Science.
In our science lesson today we were investigating how volume changes with distance.
What happens to the volume of a sound as the distance from the source increases and decreases? Let’s find out.
The Great Class Pet Census: Working Scientifically!
Our scientists in Maple Class worked together this week for a massive investigation. We wanted to find how many of each pet are in our class, and we used some brilliant scientific methods to get our answers!
Step 1: Sorting and Counting with Cubes
We began by using concrete materials. Each…
Reflection areas
Today in RE we worked in groups to design our own reflection areas.
We considered what we could see, hear, smell, touch and taste.
Leaping into Learning: One Less with Our Speckled Friends!
Reception have had a "toad-ally" awesome time in maths this week! Our classroom has been filled with the sound of music and splashing as we dived headfirst into the world of subtraction using one of our favourite nursery rhymes: Five Little Speckled Frogs.
Introducing the concept of "one less"…
French numbers 1 to 12
In our French lesson today we have been learning to count from 1 to 12. We are careful to pronounce the words correct,after listening to Kapow.
We had fun matching pictures to numbers then counting in our groups.
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Start Your Engines! Oak Class Tackles the Goblin Design Phase
Oak Class has officially shifted gears into the design phase for our Greenpower racing Goblin.
The brief was simple: create a look for our racer that stands out on the track and represents the unique personality of our class.
We saw a range of inspiration during our brainstorming…
Reading buddies
Oak and Maple class enjoyed some quality time reading together.
The reading buddies worked together to explore different books.
Whilst the children in Maple practised their fluency and phonics, Oak class were great mini teachers helping the younger children to understand and explore…
Oak Class Coding Adventure: Learning with Microbits
At St. Andrew’s CE Primary School, we are always excited to embrace new ways of learning, especially when it comes to technology and coding. Recently, Oak Class had a fantastic opportunity to dive into the world of coding using Microbits, thanks to our very own pupil expert who led the…
How does sound travel?
We have been learning how the string carries the sound waves, vibrates the cup and vibrates their ear drum for us to hear what our friends said.The string is a solid so the sound waves travel quickly.
After a discussion we recorded our findings in our books.
Tower Power & Brilliant Bonds!
We’ve had a "number-tastic" week in Reception! Our current obsession with Numberblocks has taken our maths skills to new heights!
Building Up Our Skills
Inspired by their favourite blocky friends, the children set to work building number towers. We practised:
- Constructing towers from 1…
Ancient Egyptians, making our own Papyrus Paper.
Willow class had a very enjoyable art lesson today, messy but fun.
We have been creating Papyrus paper using strips of sugar paper dipped into glue mixed with water, and layered over wax paper.
Time-Travellers: on the Move!
This week, our Reception history detectives hopped into a "time machine" to explore how we get from A to B! We’ve been comparing transport from the past with the vehicles and vessels we see in the present.
Spotting the Clues
The children turned into mini-investigators, looking closely at old…