Reception- Phonics-We’re going on a word hunt
This afternoon our Reception children went on a word hunt. Their challenge was to find words hidden around our playground. They took a clipboard and a pencil and they went hunting for the words. Once they found one they read it and wrote it on their clipboard, they could use the sound mats for reference. Once they had collected all the words they could find they chose one of the words to put into a sentence.
Year 2 - Past and Present Monarchs
This afternoon, we continued to learning about monarchs. After learning about our current Monarch, we contrasted him to a previous Monarch William I. We used zones of relevance to describe monarchs. Powerful was an adjective we decided was very relevant and lazy was the adjective lots of us placed outside of the zones. Then we identified similarities and differences between how they ruled.
Y4 DT - Food Technology - Biscuit Making
Today Year 4 moved onto our third food technology session where we were making our biscuit designs. We have adapted the original review by adding various topping ingredients. First we made our shortbread mix, rolled it out and then cut it into our individual shapes and designs. Miss Carol then laid all the biscuits on the baking trays and put them in the oven to cook. We can’t wait to decorate them tomorrow and finally get to taste test the end product.
Year 3 - History- Creating a timeline from 4500 BC to the Modern Era
For our history unit this term, Year 3 are focusing on prehistoric Britain focusing on the Stone Age, Bronze Age and the Iron Age. We began by looking at how our visual timetable reflects the present and the past, before exploring the timeline in our school hall charting human history from 4500 BC to the modern era. The children chose facts that they found interesting and shared these with the class. We then created our own timelines recognising that we explore history from the present era of 2000AD and move back through time prior to the birth of Christ which we marked on our times as BC.
Year 4 - Science: How Sound Travels
Our Year 4 scientists enjoyed exploring changes in sound this week. They investigated differences in sounds when travelling through different mediums. Their investigations included talking through a balloon, listening with a cone, listening to rocks banging under water, sending vibrations through a metal coat hanger straight to the ear, holding tuning forks on water, and observing how sugar granules react next to a speaker. We learned that when sound travelled through solids it seemed more powerful because the particles inside the solids were densely packed together.
Year 4 - English: Summarising a Story
One of our favourite ways to recall the main details from a story is to make it into a game. We used dice to choose a question to answer and then shared details about How to be a Viking with our friends. We then looked at some statements taken from the story and decided how important they were to the theme of the story.
Year 2 - Year of Prayer
Today, our class worship looked at amazing people around the world doing their best to keep the world a clean place. We discussed different ways we keep the Earth clean and how we can look after our environment! We wrote a prayer asking for help to keep our planet clean and said thank you for everyone who tries their best to make the Kingdom of God a happy and clean place!
Year 3 - Class Worship- A new Pope has been elected.
Today in our class worship, we learned about the exciting news of the new Pope. Cardinal Robert Prevos, history’s first-ever North American pope. We discovered that the Catholic Church, a worldwide community, has a leader who helps unite everyone. We also touched on how there have been many Popes throughout history, each playing an important role. This leader helps Catholics worldwide feel connected and share the same beliefs. We took a moment to appreciate how important it is to have someone who works to unite people.
Year 1 Science and Computing- How Does a Plant Grow?
This afternoon, Year 1 have been exploring the names of various parts of a plant and the different stages of plant growth. They created their own animations on Purple Mash to illustrate these stages and then played them back to enjoy watching their plant grow. They absolutely blew us away and managed to create some exceptional animations of a seed developing a stem and roots, growing into a sapling, growing leaves and a stronger stem, starting to bud and then finally flower. The children even added visiting bees to their plants to pollinate them and seeds dropping off their plants to form new ones. Amazing work, Year 1!
Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 Story Club with Miss Flynn and the Librarians
Today in Story Club, Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 read ‘The Great Dog Bottom Swap’ with Miss Flynn and the librarians and then did a fabulous dog themed craft. They had great fun!
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Year 1 English- Identifying the Features of a Non-Fiction Book
As part of their English unit, Year 1 have been exploring the features of non-fiction books. After seeing and reading a number of non-fiction books and familiarising themselves with the features, they independently looked for the features in a non-fiction book themselves. They looked for the title page, the contents page, the glossary, labels, captions and headings. Year 1 will now be writing their own non-fiction booklets about the Crocky Trail after their class visit last week.