Hindu beliefs
In RE we have been learning about Hindu beliefs about the journey of life. We learnt that the game of snakes and ladders links to the Hindu idea of moksha. It was designed to teach Hindu children about the right way to live. Snakes represented bad karma and the ladders represented good…
Periscopes
We built our own periscopes and investigated their uses.
Roman artefacts.
In history we have been looking at Roman artefacts that were found in Vindolanda. We had to use our inference skills to work out what we thought these objects were used for.
Wellie Wonders: A Sensory Adventure in Nature
Class One had a wellie good time in today’s English lesson, inspired by the delightful book Where My Wellies Take Me by Clare and Michael Morpurgo. After slipping on their trusty wellies, the children headed outside for a sensory walk through forest school. With sights, sounds, smells and things…
Botanist for a Day: Little Scientists in the Making
This week in our Science lesson, we traded in our usual classroom setting for the great outdoors in Forest School. The mission? To become botanists for the day! Equipped with magnifying glasses and identification charts, the children set off to study the hidden flowers in the forest.
The…
Reflecting light using mirrors
Our scientists spent time investigating how light travels, measuring the angles of the reflected ray against the incoming ray.
Mayan facts through poetry.
To help remember some of our Mayan facts, we put them into an acrostic style poem.
Charcoal art
Using charcoal, Class 3 created graffiti style art of Mayan words.
Puppet Power: Crafting, Creating and Collaborating
In Design and Technology this week, our class got puppet-crazy! We explored different ways to join fabric, testing out glue, staples and even paper clips. Some techniques worked wonders, while others needed a bit more practise! The Year 2s were brilliant helpers, guiding the Reception children…
Hop, Skip and Jump: Reception’s Human Number Line Adventure!
Today in maths, our Reception children became human number lines! We started by ordering the numbers 0-5, lining up like little champions. Then, we took it up a notch by using our number line to find number bonds up to 5. We had so much fun jumping along the number line, hopping from number to…
Oracy in Action: Hot Seating
Today, Class One took a deep dive into the world of crayons when we explored the whimsical story of The Day The Crayons Quit by Dew Daywalt, where crayons have had enough and decide to voice their frustrations.
Our oracy focussed lesson saw the children stepping into the shoes of the crayon…
Debating accepting the Roman rule or not.
We have been learning about the Celts reaction to the Roman invasion in 43AD. Using all the evidence we have gathered we then had to make a decision: Would we have accepted the Roman rule or not?
We had a very successful debate as a class, where we confidently shared our opinions using our…