Yesterday we celebrated being different to each other. We talked about how none of us are all identical, and how being different is great.   We read the poem We Like Different Things by Roger Hurn before discussing whether each verse was about a boy or a girl. We started of thinking it must be… Read more »

Today for anti-bullying week we were thinking about positive words. We used the app PhotoBooth on the iPads to make strange and unusual pictures, that we then tried to say positive things about.   Even though we found the pictures very strange we still came up with positive things to say. We then did this… Read more »

Hello all,  Just to remind you that it is pyjamas day tomorrow for the Rota kids. Please feel free to come to school in your pyjamas with any donations you can manage. We suggest a pound donation as it is being donated to  Great Ormond Street Hospital, also any good-condition toy donations for St Helenas… Read more »

Just a few pictures of our Twilight activities last night. A huge thank you for all those who helped and supported the evening.

Today we had some very interesting people come into class 3: archaeologists. We did lots of really fun things such as cleaning some really old roman pots and some ancient poo (don’t worry; it was only pretend!)

This afternoon we looked at how a volcano is formed through tectonic plate movement and magma. After working on this, we used vinegar and bicarbonate of soda to create a volcano of our own. The reaction between the acid and alkali caused foam to be released, creating the eruption. A lot of children took instructions… Read more »

In PE today, we have been learning to throw and catch a beanbag. The children worked in teams to throw a beanbag into a hoop, then paired up to throw and catch.

Today we have been playing with different punctuation. Some of us were using Kung fu to remember where our full stops and capitals go. The rest of us were practising using speech marks in sentences. We will be using these skills in our story writing next week.

Yesterday, class one made a cinema in the classroom. We enjoyed creating tickets for everyone to get into the movie and then gave out ‘popcorn” as a snack. The children have scheduled the next movie in their diary. What film will it be next?

Today, Mrs Richards had delivered another brilliant science lesson in which we learnt about rocks and soils. We learnt about the three types of soils and the differences between them. We conducted many experiments with them such as feeling all the types of soil and doing drip tests.