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…
Citizenship
The groups role played scenarios and highlighting prejudicial behaviour.
Experimenting with toothbrushes.
Our Science topic this half term is all about the different types of teeth we have and how we can look after them. Today we carried out an experiment to see if the hardness of a toothbrush affects the time it takes to clean our teeth.
We had lots of fun cleaning the dirty teeth and…
William the Conqueror: a History Lesson Fit For a King
This week in history, we learnt all about William the Conqueror became the King of England! The children were absolutely captivated by the story of William’s invasion in 1066, his fierce battle with Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings, and how he earned the title “Conqueror” through sheer…
Light and Shadows
The class were investigating whether the distance between the object and wall impacted the size of the shadow
Exploring Robot Algorithms
Our Computing Unit this term is all about programming algorithms. Class One have enjoyed giving each other instructions and following a sequence of instructions. In our most recent lesson, we used paper bee-bots and counters to explore basic programming concepts by giving simple instructions to…
Wiggly Wonders: Our Wormery Adventure
Today in Science, Class One became worm experts! We learned all about micro habitats - tiny, special places where creatures like worms live. And where do worms live? Under the soil, of course!
Armed with trowels and a lot of excitement, we headed outside to our Forest School area to make a…
