Little Learners Measuring Big Ideas!
Our Reception mathematicians have been busy exploring length and height in their maths learning!
Last week in continuous provision, the children used playdough and pipe cleaners to create beautiful flowers. They carefully compared their creations to mine, proudly explaining whether their…
Oak Class Begins Exciting Stop Motion Animation Project Using iPads
This term, Oak Class has embarked on an exciting journey into the world of stop motion animation, using iPads to bring their stories and ideas to life.
Stop motion animation is a fantastic way for our children to develop their communication skills, creativity, and technical knowledge. It…
Stronger Together: Maple Class Teamwork in Action!
This week in PE, Maple Class focused on developing their teamwork skills through a series of exciting partner challenges!
The children worked closely with a partner to carefully match different body parts together, thinking about balance and communication. There were lots of giggles — but also…
Egyptian Fact Files.
We have been thoroughly engrossed in this topic and demonstrated a wonderful understanding of Egyptian life. Making our fact files has been so enjoyable and we are all incredibly proud of our finished files.
DT: Making Humpty Move!
We have been busy engineers in Maple Class this week! We have officially finished our Moving Storybook project in Design and Technology.
The children have worked incredibly hard to create their own moving storybooks based on the nursery rhyme Humpty Dumpty. They had to carefully cut, stick, and…
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Making pan flutes
Willow had a very creative science lesson making pan flutes.
We used 8 different lengths of straws and stuck them together. When we blew them we'd created an instrument that could achieve different pitches and we were able to explain why.
Ready, Aim, Release!
This week in PE, Maple Class have been continuing our Target Games topic. We had a brilliant lesson focusing on improving our throwing accuracy and aim.
The children played a high-energy game where they had to collect beanbags and discs and throw them back into their own team hoop. However,…
Science: A Rainy Day in the 'Jungle' with Jane Goodall
In Science this week, Maple Class travelled all the way to the forests of Tanzania without leaving our school grounds!
We have been learning about the famous scientist Jane Goodall. To truly understand her work, the children became scientists for the afternoon. We grabbed our books and…
Reflection Areas
We have had an incredible lesson creating our Reflection Areas from our planning. We showed such team work and passion for our creations and then confidently presented them to our friends.
Our oracy skills and deep understanding of what spirituality means, shone through out.
We are…
High 5 tournament
Some of the children from Oak class took part in a netball tournament at Richard Crosse. They worked so well as a team and it was amazing to see them put their skills into action, to compete against children from other schools.
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…
