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Maple Class had a fantastic time celebrating European Languages Day today!

We started by listening to the "Voices of Europe" song and enjoyed joining in and dancing to the music. We also learned how to say "hello" in different European languages — including French, Spanish, German, Italian, and…

Today we learnt to sign our names and proudly showed the class.

We joined in with the song ‘Voices of Unity’ and created actions for the chorus. Our freestyle dance moves during the instrumental were incredible!

We followed this with our French lesson, holding conversations with our…

In Science today the children investigated how friction plays a part in movement. They investigated different materials to see which one had the most friction.

We are learning about the living conditions in the trenches. The children were able to create their own trench fit for soldiers.

In DT we are making toys using our sewing skills. We are using a blanket stitch to sew our toys together and a running stitch and cross stitch to add details to our designs.

Here you can see us practicing our skills. 

This week in Maths, Year 1 had lots of fun learning about greater than, less than, and equal to using some very hungry crocodiles!

We discovered that crocodiles always open their mouths towards the greater number because they’re greedy and want to eat the most! The children used number cards…

During our outdoor Busy Bee time, the EYFS children had a fantastic time using their imagination and teamwork to build their own vehicles!

Using crates, planks, wheels, and all sorts of loose parts, the children created everything from racing cars to flying machines. They added spoons as gear…

In Willow class we are super hero proof readers. Our purple pen edits our fantastic writing. Who will we choose to be today?

This week in Geography, Maple Class explored aerial views and learned how to look at places from above — just like a bird or a drone!

EYFS: Messy Map Makers

Reception children used real classroom objects to build "messy maps", thinking carefully about where things should go. They worked…

In science we have been learning about forces. We used 3 different sized balloons to test how much air resistance was acting against them. We found out that the largest balloon fell the slowest because there was more air resistance.

This week in Science, Maple Class had an exciting lesson exploring all five senses as part of our sensitive bodies topic — and what better way to do it than with popcorn!

We started by listening carefully as we crushed the popcorn in our hands to hear the crackle and crunch sounds. It was…