trains. The children then worked either independently or in small groups to build their own trains. We really enjoyed this theme! A special well done to our Builder of the Week - Harry!
Year 2 - Features of Zambia
In Year 2 we have been learning about some of the physical and human features of Zambia.
Year 2 - PE - Dance
Year 2 have been investigating different movements and have created sequences in paired work.